The Black Nazarene: Why millions walk every January 9
EVERY January 9, Manila becomes a city transformed. Streets that usually echo with jeepneys, vendors, and office workers are swallowed by a sea of...
Let’s be ready to carry Christ’s cross
IF CHRIST is the pattern of our humanity, then we have to be ready to carry his cross which is his ultimate expression of...
When a signature is not enough, 1
LAST November, key education and regulatory agencies gathered with a shared urgency to confront diploma mills and begin building an online national registry.
The...
When nursing care is reclassified
THE NEWS spread quickly, as it often does now. A technical decision by the United States Department of Education—framed in regulatory language about loan...
Norway’s deforestation policy a wake-up call — will PH listen?
WHEN Norway made headlines by committing to a zero-deforestation policy, I couldn’t help but ask: When will we, in the Philippines, take forest protection this seriously?
The Norwegian...
Cheap mobility, costly consequences
FOR THOUSANDS of families in Western Visayas, the motorcycle is survival on two wheels. It is the cheapest way to get to work, to...
Never doubt God’s compassion for us
THE STORY of the Canaanite woman who begged Christ to cure her daughter who was tormented by a demonic possession (cfr. Mt 15, 21-28)...
The United States’ abduction of Maduro
IT HASN’T been a week and 2026 is off to a loud start. As of January 3, 2026, the United States had bombed Caracas...
Jun’s points
THE FATE of water distribution in Bacolod City hangs in uncertainty.
There is still no clear picture on reports that Manny Villar’s PrimeWater Infrastructure Corporation...