[Inside the Newsroom] Rappler was built for stories like Mary Jane Veloso’s

Our work will only make a difference if we don’t treat stories as one-offs that we abandon once a new viral obsession grips the country

[Tambay] Eggie Apostol, Recah Trinidad: Pagpupugay sa mga alamat ng peryodismo

Tulad na nasabi sa mga Greek epic, pumanaw na ang dalawang alamat ng Philippine journalism, pero magpakailanman babanggitin ang kanilang pangalan

OPINION: Ask Atty. Gaby: Lalaki, na-trap sa imburnal

Atty., kung dati may pumasok sa imburnal, ito naman na-trap daw dahil tumalon sa ilog. Ano ba ang sinasabi ng batas sa ganitong pangyayari? Sino po ba ang may responsibilidad sa ganitong mga imburnal?

Football’s enduring controversies show why journalism matters

Journalists will keep probing the secrecy around FIFA's affairs. It is the public's right to know how, and in whose interest, football’s future is being designed and where the game's US$ billions in revenue are ending…

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USCIS to issue instant denials

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services recently issued a Policy Alert, warning people that USCIS may immediately deny any benefit request (a petition or application) if the applicant “fails to demonstrate…

Trump’s spectacle of scorn

THE United Nations General Assembly has served for decades as a platform where American presidents sought to present a coherent vision for global order, peace and international cooperation. At the rostrum, American…

The integrity dividend: The value of knowing

We are not short of information.

The powerful already broke CARP long before odious DOJ opinion

MORE than 20 years ago, powerful lawmakers with interests in real estate development started directing pork barrel funds into massive roadbuilding projects along prime agricultural lands. Using local agents and…

Sara’s unbeatable myth shattered

The OCTA Research was in the news this week after releasing its September report on the viability of possible presidential and vice-presidential candidates in the 2028 elections.

Acts that mirror the intention

THE Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, has ultimately decided on who among its members can vote in the proceedings now pending before it. In a carefully worded ruling read by Presiding Officer Sen. Francis “Chiz”…

Jose F. Lacaba and his romance with language

On Saturday, Oct. 10, friends of journalist, poet, screenwriter, translator, essayist, editor par excellence Pete Lacaba are putting together a tribute/benefit for him by having musicians sing his Salinawit music…

Some firsthand views on the Visayas blackouts

FOR today’s column, I am going to cede most of my space to a commentary sent to me by one of my occasional correspondents, Joseph Somsel, who is a transplanted nuclear engineer and a fair all-around energy expert living…

GCash IPO: Will it end the market spell?

The historic and long-awaited initial public offering of GCash operator Mynt comes at a time when the Philippine stock market appears to have fallen into a deep slumber and the economy is crawling at a snail’s pace.

China’s risk calculus to use force on Taiwan

CHINA was once bullied. But now it’s the one bullying. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, Western imperial powers subjugated China, imposing treaties that forcibly opened its ports to the opium trade and secured…

Fostering the future together

At a time when world leaders gather in New York to debate wars, trade and divisions between nations, First Lady Melania Trump has brought attention to something which we should all be able to agree on: the future of our…

To protect your children, watch, talk and pray

BEFORE the headline topic, profound gratitude, felicitations and blessings on the Vatican’s declaration of the Saint Padre Pio Shrine in Santo Tomas, Batangas, as an international shrine on Sept. 23, the saint’s feast…

EDITORIAL – Lessons from Mary Jane

Mary Jane Veloso finally walked free after getting absolute pardon from President Marcos.

Blanket pronouncements are not healthy for schools on the road to recovery

THE rainy season is not yet behind us. Given the meager efforts of this government to perform routine preventive measures against the adverse effects of heavy rains — and the inept response of its executives — we can…

Uncontrolled internet, AI could be ‘evil gremlins’

MILLIONS of Filipinos open their mobile phones or computers every day, unaware of the power and influence of telecommunications companies (telcos) and internet service providers (ISPs), now enhanced with artificial…

Ironclad guarantee: Will the US defend the Philippines?

IN a high-stakes military escalation with China or Russia, can — or will — the United States defend the Philippines? Manila operates under the assumption that under the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT), which was…

When the map starts moving

SIX weeks before Americans vote in their midterm elections, the map is moving faster than the headline numbers. When Decision Desk HQ launched its forecast in July, Republicans had a 57-percent chance of retaining the…