[Rappler’s Best] Yes, Marcos still shuffling his Cabinet

Ghosts from the past continue to haunt

[New Rx] The Philippines is getting older. What if we treated experience as an asset?

Rather than treating retirement as the expiration of professional value, the Philippines should create markets to harness the accumulated expertise and judgment of older workers as a productive national asset

BARMM’s long and difficult road

THE first parliamentary elections last Sept. 14 in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, or BARMM, ended the “cycle of disenfranchisement” that had prevented the Muslims of Mindanao from charting a…

[EDITORIAL] Post-Lustre arrest: Decriminalize libel and cyber libel

Hindi na ito policy debate, this is crucial for the survival of Philippine democracy

[Newspoint] Duterte’s Frankenstein monster

One problem remains intractable and self-compounding, and that problem happens to be the Frankenstein monster Rodrigo Duterte created for us

Remulla’s P50M bounty on Senator dela Rosa

The only explanation for Remulla’s atrocious order is that the impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte is expected to end next month, or at the latest in December, with the case obviously having imploded. Has…

Do we still believe in a rules-based order?

Even before the Second World War, nations realized that the only way to go was a rules-based order, that, in a way, we all had to think “within the box” — that box being international law, in the understanding that…

Super El Niño

At the public hearing for the proposed 2027 budget of the Department of Agriculture (DA) last week, Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. expressly supported the suggested declaration of “state of national emergency” due…

'DANGEROUS'

Israel 2026: Fragmented, divided, segregated election

Israel’s political center of gravity has shifted sharply toward security and military power. With the new segregation of its Arab parties, the fragmented election offers no real change — except a march toward increasing…

The Fil-Am midterm vote

Next Wednesday (Tuesday, Nov. 3 in the US), Americans will troop to the polling stations to cast their votes in what promises to be a historic midterm election, by all accounts a referendum on the tempestuous first half…

Cebu’s bad air quality

LAST week, the provincial government of Cebu hosted an Air Quality and Class Cancellation Open Forum, which involved the participation of stakeholders from the government and private sectors. The objective of the forum…

The ‘51st state’ strikes back

LAST week, the laser beams from the White House Death Star reported that it had incinerated 300,000 visas of those seeking to enter the Sidious Republic. The October 20 dispatch from behind the torn-down East Wing…

213 million possibilities across Asean

When more than 8,000 young people gathered for the ASEAN Youth Entrepreneurship Summit last Oct. 12, the scale of the moment was impossible to miss.

Marcos regime testing people’s patience

IT appears and hardly contestable that people from all walks of life, whether rich or poor, educated or those lacking in formal education, from the employed to the unemployed, from the Gen Zs, millennials, Gen X to Baby…

Beyond reactive evacuations: Real-time data as the missing link in OFW safety

WHEN conflict erupts or civil unrest spreads overseas, the Philippine government follows a familiar script: meetings are called, hotlines announced, advisories issued, response teams mobilized, and evacuation plans…

Now worth more than Atong?

The formerly most wanted fugitive in the Philippines, Atong Ang has been dethroned after the DILG “spokesperson” announced that the government is now offering a 50-million-peso bounty for retired PNP Chief and Senator…

Is there a right to transfer schools?

THE Philippine Constitution affirms every citizen’s right to choose a profession or course of study, subject to fair, reasonable and equitable admission and academic requirements. Also known as academic freedom of…

Ultimatum

If the government knows where Sen. Ronald dela Rosa is and is negotiating with the “powerful” armed group protecting him, why dangle a P50-million reward for information leading to his capture?

EDITORIAL — The steep cost of delays

As of July this year, the government has been billed up to P1.76 billion in commitment fees by its lenders for delays in the implementation of big-ticket projects, Department of Transportation data showed.