The run-up to the Christmas holidays is usually characterized by the hiring of additional workers to cope with a seasonal ...

In the Philippines, politics is a family business. The numbers are staggering. Political dynasties hold more than 65 percent of all public elective positions, according to the Philippine Institute ...

Two weeks ago, we sat down to a Christmas dinner that almost failed to happen. Reasons were varied, ranging from the venue ...

Last week, Australia became the first country to implement a nationwide law preventing children aged 16 and below from ...

We were riding a tricycle on our way to the nearest mall to treat ourselves after a long day of schoolwork when the vehicle ...

A forum held recently sought to revive the values that defined the presidency of the late Corazon C. Aquino—moral and ethical virtues like integrity, humility, propriety or “delicadeza.” But ...

The challenges to commuting in the Philippines are endless, so it is only right for the government to step in and implement measures to ease the burden of commuters, this time for those who use ...

In January 2023, less than a year after assuming the presidency, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. signaled his administration’s decisive pivot to America by announcing that the United States ...

They say words can be dangerous. That the truth I write could put me in trouble. That silence is safer, easier, more ...

There will be two presidential elections of interest in 2028: first in May here in the Philippines, and another in November ...

Ten years ago, the world achieved what many thought impossible: nearly all nations on earth agreed on a common roadmap to confront the greatest challenge of our century. The Paris Agreement, adopted ...

General Romeo S. Brawner Jr., PA, Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines As we call for a modest yet meaningful commemoration of our 90th anniversary, I wanted the Armed Forces of the ...