Members of the ‘Magic 12’ set the tone of the Senate in the 20th Congress
Rosario A. Garcellano
May 17, 2025
Sen. Imee Marcos, 12th in the “Magic 12,” was first to be proclaimed among the winning senators at the Manila
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The rhetoric of losing: the rise—and wrong grammar—of the concession speech in the midterm polls
Lito B. Zulueta
May 14, 2025
The May 12 midterm elections marked a subtle but significant evolution in Philippine political culture. The speed of the vote
The surveys have listed the likely winners, but young voters hold their destiny in their hands
Rosario A. Garcellano
May 10, 2025
It’s less than two days before the midterm polls, and one’s sense of foreboding takes on deeper proportions with the
The big question at the conclave: the pope and the Church we should have
Roderick Toledo
May 6, 2025
As the Vatican’s College of Cardinals gears for the conclave to choose the next pope, the Christian world is rife
How the Comelec means to fight sex and hate in the election campaign
Rosario A. Garcellano
April 9, 2025
Incredibly, the disgraced congressional candidate in Pasig City doesn’t get it. In another campaign event he trotted out a member
‘Nanlaban. Tepok.’
Roderick Toledo
March 23, 2025
At the height of Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs,” there was a huge billboard along C5 in Pasig City that
Duterte’s arrest is about crimes against humanity, not ‘pamumulitika’
Rosario A. Garcellano
March 13, 2025
Too bad that after the daylong wait on Tuesday for President Marcos Jr. to enlighten the nation on the arrest
Where love continues to live
Antonette Alzaga
February 14, 2025
EDITOR’S NOTE: With this new section called Young Voices, CoverStory opens space for young people feeling their way into the
Interregnum
Rosario A. Garcellano
January 5, 2025
Three impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte are pending in the House of Representatives, filed respectively by members of
Tying up loose ends, or more unraveling in 2025?
Roderick Toledo
December 31, 2024
We can see more clearly the cycle of renewal and rebirth whenever the holiday season comes and the new year
Mary Jane Veloso’s Christmas miracle
Rosario A. Garcellano
December 21, 2024
Mary Jane Veloso’s return to her motherland under a prisoner transfer agreement between Indonesia and the Philippines is the ultimate
Who will save us from the bicam?
Milwida Guevara
December 20, 2024
The bicameral conference committee (bicam) is the most powerful and the weakest phase in our budgeting process. It is in
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Where ‘taong grasa’ are rescued from the streets with compassion and dignity
Mari-An C. Santos
May 29, 2025
BAGUIO CITY—In 2020, Nanay Calteya was taken off the streets of the country’s summer capital, which she had been roaming
The ‘obese’ dynasties of the Philippines are back, but reform hopes rise for 2028
Carmela Fonbuena, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
May 28, 2025
Seventeen relatives of Luis “Chavit” Singson’s political clan ran in local races in Ilocos Sur province in northern Luzon with
Casa San Miguel continues to raise and nurture music prodigies
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Gabriel Gene Regojos was only five years old when he picked up his first musical instrument, the violin. His grandmother
Korea, Philippines deepen cultural exchange in storytelling and opening of mini-library
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The wonders of storytelling once again transcended borders as the Korean Cultural Center (KCC) in the Philippines and the Quezon
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(Fifteenth of a series) Back in the day when traffic between Quezon City and Makati did not take a grievous
What to know so far about the courtesy resignations of Marcos Cabinet members
Minerva Generalao
May 24, 2025
When he called for members of his Cabinet on May 22 to each submit a courtesy resignation, President Ferdinand Marcos