The deaths of two indigenous farmers in Alabel, Sarangani, should trouble us for more than the tragic loss of two lives. They ...

It is commendable that the Office of the Ombudsman, recently saddled with filing charges related to the flood control scandal ...

Last week, I had the opportunity to share my experiences as part of the Transitional Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) with a small group of civil society group leaders in ...

In a lecture earlier this year in Oxford, the renowned South Korean economist, Ha-Joon Chang, highlighted one of the biggest anomalies in his profession: the visceral yet mindless dismissiveness ...

A new twist to capital punishment has emerged with United States President Donald Trump initially authorizing livestreaming (allowing the public to view) the execution of an American soldier, and ...

As we chart the way forward for our deeply troubled Philippine economy, two sectors stand out as critical pillars that we ...

The power of the purse is no stranger to succumbing to the impulses and insatiability of its entrusted wielder—Congress. Be that as it may, the executive still holds the baton: it decides where the ...

It bears repeating that impeachment was created by the Americans, borrowing and adapting from British traditions, in ...

My first experience of the “happiest place on Earth” was in 2000, when my family visited Disneyland in California with my ...

The Philippines must prepare for Super El Niño with urgency grounded in science. Waiting for reservoirs to shrink, crops to fail, and food prices to climb would turn a foreseeable threat into a ...

Since my college days, the Supreme Court has stood as an impenetrable fortress insulated from the noise of public discourse. It was held in almost absolute, almost mystical veneration. Today, ...

What made the Duterte administration’s so-called “war on drugs” so lethally effective that it ended up with 6,000 Filipinos ...