For a country where many of its poorest die without being attended to by medical professionals in their lifetime, there is ...

When I die, have me cremated, and have my ashes scattered all over the mall.” When asked why, she answered: “In that way, I ...

One would have thought that, after last year's protests against massive corruption in flood control projects, our politicians would know better than to pad the 2027 national budget once more ...

My mother died on Jan. 9, 2026, at 102. Nine months later, finally going through her letters—thousands of them—I found pages I had not seen in decades: copies of things I wrote after my brother ...

The litmus test for survey quality, all over the world, is the ability to forecast the outcome of elections. The next big ...

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The words came from the next table as a family stood to leave the restaurant. As I glanced over, I saw their table littered ...

In May this year, Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla challenged the entire Philippine National Police force, which is under ...

In an age of disinformation, artificial intelligence, online scams, and political polarization, media literacy is more than just an educational issue. It is also a democratic issue, an economic ...

Vice President Sara Duterte has yet to present her evidence in her impeachment trial on Nov. 9 (the date set by the senator-judges for that purpose) and there are already talks about the appointment ...

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It was arguably the most important election of the year. Latin America’s biggest nation, and one of the world’s largest democracies, pulled off yet another electoral shocker by handing Luiz ...