Who’s to blame for our bad manners?

Another look at education

August 19, 2026

Instead of addressing the education crisis, the Marcos Jr government is simply fixated on mass-producing a labor force tailored to the needs of the global market.

Filipinos can’t keep up with prices as wages lag and government help falls short

August 15, 2026

ANALYSIS

Filipinos continue to struggle with the high cost of living as prices keep rising faster than what their incomes can keep up with.

Borrow, Borrow More, as of June 2026

August 15, 2026

Low Real Wages, More Expensive Food, as of July 2026

August 15, 2026

Minimum Wage and Family Living Wage Per Region, as of July 2026

August 15, 2026

National Family Living Wage, as of July 2026

August 15, 2026

Pax Silica: Whose industrialization is it anyway?

August 12, 2026

The shiny cutting edge high-tech Pax Silica may indeed be different this time. Unfortunately, the way things are going, it will be different in the sense of a new level of dependence and making real Filipino industrialization even harder.

A vow to the pangi tree

August 10, 2026

The pangi tree will bear fruit again and again, season after season, long after those who sought to silence the forest are gone.

Apat na taon ni Marcos Jr: Ang Hindi Maikubling Krisis

July 29, 2026