The three Herods mentioned in the Holy Scripture were all notorious for their cruelty. The first was Herod of Ascalon, aka ...

In provinces where a single surname fills nearly every line of the ballot, it becomes clear why one constitutional mandate has been ignored for 37 years. Article II, Section 26 of the 1987 ...

Just how many New People’s Army (NPA) rebels are there remaining in their jungle hideouts? According to Armed Forces of the ...

UST reaches for unending grace over NUNS ‘tasteless taunting,’” (12/10/25), which reported on how a few members of the National University Nazareth School (NUNS) ...

Because of the long Christmas holidays, we have early deadlines, so by the time this piece comes out, much of what I say here could be outdated. But, like good soldiers, we write anyway because ...

Will the latest move in Congress to address the elephant in the room—the constitutional prohibition against political ...

Our country and the entire Christian world celebrate today the happiest day of the year for the whole of Christendom. We join ...

From the many intriguing details in Mahar Mangahas’ recent column here on the Roman census during the first Christmas (see “The first Christmas census,” 12/20/25), I picked out a reference to ...

This year, Christmas comes at a time of disarray. The investigation into the corruption that plague government projects is ...

Filipinos have always prided themselves on having the longest Christmas season in the world—from September when carols ...

The recent call to prioritize the Independent People’s Commission (IPC) bill revives a perennial hope: that a new agency can finally curb systemic corruption. Yet, this hope is shadowed by the ghost ...

There is a moment almost every parent knows. A child takes their first unsteady steps or speaks their first word, and something shifts. We feel, without quite understanding why, that we have witnessed ...