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The pressure clock, and setting the stage for 2028

COMMENTARY:I am asking — I am telling — that we break it now, while the train is still approaching, on schedule, with a hundred lights visible to anyone willing to keep watch and stop the run and put a single honest hand on the lever.

The pressure clock, and setting the stage for 2028

Why were teachers included in the framing of school shooting incidents?

COMMENTARY: This is why the debate over Castro’s words should not end with the observation that she said, “some teachers” rather than “all teachers.” Her defenders are correct about the literal distinction. Her critics are entitled to ask a different question: Why were teachers brought into this particular discussion at all?

Why were teachers included in the framing of school shooting incidents?

A revitalized Philippine military: a threat to China’s ambitions

Despite the persistent defeatist propaganda being regurgitated by the treacherous talking heads and influencers of the Duterte camp, the Philippines is slowly emerging as a significant Southeast Asian military power. The only thing for the Philippines to do is for Filipinos to realize that we are not anymore the weak man of Asia.

A revitalized Philippine military: a threat to China’s ambitions

IBON Midyear BirdTalk 2026: Government must prioritize national development amid global instability

IBON executive director Sonny Africa:The upper-middle-class-income status isn’t holding true because, one, the Philippines is at the bottom one-third of the poorest countries in the world. Second, its GNI per capita of US$4, 850 is one-third of the global average of US$14, 244. Third, it doesn’t measure development because “economy is about the welfare of the people, not just economic growth.

IBON Midyear BirdTalk 2026: Government must prioritize national development amid global instability

Governance at Sea: Is this the right time for a Department of Maritime and Ocean Affairs?

COMMENTARY: It's high time for the president and our legislators to consider a Department of Maritime and Ocean Affairs built around the existing Presidential Office for Maritime Concerns. This would then become the lead agency for maritime security, maritime domain awareness, and compliance with UNCLOS and the 2016 Arbitral Award, and for the formulation of integrated maritime policies covering security, environment, fisheries, shipping, and ports.

Governance at Sea: Is this the right time for a Department of Maritime and Ocean Affairs?