Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) ensures the financial security of millions of government employees and retirees by protecting their pensions and benefits. Each month, government employees ...

Among the first things I called to then President Fidel V. Ramos’ attention after he made me head the National Economic and ...

Tourism thrives on image, and regrettably, the image of the Philippines now projected abroad is not of white sand beaches and ...

The water wasn’t just from the rain. It came from the clogged consciences, the overflowing greed, and the broken promises of ...

We live in strange times indeed. I have witnessed bizarre events across the world, but nothing quite beats the tragicomedy of Philippine politics. After my legal team detected major anomalies in the ...

Shortly after he died last Aug. 21, aged 88, tributes in American papers began to appear for “the world’s nicest judge.” The judge was Frank Caprio, who, as a municipal judge handling fairly ...

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. warned last week that the rice tariffication law (RTL), considered by many as ...

I was in the employees’ clinic to seek medical clearance after an encounter with a respiratory infection, which took quite ...

The past week has been dominated by an urgent debate on how journalism can still effectively draw a clear line between ...

There was never a moment when I didn’t feel fear’s tight grip in my hand whenever I was asked about my opinions on romance, and later on when I got older, sex. My hands felt drenched in sweat ...

Can the Philippines’ indigenous peoples speak? Literally, of course, they can. But in a society that still treats them as savages or second-class citizens, can they truly ascend podiums of national ...

In 2023, the House of Representatives passed House Bill No. 8969, which seeks to mandate the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) for all senior high school students. Proponents call it a move ...