About 69 million Filipinos will troop to the polling booths tomorrow to vote for national and local leaders. So much has ...

A social media exchange on the outcome of the recent papal conclave caught my attention the other day. It went like this: A: “Sayang, hindi Filipino ang napiling susunod na Santo Papa! (Too bad, a ...

Habemus papam. We have a pope. A new spiritual leader has risen to shepherd the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, chosen from among the 133 cardinal-electors who gathered beneath the Sistine ...

Whatever the outcome of the papal conclave that is electing at this very moment—if it has not already elected—the successor ...

The pre-election survey work of Social Weather Stations (SWS) is done for the year. Our senatorial results are in last Thursday’s: “SWS confirms May 2025 survey for Stratbase Consultancy on voter ...

When the former “UniTeam” went their separate ways, I could not help but think of similar splits in Philippine history. In ...

In a few days, we, the Filipino people, will be summoned once more to the polls. It may seem routine to some, even transactional. But in truth, every vote is an offering, a line drawn in the soil of ...

Jakarta—Nonaligned Indonesia has navigated through the complexity of big power rivalry by forging closer economic ties with China, while building more intensive relations on security and defense ...

First, there was decadence and a show of machismo by putting down solo parents when Pasig City congressional bet Christian “Ian” Sia said with confidence: “Minsan sa isang taon, ang mga solo ...

Education has always been a top priority among Filipinos, as evidenced by the framed diplomas of a family's college graduates ...

Every election, we fantasize that the best, qualified, and most trustworthy candidates will win. This close to the elections on Monday, however, it’s clear that qualifications and trustworthiness ...

There is a sense of fatalism among Filipinos when it comes to this year’s elections compared to previous rounds. In the time ...