With Christmas Day only four weeks away, my thoughts drift back to childhood, to a time when December 25th was the apex of eager anticipation and sheer delight. This feeling was not mine alone; it was ...

Growing evidence of their criminal behavior must have driven the father and daughter to mount desperate acts — with former President Rodrigo Duterte egging the military to oust President Ferdinand ...

Who needs teleseryes when politics gives us our fill of scandal and intrigue? The showdown between the Dutertes and the ...

Former president Rodrigo Duterte warned the public about messing with his daughter, Sara Duterte, in a speech before a gathering of businessmen in October 2018. Five months later in March 2019, he ...

The latest climate summit has been as hypocritical and dysfunctional as previous ones, with most world leaders not even bothering to turn up. Still, 50,000 people flew in from across the world, while ...

During the campaign of Donald Trump that first catapulted him into the White House, I recall a conversation I had with a foreign social anthropologist on the sidelines of a forum about the United ...

The relentless pace of technological advancement is nothing short of breathtaking. Quantum computers, soon to compute 47 years faster than today’s supercomputers, are nearly a reality. ChatGPT, ...

Many individuals grapple with addiction, whether it is to substances such as drugs, alcohol, or caffeine, or to relationships with loved ones. Addiction is a multifaceted and often an incapacitating ...

After two weeks of intense, exhaustive, and often contentious negotiations, the United Nations Climate Change Conference ...

Never make a big decision when you’re angry, hungry, or happy,” Ferdinand Marcos Sr. told Time Magazine in 1974. His son ...

Twelve years ago, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) was adopted alongside the Phnom Penh Statement, marking a milestone in the ...

I started teaching belly dance in Ateneo’s PE program in 2012, and I haven’t stopped (except for last year’s sabbatical).