To understand why corruption remains deeply rooted in the Philippines, one must look beyond politics and laws and examine the moral patterns that shape our daily lives. Ours is a nation of faith yet ...

Apparently, a few who have reason to be.For five years, the nation’s simplest anticorruption tool—the statement of assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALN) of public servants—was locked away ...

Just when you think that last year’s ban on Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos) would keep us safe from this scourge comes the news report that more than 200 Filipinos were rescued Monday ...

This holy All Saints’-All Souls’ weekend (with its ghoulish Halloween counterpart), may we contemplate the fleeting nature of life, the exhilarating wonders it offers, and the crushing pain it ...

They were called “Bright Boys” when they both became congressmen for the first time in 1998. They were elected together as ...

The abrupt suspension of the Senate investigation into the substandard and ghost flood control projects has left everyone in suspense, whetting the public’s appetite for more revelations about this ...

TO whom can we entrust our nation’s future if the political leaders in Congress—those in whom the people repose their trust by electing them to their exalted positions—are themselves involved in ...

Ex-prisoners were the students’ special guests at a recent Ateneo event. They were members of a program under the Philippine ...

Old habits die hard, and pernicious habits die harder. Just witness the frantic Palace pushback against the wave of public sentiment demanding the release of statement of assets, liabilities, and net ...

According to “Robin Hood” lore, the prince of Sherwood Forest stole from the rich to give to the poor. The inverse would achieve the exact opposite–to take from the poor and give to the rich.

We often hear grand declarations about the government’s commitment to eradicating corruption. Yet, a look at the national budget reveals a starkly different story—one where our primary antigraft ...

When more than 200 business, government, and development leaders gathered at the recent High-Level Forum on Carbon Credits, one thing became clear: the Philippines is ready to join the conversation on ...