The word trust, pagtitiwala in Filipino, is a puny word for public regard for Francis the Pope and bishop of Rome. What about ...

Pope Francis’ 12-year papacy (2013-2025) was, in many ways, a continuation of his immediate predecessors’ most memorable legacies. Like the beloved John Paul II, he actively engaged with the ...

Hunger and malnutrition among Filipino children continue to be prevalent, not so much due to a lack of an institutional framework, but more because of inconsistent implementation of programs meant to ...

Japan’s partnership with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has long been a pillar of its regional diplomacy, blending economic engagement, security cooperation, and strategic ...

Maraming salamat. “Mercy and compassion” were the themes of Pope Francis’ five-day visit to the Philippines 10 years ago in ...

The Marcos administration did right in rejecting the application for Philippine citizenship of Chinese businessman Li Duan ...

For millions of Filipinos who trooped to seaports, airports, and land transport terminals across the country to spend Holy ...

The results of the Functional Literacy, Education, and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS) conducted by the Statistical Authority (PSA) in 2024, particularly in the case of basic education-age ...

Humanity has lost one of its finest. Pope Francis has joined mankind’s pantheon of immortals, whose contemporary ranks include Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Oscar Romero, and ...

I was part of a huge gathering of Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) desk officers in different barangays in ...

Pearl S. Buck perfectly captured the nature of hunger as a primeval motivation for humans when she wrote: “A hungry man can’t ...