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Postscript to the Frankfurt Book Fair with my friends Jose Rizal, Edward Said and Adania Shibli

DLS Pineda October 28, 2025

To be clear, I was not at the Frankfurt Book Fair. But in the past few months, I’ve been holding

Evidence deemed insufficient after all these years: Enrile et al. cleared in ₱10B pork barrel scam

Rosario A. Garcellano October 27, 2025

Distressing is the news that Juan Ponce Enrile and 34 others had been cleared of graft charges in connection with

To demand the facts and make correct sense of the corruption scandal

Rosario A. Garcellano October 1, 2025

So much stuff to process, so little time before the next explosive detail erupts. Filipinos are called upon to make

Return the money, jail the crooks: Vigorous protests again animate the motherland

Rosario A. Garcellano September 22, 2025

The sun blazed all morning Sunday and rain poured intermittently starting in the early afternoon in Metro Manila. Still, attendance

Still flooded with ghosts, but the plunder levels are unprecedented

Roderick Toledo September 11, 2025

Having ghost projects in our public works is neither new nor surprising. We’ve always had ghosts in all aspects of

Running in (academic) ovals

DLS Pineda September 5, 2025

In the week after the nth iteration of “The Great UP Run,” I found myself asking: What’s so great about

Once more unto the breach with the scandal du jour, even with thinning reserves of hope

Rosario A. Garcellano September 1, 2025

What does the current spasm in the body politic over the latest manifestations of corruption indicate but that the more

Transitional justice: Moving forward from Rodrigo Duterte is a ‘national responsibility’

DLS Pineda August 2, 2025

With Rodrigo Duterte detained in The Hague for nearly five months, the public may now take the question seriously: What

Sara’s impeachment trial, Baste’s boxing bout, and the (worsening) floods of our lives

Rosario A. Garcellano July 28, 2025

Vice President Sara Duterte and her younger brother, Acting Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte of Davao City, have managed to evade

True power can be ours if we put our values and principles beyond the corrupt

Roderick Toledo July 8, 2025

Here we go again. Time was when every exhortation by then President Rodrigo Duterte to kill or threat to kill

When ‘dinosaurs’ peopled the Inquirer, they made it No. 1

Rosario A. Garcellano July 4, 2025

A tempest in a teacup has been stirred by someone who attributed to “dinosaurs” the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s purported bumbling

When long exchanges in the Senate stir memory and dig up nuggets of recent history

Rosario A. Garcellano June 15, 2025

Collective memory was stirred by the protracted “debate” that occurred in the Senate on June 9 and 10 before it

Planning a family trip? Let Melai show you how

No Author November 1, 2025

BUSAN, South Korea — To inspire Filipino families to explore Korea’s coastal charm, what can be better than an autumn

Here are 5 ways to detect pro-China propaganda

Regine Cabato, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism October 31, 2025

Last March, several prominent pro-Duterte vloggers and influencers admitted in a congressional hearing that they had attended a China-funded training

Myrna Esguerra is fighting for another Miss International crown for the Philippines

Armin P. Adina October 30, 2025

There is no doubt that the Philippines is an international pageant powerhouse, with crown upon crown collected from global competitions

The tycoons behind the Philippines’ dirty energy

Carmela Fonbuena, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism October 29, 2025

From brewing beer to burning coal, the food and beer giant, San Miguel Corp. of tycoon Ramon Ang, is now