Animal Farm, Philippine Edition

Revisiting Animal Farm frames Philippine politics as a cycle where promises of reform repeat, while power quietly remains with the same structures.

Camiguin Tourism Rises 37.86 Percent In 2025

A nearly 38 percent jump in tourist arrivals highlighted Camiguin’s growing appeal in 2025.

La Union Eyes Seaport Upgrade, Tourism Hub, Mental Rehab Center

La Union outlined development priorities that include seaport improvements, tourism growth, and mental health care access.

135 Business Owners Renew Registration In Antique Capital Town

The one-stop shop in Antique’s capital town has processed 135 business permit renewals since opening on January 5.
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Real CSR Is Not Seasonal

When compassion becomes a camera cue and generosity ends with the storm, it’s time to ask: is it charity or choreography, because true responsibility lasts long after the hashtags fade.

Quezon: The Film That Rewrites A Nation’s Memory

“Quezon” enters Philippine cinema as a mirror that challenges the nation to question how it remembers its heroes, who rewrites their stories, and whether we still know the difference between history and fiction.

The Transparency Trilogy: Power, Secrecy, And The Filipino State

After years of silence, the return of transparency offers a faint light of hope, however, its survival depends on whether those in power choose openness over control.

The Transparency Trilogy: Power, Secrecy, And The Filipino State

“The Death of Disclosure” reveals how the Ombudsman’s 2012 rules turned the once-powerful SALN into a tool of concealment, proving that transparency in the Philippines did not fade by accident but was buried by policy.

The Transparency Trilogy: Power, Secrecy, And The Filipino State

Once a moral safeguard, the SALN has become a ritual of illusion, proof that in Philippine politics, transparency without consequence is not accountability but performance.

The Flood That Marcos Cannot Drain

The Philippines faces a flood not of water but of corruption, a rising tide that demands truth, accountability, and courage before the nation sinks.

A Trilogy On Power, Youth, And The Philippine State

Barzaga’s defiance reminds us that reform in the Philippines doesn’t die from corruption but from exhaustion, waiting for citizens who can turn disgust into direction.

A Trilogy On Power, Youth, And The Philippine State

Barzaga’s defiance against the House machine exposes how the Philippine Congress punishes courage more swiftly than it confronts corruption.

A Trilogy On Power, Youth, And The Philippine State

In a Congress long dulled by obedience, the rise of “Congressmeow” Kiko Barzaga reveals both the fragility and faint hope of Philippine politics, showing that even within a broken machine, dissent can still make it purr with possibility.

The Politics Of Nothing

The ICC’s ruling exposed a politics of noise where loyalty trumps law and governance fades into performance.