3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (386+ words) Even while a “junglegate” tempest is currently brewing in literary circles, we, journalists who do not belong in that ivory league, continue to write from the trenches. But we must stand with the hurt and the hurting, literary brilliance on…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (480+ words) With poverty incidence reduced to fewer than one in 10 Filipinos and the Philippines attaining upper-middle-income status early this year, are we finally moving beyond the economic struggles that have burdened the Filipino poor and middle class for as long as…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (259+ words) Chief executives in effective organizations determine overall objectives and strategy but trust subordinates for the pencil-pushing and the vetting of potential problems. Less proficient bureaucracies often reverse the system. The bosses decide, and subordinates comply without question and provide the…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (274+ words) This is not an argument for technocracy. Democracy must remain open to ordinary citizens. Nor should a diploma become a gatekeeping device for public office. But winning an election is not a qualification for governing. It is permission to begin…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (505+ words) The ongoing discussion on the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte has raised a fundamental constitutional question: What is the proper threshold for conviction, and who gets to decide it? This is not a partisan issue. It is about…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (314+ words) One good thing to come out of Sen. Robinhood Padilla’s flawed historical comparison—matching the aliases used by our national heroes with the fictitious names found on acknowledgment receipts for Vice President Sara Duterte’s confidential funds—is that it led…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (228+ words) Filipina land and photography opinion.inquirer.net Even more intriguing is how exchanges have almost always been masculine. Think about what you’ve seen, and again, it’s a handful of the handful of products, with little documentation. Now come some mysteries,…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (288+ words) Senator-judge Raffy Tulfo to hostile witness Gina Acosta: “How would you describe yourself, smart, average, or stupid?” This should be a question for hostile witnesses who play forgetful and dumb, who feign stupidity in order to wiggle out of prosecution…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (795+ words) Inquirer.net Buwan ng Wika reflections People who were born in the last century like me grew up with the celebration of “Linggo ng Wika” in grade school. Today it is “Buwan ng Wika.” I don’t know how English is…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (237+ words) The recent shooting rampages involving minors in Tacloban and Zamboanga are not isolated tragedies. They are warning signals. And neither the Senate nor the House of Representatives have answers for them today. The Philippines has none of this — no minimum-age…...