Opinion

Nearly six years ago, the Consultative Committee tasked by then president Rodrigo Duterte to review the 1987 Constitution voted to unanimously revise parts of the Preamble under its proposed Constitution under a federal form of government to ensure the proposed federal republic will be permanent and there will be no …

How much would it take to modernize the Armed Forces of the Philippines so the country can achieve what’s often referred to as a “credible defense posture?” That would be a staggering P2 trillion pesos, according to news reports. But this total amount would be spread out over a 10-year …

As expected, the Marcos administration’s launch of its Bagong Pilipinas campaign at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila last Sunday was well-attended, with a huge crowd of over 400,000 from Metro Manila and outlying provinces. According to its organizers, the Bagong Pilipinas campaign is the overarching theme of the administration’s brand …

In the twinkle of an eye, we will see the partial operations by 2025 and full operations by 2029 of the P873.62 billion 147-kilometer North-South Commuter Railway System. The project’s initial phase was approved in 2015, and construction began in 2019. The line, which will cut through the traffic-hobbled Metro …

Environmental groups have raised the warning against the use of waste-to-energy technology to generate electricity, arguing this offers “false solutions” to waste management, more expensive and odds-on to produce more toxic pollutants. The warning is a bulletin board for the Philippines, which codified Republic Act 9513, or the Renewable Energy …

The 1987 Constitution mandates the government to protect the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them. Towards this end, health authorities should adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health development that would make essential goods, health and other social services available to all the …

The Philippines and Vietnam are both enmeshed in a maritime dispute with China following China’s sweeping claims of the South China Sea When President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. makes a state visit to Vietnam on Monday, Southeast Asian neighbors, and even China, are likely to listen to him and watch him …

If Metro Manila has the worst traffic in the world, what is the government going to do about it? The Department of Transportation (DOTr) sees this dubious distinction of the National Capital Region as a daunting challenge for the agency to solve. According to Transport Secretary Jaime Bautista on Friday, …

How do you make our barangays – the country’s basic political unit—self-reliant communities? For the Department of Interior and Local Government that exercises supervision over barangay affairs throughout the country, it is by empowering them to be self-sufficient in food, stay healthy, heighten their environmental awareness, and keep their surroundings …

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has spoken. This, amid inconsonant opinions and a stack of speculations on whether the government has allowed or will allow prosecutors from the Hague-based International Criminal Court to be in the country and investigate the drug war deaths during the Duterte administration from 2016 to 2022. …