OPINION: When Land Is Given Away, So Is The Future
Vice Mayor Amy Olegario’s words during the Sangguniang Bayan deliberation were striking not because they…
Category: Opinion
Why Journalism Must Keep Choosing Truth Over Noise
As 2025 draws to a close, it is worth asking a difficult but necessary question:…
Bright Lights, Dark Shadows: Christmas in the Philippines Amid Endemic Corruption
IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay — From September to January, the Philippines glows. Streets are draped with…
When Christianity Blessed the Gun: A Critique of the Drug War
The Philippine “war on drugs” did more than unleash police violence. It exposed a deeper…
Political Dynasties Are Not a Right. Democracy Is.
Every time the question of abolishing political dynasties resurfaces, the same tired argument is raised:…
Corruption Isn’t a Flood Control Problem — It’s a Governance Problem
When floods hit, so does public anger. And almost inevitably, flood control projects take the…
OPINION: Why an Anti-Dynasty Law Is Now a Democratic Emergency
Nearly four decades after the 1987 Constitution warned against political dynasties, Congress still hasn’t passed…
OPINION: When Winning Becomes Everything, Democracy Loses — Even As Sara Duterte Dominates Early 2028 Surveys
Early surveys for the 2028 presidential race show that Vice President Sara Duterte continues to…
Is Local News Dead? Or Are We Killing It?
Local news isn’t dying a natural death. It is being killed slowly and methodically—not by…
Opinion | Is “Kung Walang Korap, Walang Mahirap” A Problematic Promise?
The slogan “Kung Walang Korap, Walang Mahirap” burst into the national consciousness more than a…
Why the “Oust and Replace” Reflex Is Breaking Philippine Democracy
Has it become a template? Every time the country hits a governance snag—corruption scandals, policy…
COMMENTARY: A GATEKEEPER OF POWER, NOT PUBLIC TRUST
Lucas Bersamin’s ascent to the position of Executive Secretary in September 2022 was not greeted…