Last May, the Philippine peso began to part ways with the currencies of our comparable neighbors. Normally, our currency ...

According to an online blurb, the term “delicadeza” is a “Filipino word that means having good manners, respect, and a sense of what is right and wrong.” It means being honest, humble, and ...

Solo globe-trotting can be addictive. I spent my first 15 years in our coastal town, Palompon, in northern Leyte. As a child, the only means of transportation I experienced were a jeepney ride with my ...

The message of President Ferdinand ’Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. during a media briefing in Kuala Lumpur merits close attention. He said, “We have to remind people that we have now moved from the ...

Oxford–”The food scene in [the Philippines] is really vibrant with local specialties that are different from one city to another,” the former French Ambassador to Manila, Michèle Boccoz, told ...

The nation again stands at a dangerous crossroads. Billions meant to keep floods at bay were instead washed away by greed. As rivers rise, so does the anger of a people who have seen this movie too ...

I was educated in Catholic schools most of my life, all the way up to my sophomore year in college, and had my fair share of classes in catechism, Old and New Testament, encyclicals. I even served ...