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Apr 21, 2026

Theater’s truth-telling power

At the curtain call, it was inevitable that Capinding would call on the true Maestro, director Anton Juan, who drew out these stellar performances in a setting so intimate that we sometimes feared an actor might trip on our foot or brush past our shoulder.BJ Crisostomo’s Saglit Lang goes onstage again at the Mirror Studio Theater, on April 25 and 26, with two stagings at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on the fifth floor of SJG Building at 8463 Kalayaan Avenue corner Don Pedro Street, Makati. On May 11, it goes to Bacolod City.

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Theater’s truth-telling power
Apr 20, 2026

Zaldy Co in custody: Breakthrough or breakdown in accountability?

If Co becomes merely a tool to purge political opponents while allies are shielded, the cycle of corruption will simply reset under a different name. The real test of the administration’s sincerity lies in whether the investigation follows the money wherever it leads, even to the doorstep of those currently in power.

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Zaldy Co in custody: Breakthrough or breakdown in accountability?
Apr 13, 2026

‘Because you are Filipino’

The Philippine passport should be a source of pride, a shield of protection, not a badge of suspicion. Every Filipino deserves to see the world without being treated like a criminal just because of where they were born.

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‘Because you are Filipino’
Apr 11, 2026

State agents vs state agents

In February 2026, the Sandatahang Dahas monitor of the University of the Philippines Third World Studies Center recorded flare ups of an ingrained strain of violence among the country’s arms-bearing state agents that made them turn on each other.

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State agents vs state agents
Apr 8, 2026

The kunwari war: Duterte family’s private army

In DDS hitman Edgar Matobato’s testimony submitted to the ICC, he narrated a killing at Deca Homes: So Paolo called us, Major Lao, Major Francia to go to Deca Homes. We entered the home of the victim. Paolo ordered us to kill them.

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The kunwari war: Duterte family’s private army
Apr 6, 2026

Easter reflections in the age of surveillance

While progress is welcome, it must not come at the cost of privacy and dignity. It is time to stop treating digital policy as a series of convenient shortcuts and start treating it as a frontline human rights issue. The government must prove it can be trusted with the power it has taken.

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Easter reflections in the age of surveillance
Apr 4, 2026

Vanishing views: Rice terraces then, high-rises now

Leonard Aguinaldo’s work critiques the curse of development in Baguio as seen in the rampant rise of shopping malls and condominiums and their environmental impact: destruction of habitat and natural ecosystem and loss of biodiversity.

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Vanishing views: Rice terraces then, high-rises now
Mar 30, 2026

When the kitchen feels the crisis

Filipinos are resilient. We always find ways to cope. But we shouldn’t have to keep surviving problems that could have been prevented. We deserve leadership that plans ahead.

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When the kitchen feels the crisis