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Resilient but scarred
OPINION

Resilient but scarred

Despite the GDP being better than our expectations, we still need to contemplate that it is a very low growth rate.

Jomar Lacson·20 minutes ago

Listening, love over condemnation
OPINION

Listening, love over condemnation

Members of the Order of Preachers (OP) worldwide, both Anglicans and Roman Catholics, honor their founder, Saint Dominic de Guzman,…

Paulo Flores·24 minutes ago

Price of a diploma
OPINION

Price of a diploma

When an institution converts graduate education into a high-volume, low-effort revenue engine, it isn’t engaged in internationalization or…

Reyner Aaron M. Villaseñor·27 minutes ago

Elephant in the courtroom
OPINION

Elephant in the courtroom

The confidential and intelligence fund allocations were not just budget items. They were tools for coalition management.

Dennis Coronacion·44 minutes ago

Sleepless with Eala
OPINION

Sleepless with Eala

Beyond the sleepless nights and the WTA tour, the ‘Eala effect’ is also about us joyfully celebrating weekly how a young Filipina lefty…

Nick V. Quijano Jr.·46 minutes ago

New national treasure
EDITORIAL

New national treasure

Eala is not just writing yet another triumphant chapter in Philippine sports history; she is giving this exhausted populace a reason to…

DT·48 minutes ago

Don’t shoot messengers
EDITORIAL

Don’t shoot messengers

The suitcase story needs to be investigated, not demolished, amid a wave of coordinated attacks by allies of those who have been implicated.

DT·53 minutes ago

DPWH conducts Ilocos Norte project inspection
NATION

DPWH conducts Ilocos Norte project inspection

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon conducted a series of project inspections in Ilocos Norte on Friday,…

Jasper Dawang·15 hours ago

Learning to click: Making peace with electronic medical records
HEADLINES

Learning to click: Making peace with electronic medical records

Many physicians describe EMRs as one of the greatest contributors to administrative burden and burnout. What was designed to improve…

Monica Therese Cating-Cabral, MD·22 hours ago

Why we need better overpasses
Spaces

Why we need better overpasses

When thoughtfully designed, overpasses can significantly improve the commutes of the millions of people who rely on them every day.

Albert Julius Valeros Aycardo·22 hours ago

Moving women to the heart of ASEAN’s economy
TOP FORM

Moving women to the heart of ASEAN’s economy

Sometimes the most important moments are not the signing ceremonies themselves, but the many months — even years — of conversations,…

Jeannie Javelosa·22 hours ago

Farewells and remembrances
SHOW

Farewells and remembrances

There is a saying that death comes in threes. There usually is a gap of two, three weeks, or even a month between deaths, but the series of…

Butch Francisco·22 hours ago

What SEC’s midyear numbers say about our economy
OPINION

What SEC’s midyear numbers say about our economy

Zoom out to the full base of active companies, 610,419 as of June, and MSMEs still account for 89 percent of domestic stock corporations…

Rogelio V. Quevedo·7 August 2026

Food for the soul vol. 4 Poems that touch, heal (From a book collection of 120 Eastwind Verses)
OPINION

Food for the soul vol. 4 Poems that touch, heal (From a book collection of 120 Eastwind Verses)

What is the goal and meaning of life? Is it to achieve and be successful, or is there something more to life?

Bernie V. Lopez·7 August 2026

Honest paycheck isn’t treason
OPINION

Honest paycheck isn’t treason

In a culture that loves to cancel first and ask questions later, we owe it to basic fairness to wait for actual proof before torching a…

Gigie Arcilla·7 August 2026

Dead serious
OPINION

Dead serious

This is the age of visual politics. If it cannot fit in a ten-second clip, it might as well not have happened.

John Henry Dodson·7 August 2026

Women behind the honey trap
OPINION

Women behind the honey trap

The term ‘honey trap’ often conjures images of espionage and political intrigue. Yet behind the sensational headlines are real women whose…

Margarita Gutierrez·7 August 2026

Seeking trespasser’s okay to enter our own house
EDITORIAL

Seeking trespasser’s okay to enter our own house

It makes no sense for the Philippines to negotiate with China over terms that would allow the Philippines to enter its own waters.

DT·7 August 2026

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Resilient but scarred
OPINION

Resilient but scarred

Despite the GDP being better than our expectations, we still need to contemplate that it is a very low growth rate.

Jomar Lacson·20 minutes ago

Listening, love over condemnation
OPINION

Listening, love over condemnation

Members of the Order of Preachers (OP) worldwide, both Anglicans and Roman Catholics, honor their founder, Saint Dominic de Guzman,…

Paulo Flores·24 minutes ago

Price of a diploma
OPINION

Price of a diploma

When an institution converts graduate education into a high-volume, low-effort revenue engine, it isn’t engaged in internationalization or…

Reyner Aaron M. Villaseñor·27 minutes ago

Elephant in the courtroom
OPINION

Elephant in the courtroom

The confidential and intelligence fund allocations were not just budget items. They were tools for coalition management.

