Editorial

What is the price of playing for one’s country? For Alex Eala, it could be $10,000, ranking points, and perhaps a dent in a carefully built architecture of a professional tennis career. Yet beyond the numbers lies a more consequential price the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) should consider before it …

In a rare interjection at the Senate impeachment trial on Tuesday, Sen. Lito Lapid raised two issues about the statement of assets, liabilities and net worth or SALN that all public officials are required to file every year. One is that ordinary people don’t know what the SALN is so …

What we do know is that it already expands who can cause serious harm and how fast, and people in the industry and governments should focus on this immediate threat rather than debating unverifiable future probabilities. The past week gave the AI industry its most theatrical moment yet. Jacob Coxon, …

As of the latest count, 76 people were confirmed dead while 12 to 13 others remained unaccounted for in the fire that engulfed the ferry June Aster as it approached the port of Coron in Palawan on the night of Sept. 9. Yesterday, the captain of the roll-on, roll-off ferry, …

Look around you: political dynasties start at the smallest unit of government, the barangay. Village posts are the entry level for members of political clans. Having relatives occupying barangay posts has to be one of the major reasons for both congressmen and senators repeatedly postponing the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan …

Philippine-India relations are of vital strategic importance in 2026 because they provide a strong diplomatic and defense hedge against rising maritime tensions in the South China Sea while building secure technology supply chains through the US-led Pax Silica coalition. It is in this context that the current visit to India …

September is observed as National Peace Consciousness Month. This is a timely reminder that peace is not simply a government program or a slogan to be invoked when conflict erupts. It is a continuing national responsibility. This year, that reminder carries particular significance. On September 14, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region …

Fake news is proliferating on a wide range of issues while warnings of violence are circulating on social media, meant to sow confusion, harass or intimidate candidates and voters alike. At the same time, real violence, armed intimidation and vote buying are being reported, threatening to undermine the first parliamentary …

The Supreme Court’s acquittal of former First Lady Imelda Marcos on seven counts of graft has predictably stirred strong reactions. It should. A ruling involving a politically consequential figure, a decades-old corruption case, and the highest court in the land deserves scrutiny. But scrutiny is different from speculation. The Supreme …

If resigned Ako Bicol congressman Elizaldy Co is truly in France, he would likely be on the move again soon. Wanted for plunder in the Philippines, Co has impressively managed to evade being brought back to the country. As of today, the government has yet to secure a Red Notice …