Why electric vehicles are probably a bad idea, 1

I SEE more and more electric vehicles every year. Probably a bad idea. (But see caveat 1 below.) Whenever energy is transformed from one form to...
Editorial Cartoon for February 27, 2026.

Editorial Cartoon of the Day

Oral health is public health: Why LGUs must invest more

WHEN local governments craft their annual budgets, health allocations often gravitate toward hospitals, medicines, and emergency response. Rarely does oral health command the same...

Promoting ‘Maliputo’ as a high value fish

TO PUT matters in the right perspective, the Giant Trevally is not endemic to the Philippines. It thrives in marine environments across the Indo-Pacific....

Chilly Sunday afternoon in Panglao

SUNDAY afternoon, we drove leisurely to Panglao for a change of scenery and pace. It was drizzling, but we decided to proceed anyway. I...

The suffering of abused children and the injustice they face, 1

THE SEXUAL abuse of children is a most heinous crime, and the Church, civil society, and national and local authorities have tried for centuries...

Following Christ

WHEN Christ said that no blind man should lead another blind man, since both of them would just fall sooner or later, and that...

Party-list reform is long overdue, 1

THERE are political questions that skim the surface, and there are those that land heavily because they mirror what many of us have long...

Justice cannot be waived: Duterte must face ICC and his victims

PANAY Alliance Karapatan (PAK) strongly condemns and expresses its utmost outrage at former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s attempt to evade accountability by seeking to...
Editorial Cartoon for February 26, 2025.

Editorial Cartoon of the Day