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Nov 30, 2025

Tipos del Pais: New discovery in Victoria & Albert Museum, London

A group of 16 tipos del pais watercolor paintings has been found by the Victoria & Albert Museum, London among its collection. While it was among the earliest works from the Philippines to enter the museum, it was only discovered and catalogued in 2025, as revealed by Cristina Juan in a featured exhibit, Everyday Satire: A Newly Found Tipos del País from 19th Century Manila at Mapping Philippine Material Culture, an open-access digital repository on Philippine Studies, where Juan is the principal investigator and main editor.

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Tipos del Pais: New discovery in Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Nov 27, 2025

Here lies Enrile at impunity

He may be dead, but that doesn't mean we are done with Juan Ponce Enrile. In our hands lie the power to bequeath the real narrative of who he was: a butcher of the Marcos dictatorship, a beneficiary of the Marcos ill-gotten wealth, a predator of the country's tropical rainforest, a senator mired in the corruption of money that he never owned because it belonged to the state's coffers. Shame on Juan Ponce Enrile even at six feet below the ground.

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Here lies Enrile at impunity
Nov 20, 2025

Senators pay tribute to JPE

Senators honored former Senate president Juan Ponce Enrile during the necrological service Nov 19 at the Senate Plenary Hall, his stage for many years. He was Senate president from 2008 to 2013.

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Senators pay tribute to JPE
Nov 19, 2025

Good riddance to bad rubbish

Lucas Bersamin’s appointment as the 40th executive secretary of the Philippines in Sept. 2022 was rather met with raised eyebrows. That was because it was common perception that his record as associate justice, later as chief justice, of the Supreme Court was not only lackluster. It was rather associated with cases of partisan political origins.

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Good riddance to bad rubbish
Nov 19, 2025

‘Tobacco industry-friendly’ officials dominate PH delegation to Geneva conference, defy treaty provisions vs interference

As a signatory to the FCTC since 2005, the Philippines has an obligation to fully implement Article 5.3 of the treaty, which “requires the protection of public health policies from the commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry.” This means ensuring that COP delegations do not include tobacco industry or tobacco industry-affiliated persons, among other things.

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‘Tobacco industry-friendly’ officials dominate PH delegation to Geneva conference, defy treaty provisions vs interference