[Rappler’s Best] Mary Jane Veloso and Duterte’s snub

The third president (of the Philippines and Indonesia) to see through the Mary Jane case is Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Prabowo Subianto — the irony of ironies

News Reflection: Mabuti pa ang luha ni Camille Villar

Mabuti pa raw ang luha ng senadora, tumulo. Eh ang mga gripo ng PrimeWater customers?

CONFLICT CREATORS

[EDITORIAL] Beyond the threshold, winning the hearts and minds

Act of justice kung sakaling humantong ang impeachment trial sa tamang verdict, pero ang tunay na tagumpay ay ang maturuan ang bayan na talikuran ang toxic politics, korupsiyon, at pag-abuso ng kapangyarihan.

[Newspoint] All politics

The trial is increasingly revealing itself as more, much more, political than legal business. All too obviously, just about any intervention, any utterance, any vote cast by a senator-judge is politically loaded.

Discipline and dignity: Integrating mental health in schools

AMID rising cases of school violence, there is a call to fully implement an important piece of legislation enacted in 2024 — Republic Act (RA) 12080, or the Basic Education Mental Health and Well-being Promotion Act…

Systemic global crises compound PH’s many challenges

As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank prepare for their 2026 Annual Meetings in Bangkok, Thailand, the global economy is struggling with a set of systemic crises — which are compounding Philippine…

The bag of tricks

Every magic show rests on the audience who watch it.

Summits, optics and ‘diplotainment’

THE summit last week between Presidents Donald Trump of the United States and Xi Jinping of China was long on optics, but short on substance. Trump rolled out the red carpet for Xi at the White House, hosted a lavish…

Fact-checking immigrant visa interviews at US Embassy Manila

THURSDAY last week, I personally checked the visa applicants’ lines at the United States Embassy in Manila to see for myself if the reports on social media and major newspapers are true and compare it with how…

The Edjop effect

I’ll get right to the point: my wife Beng and I, along with a younger couple, caught one of the last few screenings of the movie “Edjop”– and we all emerged so moved, albeit in different ways, that we had to spend…

Building a pathway to peace: Working together to return Ukrainian children, detained civilians and prisoners of war

EVERY morning at 9 a.m., Ukraine stops. Across cities in Ukraine, loudspeakers normally used to warn of incoming Russian air strikes broadcast the steady tick of a clock. City streets full of life fall silent. Traffic…

From blueprints for prosperity to real outcomes

Practical, measurable and grounded in reality. What policymaker wouldn’t want those?

Impeachment court blatantly violated the Constitution

IN a vexing display of constitutional ignorance and disguised malicious intent (by a few members who initiated the violation), the Senate impeachment court amended the 1987 Constitution, particularly altering the…

Delaying the inevitable

I recently learned that San Miguel Corp. CEO Ramon S. Ang called for a press briefing with members of the Bulacan media. There, he presented satellite images, video footage, maps and the like.

Cebu press freedom in the time of haze and brownouts

ON Friday, Sept. 18, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines announced that “All grids are operating normally as power plants in Mindanao return to service... allowing up to 450 megawatts to be delivered to the…

NOTA

Oh yes, Juan and Juana, you can do something to stop corruption.

Under the same moon, across the same waters

EVERY year, people wait for the mid-autumn moon to peak on the 15th night. It rarely does. This year, it didn’t become full until the 17th. Small thing. But it tells you something: real alignment doesn’t happen on…

EDITORIAL — Shady operations

The first-ever parliamentary election in the Bangsamoro region is over, and by most accounts, it has been a success.

Xi-Trump summit demands Philippine strategic autonomy

THE latest summit of Presidents Xi Jinping of China and Donald Trump of the United States in Washington on Sept. 23 to 25 has demonstrated again that both powers are recognizing the value of dialogue over confrontation…