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Slow burn

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - May 19, 2025 - 12:00am

As the partial, unofficial count for the Senate race got underway in the evening of May 12, Francis Pangilinan and his relatives led by his famous wife Sharon Cuneta looked for his name in the lower rungs of the...

Lame duck?

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - May 16, 2025 - 12:00am

The president of the Philippines holds immense power, wielding even the ultimate power of the purse (with the executive being the fund disbursing authority), which often renders the House of Representatives a rubberstamp...

Winners and losers

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - May 14, 2025 - 12:00am

Call it the “for whatever it’s worth” vote.

Voting for the future

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - May 12, 2025 - 12:00am

Lawyers are required to have a law degree, but not law makers.

Money talks

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - May 9, 2025 - 12:00am

There’s a joke going around about a voter who was made by barangay officials to sign up for either “5K o 8K.” He picked – what else? “Syempre pinili ko 8K.”

Driving dangerously

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - May 7, 2025 - 12:00am

This is the cost of irresponsible driving:

Functionally illiterate

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - May 5, 2025 - 12:00am

Long before the pandemic, people have already been lamenting the progressive deterioration in the quality of Philippine education.

Promise fulfilled?

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - May 2, 2025 - 12:00am

Heeding the call of the Commission on Elections, the government announced yesterday that it would put off till after election day the full rollout of the P20-a-kilo rice program.

Middle income trap

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - April 30, 2025 - 12:00am

The typhoons late last year, geopolitical conflicts, and now the global upheaval unleashed by Category-5 Hurricane Trump have made the Marcos administration reset its target for the Philippines’ transition...

An anarchy of parties

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - April 28, 2025 - 12:00am

Look at our multiparty system. Are you now thoroughly confused? You are not alone.

Crunch time

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - April 25, 2025 - 12:00am

Three weeks before the elections, the dominant Lakas-CMD has announced the nationwide mobilization of its party machinery.

Church, quo vadis?

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - April 23, 2025 - 12:00am

Where to, Catholic Church?

My cup of noodles

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - April 21, 2025 - 12:00am

During the Holy Week fasting period, my thoughts were on instant noodles.

Reward and punishment

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - April 16, 2025 - 12:00am

Adhering to tradition, Filipinos flocked in droves to churches last Sunday to have palm fronds blessed.

The attack dog

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - April 14, 2025 - 12:00am

You won’t hear Ferdinand Marcos Jr. cussing in public or making misogynistic or un-PC jokes.

No isolated incidents

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - April 11, 2025 - 12:00am

Apart from the global trade conflagration that US President Donald Trump has ignited, Philippine businessmen now have an additional serious concern: being kidnapped for ransom.

Hostage diplomacy

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - April 9, 2025 - 12:00am

Philippine and Chinese officials like to say that despite the maritime conflict between the two countries, which could take ages to resolve, there are many other aspects of bilateral ties that can be pursued and...

Single mothers

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - April 7, 2025 - 12:00am

A single mother I know works as a caregiver.

The narrow corridor

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - April 4, 2025 - 12:00am

Three petitions have been filed so far, asking the Supreme Court to compel Congress to carry out the constitutional mandate to pass an enabling law defining and prohibiting political dynasties.

Strike force

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - April 2, 2025 - 12:00am

How far will you go in the name of law and order?

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