When Ferdinand Magellan’s Spanish expedition reached the Philippines in 1521 in search of the Spice Islands, his chronicler Antonio Pigafetta recorded the seafaring, navigation, and boat-building skills of the islands’…
From ancient Greek tragedies is the word called catharsis.
The rules-based international order is under growing strain as authoritarian states seek to weaken its safeguards and reshape international rule to serve their own interests.
ON Wednesday this week, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) presented its September update to its Asian Development Outlook (ADO), which is perhaps the most comprehensive economic forecast available to the Philippines and…
Bulacan has long been recognized as the province of heroes. Its historians, universities and local officials have worked together to ensure that the province remains a leader in historical research, publication and…
THE Supreme Court’s decision on Congress’ decades-long failure to enact an anti-political dynasty law is significant not simply because it confronts one of the most persistent failures of Philippine democracy. More…
Almost one year ago, Vice Consul Mark Ponce of the Philippine embassy in Beirut came bringing me Lebanese wine, chocolates and roasted coffee.
THE novel, “Ashura: A Filipino Reckoning” by Quintin Jose V. Pastrana, deals with contemporary Philippine politics from several lenses. Pastrana is an energy entrepreneur, library builder and writer. He graduated with…
Credibility is the most important asset the impeachment process needs to conserve. Yet it is the asset to casually expended in the process so far.
NEWS coming from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) last month concluded that the world has no chance to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels and that this “climate…
With speed as impressive as the railroad of the law creating the Maharlika Investment Fund, Congress and Malacañang passed a law postponing, for the nth time, the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections set this…
“TEODORO seeks expeditionary Navy to secure maritime resources,” goes a broadsheet banner. It is the qualifier “expeditionary” to the lead item “Navy” that must terrify the nation. It necessarily depicts an imagery of…
THERE is an old joke about statistics: With the right denominator, you can make almost any number tell the story you want. The Philippine Senate, sitting as an impeachment court in the trial of Vice President Sara…
First of two parts THE government is racing to take control of social media platforms with the goal of protecting the youth, preserving the public square and policing the latter. The National Privacy Commission (NPC)…
Fifth of seven parts POPE Francis (Mario Bergoglio, 1936-2025), the first Jesuit pontiff, enriched Catholic social teaching with Laudato Si’ (On Care for Our Common Home) in 2015. I was once a researcher at the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Picture a company that hands a hard problem to a large team, locks each team member in a separate room, and tells them to solve it alone. Somehow, they find a way to talk anyway, swap tips, work out…
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