IF impeachment in the Philippines can be stalled because the secretary-general is abroad, then let us be honest with ourselves: impeachment is no longer a constitutional remedy or a process.…
A SINGLE bad survey can be spun away. Two can be dismissed as methodological quirks. But when three different polling outfits, using different questions, samples and methodologies, start pointing in…
After nearly four decades of constitutional silence, Malacañang certified an anti-dynasty bill as a “priority,” and the House version was promptly filed by none other than the presidential son Sandro…
THE Philippines today is more visible on the global stage than at any point in recent decades, but also more vulnerable, more polarized at home and underperforming economically relative to…
By: Bruno FalciEdited by: Luís Indriunas This article has been translated from Portuguese. We apologize for any unintended translation errors. Anna Rosario Malindog-Uy details climate crisis, corruption in public works, repression…
THERE are absurd ideas, there are dangerous ideas, and then there are ideas so alarmingly reckless that one wonders if their authors have ever opened a history book or even…
Why Manila’s chairmanship could make—or break—its regional credibility. The Philippines’ upcoming ASEAN chairmanship in 2026 will be one of the country’s most consequential leadership tests in recent memory. After Laos…
1. Article XI, Section 1 — Public Office Is a Public Trust: “Public office is a public trust. Public officers and employees must, at all times, be accountable to the…
Every president of the Republic is held to the highest standards of probity and integrity—not by whim, not by politics, but by constitutional design. He alone, by his lonesome and…
IN a country accustomed to corruption scandals, political acrobatics and a steady diet of “latest controversies,” it takes something massive — seismic, even — to shock the public conscience. But…