Caguioa is known for his disciplined, rule-based approach to law, emphasizing statutory discipline and procedural fidelity, while Leonen advocates for a transformative legal philosophy that prioritizes human dignity and…
Go’s tenure will be judged on whether the bank’s high-margin expansion delivered lasting enterprise value or merely postponed a reckoning with bad debt
Bobo na, magnanakaw pa. (“Stupid or incompetent and a thief as well”). I declared during my Bilyonaryo TV appearance Thursday, Oct. 29.
“NO one [will] be spared.” That is the vow that Sen. Panfilo Lacson made before the week turned. He was talking about the planned purge of the House-approved 2027 national budget bill filled with “corruption-prone”…
Every Tuesday morning, a rider I will call Jun fills his tank before the sun is up.
WHEN Southeast Asian leaders meet in Manila this November, they will face a choice. They can repeat calls for peace and stability in the South China Sea, or turn those words into practical cooperation and a push to…
In the month leading to International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which we commemorate on Nov. 25, an allegation of sexual assault at a prestigious university has re-ignited discussion about the…
THE most important victory in Muslim Mindanao will come when losing an election no longer becomes a reason to reach for a gun. On Oct. 30, the first elected parliament of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim…
Don’t we all love a reliable and handy power bank, especially when our mobile phone is almost running on empty and we don’t have access to electricity just yet or, worse, when an outage suddenly hits?
IN a rare meeting with the media last Thursday, National Grid Corp. of the Philippines hetman Henry “Big Boy” Sy Jr., who chairs NGCP’s parent firm Synergy Grid & Development Philippines Inc., unveiled an interesting…
After all the country suffered in the wake of the flood control scandal, the congressmen are at it again.
A GOVERNMENT that needs the Supreme Court to remind it how to count public money has a problem bigger than arithmetic. It has a problem with restraint. And that covers two branches of the Republic: executive and…
As Filipinos remembered their deceased loved ones during Undas, public attention was drawn to a case involving another group of dearly departed: pets.
MOST of the writings of Gen. Emilio Jacinto that we know of came into the possession of historians Epifanio de los Santos and his son, José P. Santos, but one of his essays fell into the hands of the Spanish authorities…
AS an 11-year-old boy trying to earn my “baon” for school, I worked as an apprentice baker in a relative’s bakeshop located beside our public cemetery. Because of cramped space with two hot earthen ovens, some of us…
IMAGINE bringing a seriously ill parent or child to a government hospital, only to discover that every bed is occupied. You wait in a crowded corridor, surrounded by families facing the same predicament. Doctors and…
A GOOD friend of mine wished to start his own business, and he complained that local officials required him to pay the fees in person or through a representative. Digital payments, such as online banking or GCash, were…
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