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OPINYON: Ang dapat mabatid: Ayala at tubig

Buddy Gomez — Cyberbuddy
Posted at Dec 12 09:50 PM

Sino pa sa mundo ang mag-nanais tumaya ng kapital sa ating bansa kung ang pamahalaan mismo ang nag-takwil sa kabanalan ng kontrata. Read more »

OPINION: Life (and death) in plastic

Karim Raslan - Ceritalah ASEAN
Posted at Dec 10 12:57 AM

Like it or not, plastic is here to stay. Read more »

OPINION: The vicious circle of rent-seeking in the Philippines

Edmund Tayao
Updated as of Dec 13 05:59 PM

We always complain about governance, about rent-seeking, of the disgusting service we get despite paying good money in practically every service in the country, but we don’t go beyond complaining. Read more »

7 Reasons Why You Should Read the Fine Print on Emergency Health Cards

Aneth Ng-Lim
Posted at Dec 09 10:10 AM

When health emergencies happen, one’s savings usually take a beating from medical expenses and for some, friends even need to pass the hat around for help settling hospital bills. Read more »

'Residencia' a relevant legal legacy

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Dec 09 12:35 AM

Let us have a little bit of history and then a leap into a future that will be coming to the fore as this incumbent government administration ends another era in the seemingly serial travails of the Philippines.   Read more »

OPINION: Song suggestions for the SEAG closing ceremonies

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Updated as of Dec 06 04:43 PM

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo was wrong when he said that there is no song that embodies the whole Philippines. Read more »

OPINION: How Javanese failed to become Indonesia’s national language

Karim Raslan - Ceritalah ASEAN
Posted at Dec 04 03:16 AM

More people speak Javanese than Malay, Burmese or even Thai. Indeed 95 million people or fully 40 percent of Indonesia’s 265 million strong population are Javanese speakers. Read more »

OPINION: Enjoy the Games, don’t forget issues that matter

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Dec 03 03:26 AM

Who would be investigated then if “Cayetano and the rest” are exempted? Read more »

OPINION: Democracy without a state

Edmund Tayao
Posted at Dec 02 03:23 PM

Without this shadow of hierarchy there is no cooperation and therefore there are no norms or standards. All are participants and there is no entity that function as the enforcer of rules. Read more »

Black Friday vs. Cyber Monday: May your wallet win in the battle of discounts

Aneth Ng-Lim
Posted at Dec 02 11:02 AM

The famous sale weekend follows Thanksgiving Day and takes place on Nov. 29, a Friday, and spills over through Saturday and Sunday. Formerly a US shopping tradition, it has spread to other countries and continents so you may have seen Black Friday sale signs around the Philippines too, competing with all the noise around the SEA Games. Read more »

OPINION: The Trump impeachment: My takeaways

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Nov 30 08:09 AM

There is no longer any doubt in my mind that President Donald J. Trump will be impeached on the basis of sworn-to and unrefuted facts. Read more »

OPINION: Parlade on judges, the law and the NUJP

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Nov 28 02:14 PM

The slain judge had acquitted in September this year a medical worker accused by the military of masterminding an attack on soldiers. His son had expressed that his father was killed under a "regime that sows terror to those who believe in justice." Read more »

OPINION: Leni’s questions – a statement on the government’s drug war

Ellen Tordesillas
Posted at Nov 27 10:27 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo painted to the public the real problem in the Duterte government’s battle against illegal drugs.  Read more »

OPINION: Of language and acceptance—the tale of an Iban in Johor

Karim Raslan - Ceritalah ASEAN
Posted at Nov 27 06:00 AM

Gawing—an Iban/Christian boy—was 19 years old when he first arrived in Johor back in 1993. He certainly never expected—just over a quarter of a century later—to be living and working in Johor Baru. Read more »

OPINION: Duterte's nightmare—Access to information on drug war

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Nov 27 12:54 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte’s move to fire Vice President Leni Robredo as head of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) invites national and international spotlights to focus on the black holes in a pet program that has snuffed out thousands of lives over 3 years. Read more »

Pay debt or save? What to do first with your holiday bonus

Aneth Ng-Lim
Posted at Nov 26 08:57 AM

Bonuses are a welcome relief when you have been living from paycheck to paycheck but that breather will last longer if you pay down your debts and have a wallet-responsible holiday season. Read more »

OPINION: Trust and Confidence

Edmund Tayao
Posted at Nov 25 01:08 PM

In politics, everything is about trust and confidence. Read more »

OPINION: The disbarment of Atty. Ferdinand E. Marcos

Buddy Gomez — Cyberbuddy
Posted at Nov 22 09:53 PM

In 1989, Rudy Giuliani was the US Southern District of New York Attorney and he famously put together the RICO indictment against the Marcoses. Read more »

OPINION: India’s troubled economy: are those in Delhi blinded by smog?

Karim Raslan - Ceritalah ASEAN
Posted at Nov 18 10:31 PM

Back in 2014 when Narendra Modi was first elected, he was supposed to transform the perennially under-performing Indian economy. The Gujarat-born leader promised to replicate his home state’s success across the republic - unleashing a torrent of jobs and opportunities for all. Read more »

OPINION: The Altered State of Philippine Politics

Edmund Tayao
Posted at Nov 18 04:12 PM

As any nation develops and matures, there is always a fundamental change that happens, redefining the character of its politics and, in turn, its governance. Read more »