If medical associations are advocating more equitable public financing, could they also propose reducing or waiving professional fees for indigent patients receiving publicly funded treatment?
Not even all his family's ill-gotten wealth could change his destiny
Lalo pang nanuot sa buto ang kababawan, kayabangan, at 'feeling superior' na attitude laban sa may kapansanan dahil sa mindless vanity culture ng Instagram at Facebook
Pharmally was not an aberration. It was the purest expression of a pandemic response grounded on impunity, indifference, and greed.
THE Senate has approved a proposed measure to infuse new momentum into the country’s bamboo industry. Approved unanimously last Oct. 8, Senate Bill 2495, or the “Kawayan Act,” aims to reboot an industry that has grown…
IN a glaringly deceitful act and manifest travesty of justice and fairness, the prosecution withdrew Articles 1, 3 and 4 of the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte after it had completed…
Over the weekend, freshly appointed press secretary at the White House Katie Zacharia was sacked after her “fake attorney” and “China toilet” scandals.
The Pax Silica’s promised economic returns cannot be demonstrated by political rhetoric. They must be credible, financeable, environmentally sustainable and institutionally deliverable. That's the necessary empirical…
LAST week, the international environmental organization GAIA launched "The Burn Book: Incinerators that Threaten the Climate, Public Health, and Our Finances." The launch was timed with the opening of this year’s Global…
A younger friend messaged me last week to ask for some advice.
IN my Oct. 12, 2026 column, I discussed the boundaries of academic freedom and students' right to freedom of speech and expression. A particular reaction from readers and students caught my attention. They confused…
MUCH has been said — and, perhaps, too much has been assumed — about the recent remarks of Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Jing Quan during the Second Diliman Dialogues at the Philippines-China Studies Center of…
When the world is unsettled, regional cooperation is a source of resilience.
BANGKOK — Coconut farmer Sombat Chuekrod traveled more than 200 kilometers to join hundreds on the streets of Bangkok on Friday demanding that the International Monetary Fund and World Bank change how they deal with the…
PARIS — The Louvre is gradually plugging the security gaps exposed by the spectacular burglary of Oct. 19 last year, but its reputation has taken a battering, and its creaking infrastructure is a growing source of…
Back in the early 1990’s I found myself building a four-bedroom bed & breakfast in a town called Busuanga, Northern Palawan.
IF our diplomatic row with China escalates, this would result in the final push that could send an already fragile Philippine economy over the edge. That would unleash so much outrage that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr…
To be fair to President Marcos, he’s not the first person to suggest collecting rainfall in buckets or balde.
Last week, Vicente Sotto III turned over the office of the Senate president to his successor Sherwin Gatchalian, with nearly everything intact.
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