The Department of Budget and Management is scheduled to submit to Congress next week the National Expenditure Program or the “President’s Budget” for 2026 that will run up to P6.793 trillion, ...

Last week, as is customary with many academic offices, our department had a general assembly to bring together faculty and staff in preparation for a new academic year. Our agenda moved from ...

I believe the Fifth Republic fell in 2016. This fall, in turn, could be dated to 2006; and while the republic as it was ...

I teach a required college freshman course called “Readings in Philippine History.” When the course title is abbreviated for ...

There’s a peculiar silence that visits me sometimes—uninvited, unsettling, yet familiar. It arrives in the quiet after the day has dimmed, when laughter has faded and the world retreats into its ...

President Marcos’ 2025 State of the Nation Address (Sona) clearly signaled that education is a national priority. Nearly 20 percent of the speech was dedicated to the sector—a notable shift from ...

UP graduations are occasions when the university by tradition honors its finest alumni, those who exemplify its inseparable ideals of honor, excellence, and service. But at the 116th commencement ...

Mahiya naman kayo! (Shame on you!)” seemed to be the most resonant sound bite from President Marcos’ State of the Nation ...

Two Sundays ago, Gen. Nicolas Torre III taught Filipinos a crash course on “How to Deal with Bullies 101.” Too bad his ...

We still tend to think of caregiving mainly as catering to the elderly, even coining the term “old-sitters.” The shortages we face today are for both “babysitters” and “old-sitters,” ...