During his third State of the Nation Address (Sona) last year, President Marcos identified smuggling, hoarding, and ...

Our Supreme Court and the Catholic Church—the bulwarks of conservatism and tradition—are moving progressively on a crucial ...

Over the weekend, a colleague posed a query if there was a shortage of hepatitis B vaccines. As of this writing, I still have ...

Small is beautiful, but big is necessary.” These were the famous words of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, the visionary founder of the ...

The Philippine Daily Inquirer’s editorial, “When Harry Met Karma” (9/27/24) comparing my predicament to that of former senator Leila de Lima is unwarranted and malicious. More than a dozen ...

Regarding “‘All religions are paths to reach God’” by Joel Butuyan (Flea Market of Ideas, 9/19/24): In the Pope’s recent Asian tour, he declared: “There is only one God, and religions ...

Going to different foreign countries made me realize how small the Philippines’ commerce is. I noticed that buying and selling products in small quantities was not a common practice in countries ...

Every year, Congress deliberates on the national government (NG) budget and passes it into law to authorize the use of public funds for specific purposes. This is called an appropriation. There are ...

In a bus stop somewhere in Spain, I went to a coffee machine, and with my basic knowledge of Spanish, I followed the ...

When, against all expectations, Rodrigo Duterte won the presidential elections in 2016, people wondered how long the former Davao mayor could maintain the sudden surge in popularity that had propelled ...

The Philippines, for the third consecutive year, is still the most at-risk country to extreme natural events and negative climate change. The 2024 World Risk Report released two weeks ago rated ...

It is heartening to be at the annual conference of the Philippine Society of Public Health Physicians (PSPHP) and to witness ...