1+ day, 27+ min ago   (360+ words) The rules-based international order is under growing strain as authoritarian states seek to weaken its safeguards and reshape international rule to serve their own interests. Even the fundamental principles of peaceful settlement of disputes and prohibition against the threat or…...

2+ day, 32+ min ago   (254+ words) It’s incredible that it’s been 25 years since the Twin Towers bombings and the attempts continue to identify the remains. There were, after all, 3,000 fatalities (including, I’ve wondered and found out only this year, 30 Filipinos). Many families have accepted they will…...

6+ day, 40+ min ago   (331+ words) The potentially fatal infection has recently been declared an epidemic in Manila and Quezon City, as the spike in cases has surpassed the “epidemiological threshold.” Over 100 cases and 22 deaths have been recorded at the San Lazaro Hospital in Manila as…...

6+ day, 45+ min ago   (856+ words) With the way things are going at present, there appears to be no sacred cows in the government that are exempt from the Office of the Ombudsman’s anticorruption campaign. ​Even the Supreme Court has not been spared from that drive....

6+ day, 44+ min ago   (408+ words) The horrible violence that had recently taken place in one of the private schools in Zamboanga City which left two people dead was indescribable and traumatizing to many learners, teachers, and the entire nation. A place where learners are expected…...

6+ day, 43+ min ago   (479+ words) That’s it, pancit Inquirer.net So much has happened this week that demands comment: the passing of National Artist for Literature Resil Mojares, the announcement of a new batch of national artists, the cancellation of a writer over plagiarism and…...

6+ day, 42+ min ago   (697+ words) Inquirer.net Reclaiming essence from digital existence Existence. Being. Essence. The distinction between being alone and being lonely has never been more critical than in our current era of hyper-connectivity. As social media platforms algorithmically engineer connection and fast-paced technological…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (480+ words) With poverty incidence reduced to fewer than one in 10 Filipinos and the Philippines attaining upper-middle-income status early this year, are we finally moving beyond the economic struggles that have burdened the Filipino poor and middle class for as long as…...

1+ week, 46+ min ago   (366+ words) Do not fool or fight Mother Nature. Mother Nature always wins. I am not an engineer, psychologist, or a sociologist, but I learned a lot from professor Randy David, a sociologist, when he discussed the construction of an artificial island…...