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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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

When Bam Aquino and Kiko Pangilinan surged into the winning circle of the 2025 senatorial elections—defying polling trends ...

As has been talked about in both social and mainstream media, President Marcos delivered a “different” State of the Nation ...

One of life’s greatest scourges is discrimination against people, regardless of their reason: race, religion, political views, poverty, gender, or disability. This scourge is all the more serious ...

A mentor once told me, “You have to get over your resistance to the use of artificial intelligence.” I told him that a major ...