Dennis Coronacion·44 minutes ago

Sleepless with Eala
OPINION

Sleepless with Eala

Beyond the sleepless nights and the WTA tour, the ‘Eala effect’ is also about us joyfully celebrating weekly how a young Filipina lefty…

Nick V. Quijano Jr.·46 minutes ago

New national treasure
EDITORIAL

New national treasure

Eala is not just writing yet another triumphant chapter in Philippine sports history; she is giving this exhausted populace a reason to…

DT·48 minutes ago

Partner feature
Don’t shoot messengers
EDITORIAL

Don’t shoot messengers

The suitcase story needs to be investigated, not demolished, amid a wave of coordinated attacks by allies of those who have been implicated.

DT·53 minutes ago

DPWH conducts Ilocos Norte project inspection
NATION

DPWH conducts Ilocos Norte project inspection

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon conducted a series of project inspections in Ilocos Norte on Friday,…

Jasper Dawang·15 hours ago

Today's Opinion

Editorials

The Editorial Board

New national treasure

3 MIN READ

  • The Editorial Board

    Don’t shoot messengers

    3 MIN READ

  • The Editorial Board

    Seeking trespasser’s okay to enter our own house

    3 MIN READ

  • The Editorial Board

    Exorbitant secrecy

    2 MIN READ

  • The Editorial Board

    Pulong is not a traitor

    3 MIN READ

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Learning to click: Making peace with electronic medical records
HEADLINES

Learning to click: Making peace with electronic medical records

Many physicians describe EMRs as one of the greatest contributors to administrative burden and burnout. What was designed to improve…

Monica Therese Cating-Cabral, MD·22 hours ago

Why we need better overpasses
Spaces

Why we need better overpasses

When thoughtfully designed, overpasses can significantly improve the commutes of the millions of people who rely on them every day.

Albert Julius Valeros Aycardo·22 hours ago

Moving women to the heart of ASEAN’s economy
TOP FORM

Moving women to the heart of ASEAN’s economy

Sometimes the most important moments are not the signing ceremonies themselves, but the many months — even years — of conversations,…

Jeannie Javelosa·22 hours ago

Farewells and remembrances
SHOW

Farewells and remembrances

There is a saying that death comes in threes. There usually is a gap of two, three weeks, or even a month between deaths, but the series of…

Butch Francisco·22 hours ago

What SEC’s midyear numbers say about our economy
OPINION

What SEC’s midyear numbers say about our economy

Zoom out to the full base of active companies, 610,419 as of June, and MSMEs still account for 89 percent of domestic stock corporations…

Rogelio V. Quevedo·7 August 2026

Food for the soul vol. 4 Poems that touch, heal (From a book collection of 120 Eastwind Verses)
OPINION

Food for the soul vol. 4 Poems that touch, heal (From a book collection of 120 Eastwind Verses)

What is the goal and meaning of life? Is it to achieve and be successful, or is there something more to life?

Bernie V. Lopez·7 August 2026

Honest paycheck isn’t treason
OPINION

Honest paycheck isn’t treason

In a culture that loves to cancel first and ask questions later, we owe it to basic fairness to wait for actual proof before torching a…

Gigie Arcilla·7 August 2026

Dead serious
OPINION

Dead serious

This is the age of visual politics. If it cannot fit in a ten-second clip, it might as well not have happened.

John Henry Dodson·7 August 2026

Women behind the honey trap
OPINION

Women behind the honey trap

The term ‘honey trap’ often conjures images of espionage and political intrigue. Yet behind the sensational headlines are real women whose…

Margarita Gutierrez·7 August 2026

Seeking trespasser’s okay to enter our own house
EDITORIAL

Seeking trespasser’s okay to enter our own house

It makes no sense for the Philippines to negotiate with China over terms that would allow the Philippines to enter its own waters.

DT·7 August 2026

Guest essays

Price of a diploma

Reyner Aaron M. Villaseñor

Price of a diploma

2 MIN READ

  • Dennis Coronacion

    Elephant in the courtroom

    3 MIN READ

  • Nick V. Quijano Jr.

    Sleepless with Eala

    3 MIN READ

  • Jasper Dawang

    DPWH conducts Ilocos Norte project inspection

    2 MIN READ

More Guest essays →

Scuttlebutt

Law firm, 4 lawyers, one trap

Law firm, 4 lawyers, one trap

Alvin Murcia·1 MIN READ

  • Whose money, whose mess?

    DT·2 MIN READ

  • Signature problem

    DT·2 MIN READ

  • Steamy non-denial

    Maria Bernadette Romero·2 MIN READ

  • One big tab awaits

    DT·2 MIN READ

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