Updating the Energy Social Contract: The Case for EPIRA Reform
TWENTY-five years ago, the Philippines enacted the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) to dismantle the state-run utility monopoly, invite private investment, and stimulate...
Promises, performance, and the ‘mahiya naman kayo’ moment
AS WE prepare to listen to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s State of the Nation Address this afternoon, it is only fitting to look back...
Subpoena power and the Sara Duterte Impeachment: Lessons from Corona, risks for today
THE SENATE’S decision this afternoon to consider subpoenaing Vice President Sara Duterte’s tax records has instantly become the most resonant political development of the...
A decade of anchor and anchorless seas: The true worth of the Arbitral Award...
A DECADE has passed since the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague delivered a definitive, resounding verdict that effectively dismantled a superpower’s expansive,...
The impeachment crossroads: a test of institutional resolve
THE IMPEACHMENT trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, set to formally open on July 6, 2026, is no longer just a political spectacle —...
Christian poverty more than just detachment from things
ALEX Eala’s straight sets victory over world No. 2 Elena Rybakina in Berlin was more than a tennis upset — it was a national...
Kawit and the everyday test of freedom
ON JUNE 12, 1898, General Emilio Aguinaldo stood on the balcony of his ancestral home in Cavite el Viejo (now Kawit) and proclaimed the...
Senate pushed into uncharted waters
THE PHILIPPINE Senate has always been a stage for political maneuvering, but the recent takeover by the Gatchalian group has pushed the chamber into...
The ICC trial of Rodrigo Duterte is more than a courtroom drama
THE INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to try former president Rodrigo Duterte on November 30, 2026 is a watershed moment that forces the Philippines...
A nation at the crossroads of justice, governance, and resilience
THE PAST week’s headlines have been nothing short of seismic. From the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) rejection of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s appeal, to...