Features
On Trump tariff hikes: PH subservience is not strategy
July 10, 2025
Subservience isn’t strategy—sovereignty is. A government that charts an independent economic path for the Philippines is long overdue.
Sara Duterte’s corruption case, a crushing blow to education
June 13, 2025
FEATURES
The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte is a crucial step toward delivering justice to the gravely betrayed public.
Water wars: A global battle for public control
May 30, 2025
In the Philippines and worldwide, private sector involvement in water services has only led to broken promises of better management, rising costs, and deteriorating services. The growing number of contract terminations and public takeovers shows growing resistance against profit-driven water management and highlights the need to prioritize people over profits.
Great Cabinet Revamp is a dud
May 25, 2025
There’s no doubt that a revamp of government, governance and the Cabinet is overdue. But the Cabinet revamp can’t just be recycling combined with superficially new names or faces. It should mean new ideas for solving old problems and the political will to act on them.
Election post-mortem: Any hope for the economy?
May 19, 2025
The conversation isn’t about what kind of country we want to build and how, but simply who gets to rule it – leaving the inequitable status quo untouched.
Supporting democracy amid undemocratic PH elections
May 12, 2025
The vote is to show that we believe in something better.
Escalating US militarism in PH: Are we drilling for war?
May 2, 2025
FEATURES
Despite its claims of seeking peace and protecting Philippine sovereignty against China’s self-assertion, the US reveals its true intentions by preparing for wars in pursuit of its interests.
America First, Philippines Last: The art of the bad deal
April 29, 2025
COMMENTARY
It is baffling how the Philippine government can so badly misread the US’s unambiguous “America First” statements and actions as signaling an interest in Philippine development.
Php20 rice, unli lies
April 27, 2025
COMMENTARY
The president is claiming to do something for hungry Filipinos that he promised long ago but hasn’t really done anything about since he took office.
