Public Lives

South Korea’s ‘Edsa Tres’ moment

South Korea, an Asian country with which the Philippines has shared strong cultural affinities in…

A pilgrim’s year

Travel has many purposes. The travel writer Rick Steves categorizes travelers into three broad types.…

Francisco ‘Dodong’ Nemenzo: In memoriam

The day after Bishop Ambo David returned from Rome as one of the newly appointed…

The Church in a globalized world

Where many nations, particularly the wealthier ones that profited from its early forms, now reject…

Government is not a family

We are so accustomed to seeing spouses and siblings from the same families dominate our…

Confi funds, accountability, and governance

Budgetary allocations for select government offices, commonly termed “intelligence” and “confidential” funds, are typically exempt…

The House quad comm grills Duterte

Despite an onslaught of typhoons relentlessly battering the country over the past week, the headline-grabber…

Making sense of Trump’s triumph

Donald Trump did not win by a landslide. It only appears as if he did…

Duterte vs the rule of law

What I term “Dutertismo” goes beyond the populist, authoritarian approach typically associated with former president…

Testing America’s political stability

If the United States can hold peaceful, orderly elections on Nov. 5 and inaugurate a…