On October 25, 2025, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed Executive Order No. 100, prescribing a floor price for palay ...

Last May, the Philippine peso began to part ways with the currencies of our comparable neighbors. Normally, our currency ...

The message of President Ferdinand ’Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. during a media briefing in Kuala Lumpur merits close attention. He said, “We have to remind people that we have now moved from the ...

According to an online blurb, the term “delicadeza” is a “Filipino word that means having good manners, respect, and a sense of what is right and wrong.” It means being honest, humble, and ...

Oxford–”The food scene in [the Philippines] is really vibrant with local specialties that are different from one city to another,” the former French Ambassador to Manila, Michèle Boccoz, told ...

The nation again stands at a dangerous crossroads. Billions meant to keep floods at bay were instead washed away by greed. As rivers rise, so does the anger of a people who have seen this movie too ...

I was educated in Catholic schools most of my life, all the way up to my sophomore year in college, and had my fair share of classes in catechism, Old and New Testament, encyclicals. I even served ...

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 ...

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 ...