Features
Where does the fire come from?
June 5, 2026
FEATURES
An urban poor community may be razed to the ground. But the urban poor’s long history of relentless struggle almost always ignites a flame that carries on until people’s development is realized.
Policing Truth, Hiding the Crisis
June 5, 2026
FEATURES
The real threat confronting Filipinos today is not simply the spread of disinformation and fake news, but how the state is working so hard to conceal the deepening economic crisis.
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.
Watt a burden
April 26, 2026
What is the government doing? Despite President Marcos Jr’s Executive Order 110 declaring a “state of national energy emergency”, on March 24, it’s business as usual for oil, energy, and electricity firms. The government, meanwhile, just continues with the 12% value-added tax on electricity, adding to the burden of the majority who are already financially struggling, while power firms profit from the crisis.
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.
