The Misguidance of Chantal Anicoche

The Misguidance of Chantal Anicoche

Young Filipino Americans who romanticize “the people’s struggle” don’t realize the dangers they face when they join “exposure” tours to NPA guerrilla areas in the Philippines.

Read More

PH in 2025: Calls for Urgent Reforms Amid Corruption Scandal and Economic Woes

PH in 2025: Calls for Urgent Reforms Amid Corruption Scandal and Economic Woes

Halfway through his six-year term, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. faces natural calamities, a major corruption scandal, and a worrisome economic picture.

Read More

Batangas Local Gov’t Unit Bolsters Department of Health’s HPV Vaccination Program

Batangas Local Gov’t Unit Bolsters Department of Health’s HPV Vaccination Program

Local Government Unit action reinforces the push for a stronger, nationwide DOH program to meet WHO cervical cancer elimination goals by 2030.

Read More

High Drama in a Low Country: Duterte Watch in The Hague

High Drama in a Low Country: Duterte Watch in The Hague

Here in The Hague, the international court may hold the future of a country’s reckoning with impunity and political violence.

Read More

Was the Philippines’ Star Turn at Frankfurt Book Fair Worth the Fuss?

Was the Philippines’ Star Turn at Frankfurt Book Fair Worth the Fuss?

What did the Philippines’ Guest of Honor role at the 77th Frankfurt Book Fair actually accomplish, given the obstacles, controversies, and missteps along the way?

Read More

That Strange Writing in Philippine Passports

That Strange Writing in Philippine Passports

There’s an entire sentence in Filipino native script on nearly every odd-numbered page of the Philippine passport. What does it say?

Read More

Return the Money, Jail the Crooks: Vigorous Protests Again Animate the Motherland

Return the Money, Jail the Crooks: Vigorous Protests Again Animate the Motherland

Massive protests erupt in the Philippines against the biggest graft and corruption scandal in years.

Read More

Filipino Language and Its Discontents

Filipino Language and Its Discontents

It’s Buwan ng Wika (Language Month) but shouldn’t it be Buwan ng mga Wika (Month of Languages) instead?

Read More

Who You Gonna Call? Scam Buster

Who You Gonna Call? Scam Buster

A Filipino journalist’s personal crusade against cyber fraud

Read More

Heroes of the Street

Heroes of the Street

They earn a living in the street of hard knocks.

Read More