Somewhere in Tondo, a jeepney driver is doing the math at the gasoline pump. Fuel is up again—because the Middle East is restless again. He’s calculating whether today’s passengers cover a full ...

On April 24, 1972, Fernando C. Amorsolo breathed his last. Three days later, he rose again (figuratively) as the first national artist for painting. One could say that the national artist award was ...

In a recent interview, United States President Donald Trump described the Iran war as “a little excursion.” It’s a subtle jab at the free world about the intensity and impact of the war he ...

The Alice Guo case is instructive, a template used previously to bestow Filipino citizenship on illegal Chinese nationals. On top of being convicted of human trafficking for running a crypto currency ...

There’s no letup in the United States and Israel’s escalating strikes on Iran, with the latter’s retaliation showing that it is far from declaring an “unconditional surrender” demanded by ...

Not long after the United States and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran and plunged the region into a raging crisis, ...

Restoran, altruwismo, but also adobo and halaya ... did you know these Filipino words trace their origins to French, often via Spanish? They capture the essence of Francophonie: a blend of diversity, ...

Explosive allegations of corruption against powerful figures in government and society inevitably generate screaming headlines. But when the dust settles, it’s the cold evidence that has to do the ...

The script is as predictable as the monsoon rains, and twice as destructive. Whenever a multibillion-peso scandal threatens to drown the administration in public ire, the executive branch reaches for ...

They were soulmates. They met late in their lives after their children got married, yet they quickly became inseparable—a ...

The world feels so small in these troubled times. People from all corners of the planet are similarly experiencing the consequences of the lawless behavior of a few rogue giants who are having fits of ...