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
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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
Words of rage and murder
Rosario A. Garcellano
November 24, 2024
The once-formidable UniTeam continues to implode, providing circus-like spectacle as the country tries to get back on its feet after
Election parallels: Does a bad world need a bad guy?
Roderick Toledo
November 23, 2024
The world is in shock, the headlines say, in reporting that Donald Trump has decisively won the US presidential election
No such thing as ‘plain rice’
DLS Pineda
November 16, 2024
Makò Micro-Press held a zine-making workshop for Masipag farmers and urban poor gardeners from Payatas in Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija,
Scum returns, to stay?
Roderick Toledo
November 1, 2024
The ebb and flow of history is such that the scum that was washed away eventually returns to shore. The
Risa, Leni show the way
Rosario A. Garcellano
October 31, 2024
True to form, Sen. Risa Hontiveros battled mightily to prevent the dignity of the Senate, such as what it has
Story for our times
Rosario A. Garcellano
October 15, 2024
Kerwin Espinosa’s testimony at the Oct. 11 hearing of the House of Representatives’ quad committee dredged an 8-year-old case from
Transitioning away from fossil fuels must be rapid, equitable and just
Luke Espiritu
September 30, 2024
September saw high-level meetings seeking to steer the course of human civilization’s future amid multiple global challenges. More than 190
‘Sa Prisinto Ka Na Magpaliwanag’ and Other Filipino Myths
DLS Pineda
September 10, 2024
There always comes a point when those in power make a high-profile arrest, as shown in the current and recent
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The Sinulog is also a festival to recall Christianity’s birth in the Philippines
Minerva Generalao
January 19, 2025
The Feast of the Santo Niño or the Holy Child Jesus falls yearly on the third Sunday of January. Though
Portraits in Jazz: Isla Antinero tunes up with the best life
Jocelyn de Jesus
January 19, 2025
(Eleventh of a series) Something about trombonist Jose Aris “Isla” Antinero immediately suggests a solidity of spirit that goes deep
The making of Edgar Matobato
Sheila S. Coronel, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
January 17, 2025
It is a wonder Edgar Matobato is still alive. A confessed assassin for the Davao Death Squad, he was the
Are candidates funding their own campaigns?
Carmela Fonbuena, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
January 17, 2025
(Last of two parts) As early as January last year, Sen. Imee Marcos already aired 271 TV and radio ad
Patronage funds, bloated allocations mark 2025 nat’l budget, says ex-DBM chief
TJ Burgonio
January 16, 2025
House Speaker Martin Romualdez handing out “ayuda” or cash aid to the poor in a Quezon City mall not only
Candidates aired P4B worth of TV, radio ads before filing
Carmela Fonbuena, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
January 15, 2025
(First of two parts) Ads worth more than P4 billion have already aired on TV and radio stations across the