4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (480+ words) With poverty incidence reduced to fewer than one in 10 Filipinos and the Philippines attaining upper-middle-income status early this year, are we finally moving beyond the economic struggles that have burdened the Filipino poor and middle class for as long as…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (366+ words) Do not fool or fight Mother Nature. Mother Nature always wins. I am not an engineer, psychologist, or a sociologist, but I learned a lot from professor Randy David, a sociologist, when he discussed the construction of an artificial island…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (259+ words) Chief executives in effective organizations determine overall objectives and strategy but trust subordinates for the pencil-pushing and the vetting of potential problems. Less proficient bureaucracies often reverse the system. The bosses decide, and subordinates comply without question and provide the…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (197+ words) When a sitting impeachable official successfully bypasses the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that bind ordinary citizens, it aggressively erodes the public’s remaining trust in the rule of law. It sends a dangerous message: the justice system confirms it is now…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (274+ words) This is not an argument for technocracy. Democracy must remain open to ordinary citizens. Nor should a diploma become a gatekeeping device for public office. But winning an election is not a qualification for governing. It is permission to begin…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (662+ words) Living with water opinion.inquirer.net The Kansai International Airport (KIX) in Japan opened in 1994 on an artificial island in Osaka Bay; it now sits on two. The seabed there lies 18 meters down, under rock and soil dumped from three…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (560+ words) Judicial supremacy Inquirer.net When the story of the rise and fall of our present Fifth Republic gets to be written, one of its most interesting chapters will be how the Supreme Court ended up the most powerful branch of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (314+ words) One good thing to come out of Sen. Robinhood Padilla’s flawed historical comparison—matching the aliases used by our national heroes with the fictitious names found on acknowledgment receipts for Vice President Sara Duterte’s confidential funds—is that it led…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (752+ words) Can we defeat corruption? (2) opinion.inquirer.net Can we defeat corruption? (2) Had our national heroes been alive today, they would have certainly been vloggers. I can easily imagine Dr. Jose Rizal setting up his own podcast, regularly inviting over the…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (651+ words) The drone footage of the Agusan del Sur Sports Complex is stunning. From above, the 2026 Palarong Pambansa looks larger than life. Glowing grandstands, sweeping pyrotechnics, and thousands of young athletes marching across a pristine emerald field. Watching it through my…...