Editorial

A truck driver was arrested by police in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija last Thursday. His offense: illegal possession of four guns. Police who served a search warrant issued by the Tarlac City Regional Trial Court said the driver was found in possession of three pistols, a revolver and 25 bullets. All …

A mandated ₱85 daily minimum wage hike for Metro Manila has set off a predictable conflict between labor advocates and the business community. While the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) frames the two-tranche increase as a historic win for over one million workers fighting inflation, the reality for the …

The Philippines has reached a milestone decades in the making. According to the World Bank, the country has officially entered the ranks of upper-middle-income economies after its gross national income (GNI) per capita climbed to US$4,850 in 2025, exceeding the required threshold. It is a significant economic achievement and a …

A week of movement, invisible to the government until midnight the day before it happened. This wasn’t even a stealth operation — the buses, the lodgings, the coordination across Palawan and Mindanao, where many participants came from, left a trail anyone could have followed. That kind of footprint should have …

The World Bank has called for faster climate-proofing in the Philippines as floods continue to be a threat. And it doesn’t help that corruption continues to undermine the very infrastructure designed to protect lives, businesses, jobs, and the economy. The warning from the World Bank’s June 28 working paper, “Climate …

The stranger does not have to wait outside the school anymore, just lurk inside the glowing rectangle in a child’s hands. Maybe the gun was not the first weapon. Maybe the phone was. It’s the sick little possibility the Senate raised yesterday about Tacloban: before the boys allegedly picked up …

The demonstration, led by church groups, carried three core calls: an end to corruption, a genuine anti-political dynasty law, and electoral reform. The streets are starting to fill up again. The mass action season is back with characteristic force and, as always in domestic politics, the fuel is the brazen …

Neighborhoods are meant to foster security, cooperation, and a sense of belonging. Yet many subdivisions around the country have become battlegrounds where homeowners’ associations (HOAs) and homeowners wage prolonged disputes over unpaid dues, access to village common areas and amenities, and the limits of association power.. The law already provides …

As President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. begins his state visit to Canada tomorrow, Filipinos have an opportunity to reflect not only on the friendship between two Pacific nations but also on how dramatically the strategic landscape has evolved since President Benigno S. Aquino III’s state visit eleven years ago. The …

The Office of the Ombudsman is filing a plunder case this week before the Sandiganbayan against Sen. Rodante Marcoleta. This is in connection with the P75 million that Marcoleta himself disclosed to have received for his 2025 Senate campaign from three private donors including former congressman Michael Defensor, but which …