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GAA 2025: Budget Cuts to Health, Social Welfare, and Education Raise Concerns Over Impact on Vulnerable Sectors

This P6.352-trillion budget aims to fund essential programs and services that impact millions of Filipinos. As the operating budget for the Philippine Government that was...

What Was in the Water? The Philippines’ Struggle for Sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea

The waters around the Philippines remained a source of contention in 2024, with a rising number of clashes between Philippine and Chinese forces. With seven major incidents recorded, these...

[EXCLUSIVE] Going Global: How Michael Sordilla, the Man Behind Hiyas ng Pilipinas, Innocentrix, Orchestrated a P2-Billion Book Publishing Scam in the US

According to the FBI, the alleged scam has been active since 2017 and involved "knowingly and intentionally conspiring to commit mail fraud and wire fraud," with...

Beyond Long Weekend and Economics: Honoring the Valor of Andres Bonifacio

Bonifacio Day reminds us to appreciate the valor of our heroes and their origin stories. Without them, the independence we so greatly enjoy—and sometimes...

Revisiting Andres Bonifacio: A New – and Deeper Look – at the Life of the Father of the Philippine Revolution

In celebration of the 161st birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio, we revisit the man whose name is synonymous with courage, resolve, and an unwavering...

Why is Rodrigo Duterte still Popular?

Analysts have compared Duterte’s approach to that of other global strongmen, such as Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who similarly adopt...

Which Day of the Dead Is It?

If there is one question that needs to be answered during the Feast of the Dead, it’s this: when do we usually visit your...

Taiwan, the Philippines’ small ‘big brother’

Filipinos are among the preferred nationalities by businesses and industries in the small island nation of Taiwan. As of mid-2023, there were approximately 154,027...

What’s Keeping our Government from Creating, Enforcing Effective Climate Change Policies? 

Record-high temperatures, prolonged stretches of extreme heat, and frequent severe storms and floods are becoming a reality in the Philippines, reflecting the tangible effects...

Our Critical Infrastructure Systems Tested to the Hilt by Nature’s Climatic Wind Tunnels’

Tropical Storm Carina recently hit the Philippines as the opening salvo to the 2024 typhoon season. The storm caused extensive flooding across the National...

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