[Rappler’s Best] America, your turn

The US midterm elections are happening on November 3, and the results will determine control of Congress as President Donald Trump enters the last two years of his term

[New Rx] What if the Philippines leased an island for 100 years?

Hong Kong can be a model. Singapore and South Korea might bring in long-term capital, drive regional economic growth, and spark broader national governance reforms in the Philippines

TRICK OR TRICKING

[EDITORIAL] Missing pa rin si Bato — institutional cowardice o selective justice?

Tinalikuran ni Bato ang electoral mandate niya. Ang pinakamalaking ambag niya sa Senado ngayon ay ang kanyang absence.

News Reflection: Jonvic Remulla dropped the ball on Bato

Too bad. If there hadn't been that 'gentleman's agreement' with Alan Peter Cayetano.

Delicadeza, anyone?

An old Filipino word delicadeza is a borrowed Spanish word referring to a sense of propriety, moral integrity, discretion and decency.

Anti-corruption drive: 'Told by an idiot/Signifying nothing'

THE flood-control funds scandal has produced an avalanche of accusations against senators, congressmen, government officials, contractors and their alleged accomplices. Congressional hearings have become spectacles of…

SGV: Eight decades of excellence

I’m not an accountant and never took an accounting subject – I couldn’t tell you the difference between “book value” and “equity” if my life depended on it – but as fate would have it, I’ve been privileged to have an…

Eternal life

THE belief in immortality is not peculiar to Christianity. Egyptians mummified the dead because they believed a well-preserved body to be crucial to life after death. It was not annihilation that the ancient Hindus…

How we serve the smallest must be our measure of success

When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.

Flexing Gen Z’s political muscle

THE wave of street protests sweeping across Europe puts on center stage the emergence of the youth as a key player in politics. Spearheaded by Generation Z, the youth movement has expressed pent-up rage over the…

Lucrative laundering business

The laundry shop business is certainly booming. But recently another kind of laundry service has been booming too – it is money laundering with impunity.

The greatest existential risk of the early 21st century

To dominate supply chains, the Trump administration is weaponizing the global AI race. Instead of learning from atomic regulation, the administration is setting the stage for catastrophic risks. ANTHROPIC’S IPO filing…

Dignity in dying

This year I lost my mother. It was heart-wrenching to watch the vivacious woman I knew wither away before my eyes, physically and mentally, her memories so degraded she could no longer recognize her children.

A late invitation, a regional cost: How Teodoro’s agenda weakens the ADMM-Plus

Beijing’s warning against “hijacking ASEAN” on Oct 26 drew attention to the Philippine defense leadership’s handling of China’s participation in the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus). On Oct 14…

EDITORIAL — Day of the (tokhang) dead

The nation remembers departed souls today as thousands of bereaved families wait for justice for the loved ones they have lost.

When she sounds the clarion call, people will follow

THE overwhelming majority of the Filipino people are seething with disgust and discontent, owing to the failed governance of the present dispensation in responding to the needs of the citizenry. The economy is at a…

Cebu needs to do more about emissions

THE main objective of Cebu’s “Air Quality and Class Cancellation Open Forum” was for Cebu’s local government units to come up with uniform guidelines on when to suspend face-to-face classes during times of poor air…

Midterm US elections and the ABC of your visa future

WITH all polls showing the persistent low approval rating of US President Donald Trump, would it mean: a) more visa allocation and b) faster visa processing leading to c) the much-awaited interview date will come faster…

Can an employee be forced to retire at 60?

IN Ondevilla v. Colegio de San Juan de Letran (Letran Laguna), published by the Supreme Court on Oct. 27, 2026, the court ruled that an employer cannot allow an employee's contract to expire, thereby effectively…

Undas and the financial ghosts of 1995

ON All Souls’ Day, millions of Filipino families visit cemeteries to light candles, lay flowers, and remember those who have gone before them. For our family, remembrance means keeping alive the legacies of my…