[Tambay] Ginoong Amba, dati na po kaming takot

Sabi ng ambassador ng Tsina, pasalamat daw ang Pilipinas at may kapit-bansa itong tulad ng Tsina na hindi gumagamit ng dahas. Teka, teka, hindi gumagamit ng dahas?

ELUSIVE CREATURES

Alien indicted for illegal voting

A non-citizen was recently indicted for having registered to vote and voting in a federal election.

Parliamentary carelessness

HOW much oversight can lawmakers do in under 20 minutes? The question is salient because Congress is the ultimate check on executive authority when it comes to matters of the purse. It is a solemn constitutional…

When a pope falls ill: The courage to tell the truth

When Pope Leo XIV stood before the faithful at St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 11 and announced that doctors had discovered a small nodule in his lung requiring surgery, he did something that leaders everywhere would do well…

Hard, hungry times

THE rate increase that the government granted to the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), the utility giant that earned more than P51 billion last year, was announced at about the same time a survey revealed its heartbreaking…

China’s blacklist: A badge of honor

The word war between Philippine lawmakers and Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan showed no signs of subsiding this week.

Coveting public funds

THE administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is facing yet another controversy. The Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional the 2024 and 2025 General Appropriations Acts (GAA) and portions of the 2026 GAA…

Waging war against superpowers

Recently there was a word war between the Philippines and China which continues on.

PH energy crisis needs solutions, not soirées

MY column about Energy Secretary Sharon Garin on Thursday (“Garin must go,” Oct. 22) received a reaction that surprised even me. Although I did anticipate some feedback, since the topic of calling for a Cabinet…

Three overpriced bridges

Do you know how many classrooms can be built with a budget of P54 million?

Let’s give Robin a break

SEN. Robinhood “Robin” Padilla is, by far, one of the most colorful, recognized and polarizing lawmakers in the country today. Known for his onscreen “bad boy” roles during the turbulent early 1990s, Robin had also been…

Action speaks louder than words

The recent hullabaloo over Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan’s remarks has understandably stirred strong reactions among Filipinos.

Is prophecy now unfolding in Europe’s riots?

AFTER it was rocked by protests, rioting and looting in its major cities, is France going the violent, explosive way prophesied in messages from Jesus, Mary and the saints to French stigmatist Marie-Julie Jahenny?…

EDITORIAL - Emerging scam hub

It’s a reflection of the security situation that foreigners seem to consider the Philippines a haven for illegal activities.

Dynastic rule, a facade of democracy, poverty and the media

BEHIND the facade of Philippine democracy lies a deeply entrenched oligarchy created during the Spanish and American colonial eras. An elite group of powerful families now rules the country after consolidating their…

Mahbubani’s advice: Realpolitik

THE speech of Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani at the Ateneo de Manila University on Oct. 2, 2026, focused on the rivalry between the United States and China. His warning was plain: the world is entering a…

What Ambassador Lipton’s meeting with Mayor Duterte means for the Philippines

THE meeting between United States Ambassador Lee Lipton and Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte on Oct. 22 may have been officially described as a courtesy call, but there is rarely such a thing as a purely…

Inflation is the government’s 81% problem

THE government received a blunt verdict in Pulse Asia’s September survey. In it, 71 percent of Filipino adults named controlling inflation among the country’s three most urgent concerns, and 81 percent disapproved of…