At a time when standards for choices of elective officials seem to be on the decline, many still look to the SC as a stronghold of justice and fairness to which high standards still apply. Has it lived up to those…
One of the myths about Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte is that she is a cinch for the presidency in May 2028.
DURING this past weekend, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) released news on social media about its “completion” of an improved pedestrian walkway between the SM North and Trinoma malls in Quezon City. We put the…
A family in Bohol does not pay for “available capacity.” It pays for electricity, and for the reserves and transmission meant to keep it flowing. Those charges are clearly billed, paid for, but not delivered.
SOME Pinks are at it again, shooting themselves in the foot with a san-ctimonious insistence on political purity. They are crucifying Leni Robredo for receiving Israeli Ambassador Dana Kursh at the Naga City Hall. The…
Recently, the 2026 Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to Robert Hall of Stanford University and Michael Woodford of Columbia University.
BALAN-CING broad global trends with granular insights is the difference between digital transformation that scales and digital transformation that disappoints. The global trends are real. Connectivity expands in waves…
It’s been more than a year since the flood control corruption scandal rattled the country, spooked investors and nearly paralyzed the economy.
UNSURPRISINGLY, the latest foreign policy direction enunciated by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. — “reset” China relations with more bilateral talks to avoid or address frictions and confrontations — has been blocked by…
The Supreme Court ruled as unconstitutional the most controversial elements of the 2024, 2025 and 2026 national budgets.
IN ancient times, my fraternity would have an annual awards dinner, in which we would recognize individuals and organizations for outstanding achievements and contributions to the greater good during the previous year…
Budget watchdogs have welcomed the Supreme Court’s ruling declaring as unconstitutional the national budgets for 2024 and 2025 and certain provisions of the 2026 outlay. Swift SC action on petitions related to the…
Sixth of twelve parts IN my guest columns published on July 9, Aug. 20 and Oct. 1, 2026, I presented part 1 of the Philippine Century Blueprint, envisioning the Philippines as the largest economy in Southeast Asia by…
Ironically, the 121-page SC decision absolved PBBM of any culpability or liability.
LAST Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026, I had the privilege of serving as the Rally Night Speaker at the 33rd School of Tomorrow National Student Convention, held at 6 p.m. at the Marikina Sports Center Gymnasium. The gathering…
Communist China mouths two contradictory lies. One, that it never aggresses its neighbors. Two, that it wins in the end. History disproves both lies.
IN risk management, we are trained to examine hazards one at a time: the typhoon, the earthquake, the outbreak, the market shock. Nature and history have never been so polite. As we enter the last quarter of 2026, the…
There is a natural temptation in public commentary to treat foreign policy as a high-altitude game of chess – an abstract battle of doctrines and diplomatic summits.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — After a relatively disciplined start to Donald Trump’s second term, the White House is grappling with signs of turmoil that have revived memories of his first chaotic presidency. From the…
Please think about this seriously. What would you wish for if God gave you a chance?
The coordinates for a P23-million farm-to-market road in Nueva Ecija for funding in the 2027 budget pointed to a spot in the ocean near the Philippine Rise, according to a budget watchdog.
The government dangled a P20-million reward for information leading to the capture of gambling tycoon Charlie “Atong” Ang.
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