An enigmatic future
The arrival of a new year is often wrapped in certainty that does not exist. What lies ahead is opaque, and pretending otherwise weakens our judgment at a time when clarity matters most.
The coming...
Welcoming the bridge
The reopening of the San Juanico Bridge to heavier vehicles is welcome news that deserves sober recognition rather than celebration. It corrects a damaging disruption and affirms the bridge’s central role in regional mobility...
Lavish spending
The reckless spending of Christmas bonuses and year-end incentives has become a predictable ritual that benefits businesses far more than the people who earn them. What should be a rare chance to build security...
Double losses
The diversion of billions of pesos from PhilHealth under the BBM administration, now stranded amid the flood control projects scandal, is a grave abuse of public funds. It directly harmed health insurance members while...
Politicized justice
The country is currently facing a clear case of selective justice, where laws are turned into weapons against political rivals while allies who have plundered not just millions but multi-billion up to trillion pesos...
Politics at a glance
Ideally, politics should yield competent leaders that people can choose from during elections. But in our country, politics has decayed into a dirty arena where competence is displaced by manipulation and deceit, depriving the...