A succession problem
The opportunity to appoint a ‘new’ vice president also presents too strong a temptation to groom a potential presidential candidate for…
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Columnists, editorials, guest essays, and letters — Daily Tribune Opinion.
Woman Bongbong can’t afford to fire
Marcos is selling normalcy. Though Claire Castro detonates that brand every time she opens her mouth.
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Many burdens on business are not caused by corrupt individuals but by poorly designed rules. The Ombudsman’s role is not only to punish…
At the heart of tech-drivenness
Forward-thinking enterprises are beginning to realize that teaching people how to use new tools is just as important as acquiring the tools…
Romualdez gone, but pork lives on
Romualdez’s fall would have left behind a convenient fiction: that the scandal was of one man’s making, and that his removal means the…
Palace, House of Horrors
Private sector fiscal experts released an analysis of the 2024 and 2025 national budgets, and the numbers are horrifying.
Wearing your loyalties
You do not need to support Marcos. You do not need to agree with Hontiveros. You certainly do not need to hate China. You simply need to…
Kids’ digital playground
The main issue isn’t whether social media is good or bad for kids. It is whether they have the skills to handle it.
Running on unregulated crowdsourcing, anyone? (1)
Early political advertising in whatever way, shape or form must be checked and curtailed. Signifying one’s desire in an unofficial or…
Manila Mafia Film Festival
They were winning awards, too, and raking it in at the box office. Which proves the saying, ‘may pera sa basura.’
Marcos’ broken promise
When rice inflation tops 20 percent and the promised price lives behind a subsidy counter, the report card is on the table and it doesn’t…
Where is judicial wisdom?
Dela Rosa is still here, still within reach of our courts, and the Supreme Court can still decide the matter before anyone is surrendered.
When the peso buys less
Higher rates can restrain inflation, but they can also increase borrowing costs for households and businesses, depending on their loan…
Tune worth borrowing?
The law must protect creativity without stifling the very technology that may inspire the next generation of creators.
Bringing healthcare services closer to Filipinos
Super Health Centers are designed to focus on primary care, consultation and early detection, thereby further strengthening the country’s…
Curious case of Bato
There wouldn’t be any problem if the government simply sought domestic help. It wouldn’t do that, though, because it would allow Dela Rosa…
Gridlock by tradition?
Order cannot be legislated entirely by enforcers on the street corner; it must be practiced collectively by a public that is weary of…
P50M for a rock
The Trump administration treats the ICC as an illegitimate court and has moved from penalizing individual officials to sanctioning the…
