Editor's Pick

Can the reading crisis in the Philippines be fixed? Three teachers say it’s possible

Arts & Culture

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By Liana Garcellano

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Jun 14, 2025

The first step — acknowledging the reading crisis in Filipino students — is done. The next steps must, first, alleviate teachers’ taxing circumstances so they can focus on teaching; second, rebuild the schools’ curriculum and literacy programs; and, third, strengthen teachers’ ranks.

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FACT SHEET: Impeachment in the Philippines through the years

Fact Sheet

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By Rhoanne De Guzman

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Jun 6, 2025

As the nation awaits the resolution of whether Vice President Sara Duterte's trial could proceed during the 20th Congress after it convenes in July, let's look back at the history and timeline of impeachment cases in the country.

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Make it make sense: Duterte numbers and the blame BBM train

Commentary

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By Katrina Stuart Santiago

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May 29, 2025

In truth, between the Duterte arrest in March, across the 2025 campaign, and through to the present, a content bucket that has constantly been filled is that one that speaks of Duterte as the Pinoy every man, the Juan dela Cruz, who became President. This is further dispersed across smaller content buckets, each one filled deliberately and strategically, and then mass dropped on Tiktok accounts that grow almost by the week.

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FACT SHEET: From Manila to The Hague and back to Davao: Can Duterte swing it?

Fact Sheet

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By Psalm Mishael Taruc

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May 22, 2025

With former president Rodrigo Duterte detained in ICC custody, legal uncertainties rose amid unprecedented conditions when he was elected mayor of Davao City in the May 12 midterm elections.

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Sara Duterte impeachment trial: first round in the 2028 presidential contest

PHL Vote 2025

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By Ellen Tordesillas

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May 18, 2025

Prominent lawyer Lorna Kapunan said last week’s election showed an enlightened electorate. The results were both an appeal and demand to current as well as aspiring political leaders for respect. It’s a notice as well to the senator-judges in the Duterte impeachment trial.

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FACT CHECK Online Posts

FACT CHECK: OLD photos passed off as aftermath of June 12 Air India plane crash

Photo compilations uploaded by Filipino netizens bore two old photos unrelated to the Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12.

Arts & Culture

Total immersion in the Cordillera spirit

A major exhibition of Baguio art, Gongs. Smoke. Blood.Earth explores “the history and cultural contexts” of Baguio art since the founding of the Baguio Art Guild in 1986. With the participation of 30 artists at the Ateneo Art Gallery, the exhibit will run until 20 July 2025. Kawayan de Guia and Nona Garcia are guest curators.

Commentary

Has delicadeza been erased from their vocabulary?

In the regular Senate sessions and during the initial session of the impeachment court last week, we saw not only a lack of decorum among the legislators but, worse, a mockery of the impeachment proceedings.