T o be “friend to all, enemy to none” is a good, cautious policy, when you’re unfamiliar with whom you’re dealing with. It’s ...

I have always felt that I belong somewhere else. Not because I hated my hometown, but because from a young age, I knew there were parts of me that wouldn’t survive if I stayed. Growing up ...

I n recent years, Philippine higher education has been grappling with transformative policy shifts, some controversial, some promising. Among the most contentious debates today is the proposed ...

I received a lot of birthday greetings yesterday (my birthday is two months away, in August) because it was Jose Rizal’s 164th birthday. Fortunately, nobody sends me similar greetings on Rizal Day, ...

Dhaka—On April 20, 2025, rickshaw drivers took to the streets to protest the decision to ban their vehicles on Dhaka’s Gulshan and Banani areas. Clashes broke out between drivers of battery-run ...

As the climate crisis intensifies and with the Philippines among the countries highly vulnerable to its impact, local government units (LGU) are at the frontline of building climate-resilient ...

In recent months, a wave of policy proposals has emerged from lawmakers seeking to “reform” the Philippine education system. One senator has proposed a return to the old K-10 basic education ...

Singapore/Jakarta—The 46th Asean Summit and Related Meetings convened last month in Kuala Lumpur to much fanfare, and rightly so. The discussions yielded a range of outcomes, with the most ...

The manner in which the Senate is handling the impeachment trial will lead to a constitutional crisis and reputational risk for the country. There are at least three clear and fundamentally wrong ...

In the Philippines, one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries, it is the young people who bear the brunt of environmental decline. Plastic-ridden rivers, denuded forests, intensified ...