Features

Reframed curriculum: A worrisome guide for market-ready and nation-blind Filipinos

May 19, 2026

FEATURES

Education continues to be reduced to a factory floor, where classrooms function as production lines processing students into the future workforce of global supply chains.

On ratings outlook downgrades: People matter more

April 23, 2026

COMMENTARY

It is never too late to take steps to manage the oil shock in a way that is equitable, enhances growth, and is structurally transformative.

The curious case of Philippine manufacturing

April 23, 2026

FEATURES

The steady decline of manufacturing reflects the impact of neoliberal policies.

Medicines are next

March 30, 2026

FEATURES

At face value it may sound like a gentle reminder that prevention is better than cure, but it screams a harder truth: Filipinos cannot afford to be sick.

Rice and Imperialism
At a risky crossroads

March 19, 2026

FEATURES

At the crossroads of national food security and imperialist interests, the government has consistently chosen the latter.

PH oil troubles: By the numbers

March 13, 2026

FEATURES

The measures the Marcos Jr admin takes to address economic shocks by the US-Israel attack on Iran have to be weighed against the magnitude of the problems at hand.

Agriculture, the crisis the government won’t talk about

February 27, 2026

FEATURES

Philippine agriculture is suffering, but government planners barely talk about this now.

EDSA is Every Day, One Battle After Another

February 24, 2026

COMMENTARY

Forty years is a long time—long enough to reshape memory. Yet there is no doubting the enduring relevance of EDSA.

Why interest cuts won’t cut it

February 24, 2026

FEATURES

Until the Marcos Jr administration’s economic policies cut to the heart of the matter, interest rate cuts really just won’t cut it.