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The BSP does surveys, too

Next Friday will be the 33rd birthday of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), which…

Garbage in, garbage out

The latest caper of Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte is a classroom case on how…

Grim turning point

In the immediate aftermath of the shocking shooting incident at San Jose National High School…

3 events that will define our political future

For a period of 22 months beginning next month, July 2026, the Philippines will go…

Criminal and responsible

I once saw an old Free Press editorial cartoon titled “Teenage punks on the loose,”…

Where is the ‘Butcher’?

It would be 20 years this week since University of the Philippines students Sherlyn Cadapan…

Redemption, forthwith

Politics, as the saying goes, is the art of the possible. In the Senate, it…

‘Truth decay’ and ‘truth control’

A dentist friend of mine said to me that the greatest problem in our country…

‘Absolute power corrupts absolutely’

The full quotation is: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Its author…

Riptides and mindfulness

Awareness. Purpose. Meaning. Open-water athletes, including triathletes, marathon swimmers, and surf lifesavers, willingly push their…