Buoyed by deceptively optimistic surveys, the government expected the 2025 midterm elections to be a showcase of its strength ...

Before I became a voter, I used to remember my parents discussing how they could get “easy money” during elections. In this ...

Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco's ambitious plan to seize the House speakership has spectacularly imploded, revealing the stark limits of his political influence. His strategy, predicated on ...

The Local Government Code of 1991 (Republic Act No. 7160) devolved health, social welfare, and agriculture services to local government units (LGUs). With new local officials having been voted into ...

The concept of synderesis, a foundational principle in ethics and moral philosophy, posits that humans are inherently inclined toward goodness and possess an intrinsic moral compass that guides their ...

A fluid political landscape just got messier. Far from creating a decisive outcome, last week’s midterm elections created even more political uncertainty. On the surface, it was a disaster for the ...

Food etiquette refers to cultural rules around eating and, until a few years ago, revolved around stuff like no elbows on the table or not talking when your mouth is full. Some of the rules ...

Much has been talked, broadcast, forwarded, and written about Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born, Augustinian-educated, ...

In rejecting the 25-year moratorium on mining imposed by Occidental Mindoro and one of its municipalities in areas within ...

The dismal passing rate of the latest civil service exams provides another angle to the gravity of the country’s worsening ...

Progress over perfection, as they say. The results of the 2025 midterm elections were far from what I expected, yet they were ...