World Press Freedom Day 2026, 2
UNITED Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk highlighted the growing threats to journalists and the media on World Freedom Day on May...
Your mouth reflects your health
FOR DECADES, dentistry and medicine operated in parallel worlds. Today, mounting scientific evidence suggests they are deeply interconnected.
Periodontal disease, a chronic infection of the...
Protection or evasion?!
THE CIRCUS started, strangely enough, with a return appearance. After months of staying away from the Senate, Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa suddenly walked...
From classrooms to communities: WV education with real impact
THE RECENT inclusion of several universities in Western Visayas in the 2026 World University Rankings for Innovation (WURI) is indeed an academic milestone worth...
Bring back the Anti-Subversion Laws
IT SEEMS that despite all the efforts — sincere or otherwise — the Philippines simply cannot shake off its “Third World” label. During the...
A crisis inside the Senate: What the Bato incident reveals about our politics today
THE EVENTS that unfolded inside the Senate last week read like a scene lifted from a political thriller: armed men, raised voices, a sudden...
World Press Freedom Day 2026, 1
JOURNALISM is considered one of the most dangerous professions in the world, so why, then, would anyone want to be in it, especially nowadays?...
Life is just a loan
VIEWING life as a “loan” suggests that existence is only a temporary gift that must eventually be returned to nature or to a higher...
Bullies being bullied back bigtime
FOR A WHILE, bullies look invincible. Because of the power they wielded, they dictate, threaten, humiliate, and crush opposition. They mistake fear for loyalty...