It has often kept me wondering whether the past architects of our nation’s educational system would be proud of how we ended ...

In a time when conflict, climate anxiety, and economic uncertainty dominate headlines, it is easy to assume that meaningful change belongs only to governments, billion-dollar institutions, or global ...

I’m always amused when I get introduced as a guest speaker: “Like many of you, I always read our guest speaker’s column ‘Pinoy Kasi,’” and mentioning one of the other daily newspapers instead of the ...

No one who cares about the state of education in our country can ignore the more than 600-page final report recently released by the Second Congressional Commission on Education (Edcom 2). Drawing ...

There is a quiet unease many students carry as they move through school; despite years of classes, exams, and requirements, ...

Last Jan. 5, President Marcos signed into law the P6.79 trillion national budget for 2026. This amount is equivalent to 22 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and represents a ...

It’s the economy, stupid,” former United States President Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign adviser, James Carville, once famously argued. Over the next generation, countless pundits and even ...

In my Jan. 5 column, I exalted the women of Asean (led by Malaysian Chief Justice Maimun), who are transforming and ...

A fulfilling retirement need not be a distant dream for most Filipinos; it is the government’s duty to make it a reality. This is not merely a matter of social welfare, but delivering a “national ...

My first encounter with the Filipino heart—its compassion and moral courage—took place just a few months before I arrived in the Philippines. It happened in Israel, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, which ...