In precolonial Philippines, the male datu served as the secular head of the community, but the female babaylan was revered as ...

Small-scale fisherfolk, lodged among the poorest in society, are pleading with lawmakers to tackle a bill seeking to restore ...

I have written at least eight columns on the outrageous flood control scams, the investigations, the apparent culprits, the laws applicable, and the personalities who could hasten the criminal ...

In precolonial Philippines, the male datu served as the secular head of the community, but the female babaylan was revered as its spiritual leader. Their roles were interdependent and complementary: ...

The vibrant laughter of Filipino children often masks a deeper, unseen burden—the heavy toll exacted by corruption in government. While public discourse frequently frames corruption as an economic ...

My childhood mornings in Isabela began with the cry of roosters. For most people, it was just countryside background noise, the alarm clock that crowed too early. For me, it was family business. My ...

The story is told about a wife who lost her husband whom she loved so much. On the day of his burial, as a sign of her ...

I’ve learned and grown to like grief. I live with it; I don’t run from it anymore—terrified of the thought that it might come ...

In Tibetan Buddhism, bardo refers to the in-between state after death and before rebirth. It is a time when consciousness is less fixed, open to both change and confusion. A being may linger there for ...

The cost of living in the Philippines is high. And so is the cost of dying. This is why a new law providing free funeral services is a huge help for poor Filipino families whose grief is doubled by ...

Ex-prisoners were the students’ special guests at a recent Ateneo event. They were members of a program under the Philippine ...

They were called “Bright Boys” when they both became congressmen for the first time in 1998. They were elected together as ...