Mahiya naman kayo! (Shame on you!)” seemed to be the most resonant sound bite from President Marcos’ State of the Nation ...

Two Sundays ago, Gen. Nicolas Torre III taught Filipinos a crash course on “How to Deal with Bullies 101.” Too bad his ...

We still tend to think of caregiving mainly as catering to the elderly, even coining the term “old-sitters.” The shortages we face today are for both “babysitters” and “old-sitters,” ...

A few years back, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, I found myself confronting an "existential” crisis. Not too different from my favorite philosophers, Socrates and Søren Kierkegaard, ...

One of life’s greatest scourges is discrimination against people, regardless of their reason: race, religion, political views, poverty, gender, or disability. This scourge is all the more serious ...

President Marcos vowed during his fourth State of the Nation Address (Sona) to build at least 40,000 new public school ...

On July 14, I wrote that the Supreme Court disciplines its members (see "The Supreme Court disciplines its members," 7/14/25). Question of readers: Does it also discipline the justices of ...

A mentor once told me, “You have to get over your resistance to the use of artificial intelligence.” I told him that a major ...

The Supreme Court’s decision declaring the impeachment process against Vice President Sara Duterte unconstitutional is both disappointing and disheartening. It was a ruling grounded in legal ...

The saga of my Social Security System (SSS) pension is truly a worthwhile experience. Not a smooth ride nor a walk in the park—from preparation until you begin to receive your hard-earned monthly ...