Top Stories Opinion

Pushing for better trade deal

After months of grueling negotiations by his trade team, President Marcos came back last week…

Philippine ‘democrazy’: A constitutional crisis? 

There is a reason why ancient philosophers were profoundly skeptical about democracy. In “The Republic,”…

The privilege of hope

With three years behind him and three more to go, President Marcos is at the…

Serious disaster messaging

There is always a time for everything, including when to make jokes. But in the…

State of the Nation Address: A wish list

Editor’s Note: On Monday, July 28, President Marcos will deliver the State of the Nation…

About that word resilience

We are again in the season of heavy rains, typhoons, massive flooding, landslides, and storm…

Billions down the drain

Just one weekend of intense rainfall, and there it was, a terribly familiar sight—Metro Manila,…

Atoning for PhilHealth plunder

The shock from the defunding of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) last year and…

From big spender to underspender

For an agency that infamously burned through P125 million in public funds in the last…

Weighed down by inflation

President Marcos should have an added spring to his step these days as he prepares…