on the move

Floods and Filipino hydrological amnesia

The Philippines is a nation shaped—geographically, historically, economically, and existentially—by water. It is an archipelago…

Resignation as reform

The nation again stands at a dangerous crossroads. Billions meant to keep floods at bay…

Reclaiming the discipline we admire abroad

Filipinos who have traveled to Japan or Singapore often return with the same bewildered admiration.…

Romancing the Quonset hut (2)

From war relic to blueprint for climate-resilient communities. The Quonset hut story did not end…

Romancing the Quonset hut (1)

The forgotten shelter that survived Tacloban’s 1944 superstorm. Not far from today’s ruined shoreline of…

Filipinos risk forgetting about flood resilience

It is easy to see the floodwaters. But what’s harder to grasp is what we’re…

Wenceslao Vinzons and the forgotten nation

Last Sept. 28, the nation should have remembered the birthday of Wenceslao “Bintao” Vinzons. But…

Confronting the Philippine corruption crisis

Nothing has struck the Filipino public more indelibly in recent months than the optics: bundles…

Designing an anti-corruption body that lasts

Another anti-corruption commission has been born. President Marcos has announced the creation of the Independent…

Why Filipinos must embrace, not resist water

The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,641 islands, with a coastline twice as long as…