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Time for a woman —or Muslim—UN secretary general?

Islamabad–As the United Nations prepares to select its 10th secretary general, global attention is focused not only on which candidate will succeed António Guterres in January 2027, but on what the ...
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Holiday cheer despite miseries

Filipinos have always prided themselves on having the longest Christmas season in the world—from September when carols ...
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Is P500 really realistic for Noche Buena?

Some of Manila’s best chefs paint a picture of the unexpected trauma that comes from a P500 Noche Buena projection ...
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Standing watch at Christmas: Gratitude, service, and hope

PA, Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines This Christmas, I extend my warmest greetings to every Filipino—here at home, at sea, in far-flung communities, ...
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Plugging the poverty gap

Filipino families were poor in 2023. A family is classified as poor when it earns less than a defined threshold income ...
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A nation of dynasts

Will the latest move in Congress to address the elephant in the room—the constitutional prohibition against political ...
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Enabling the antidynasty mandate

In provinces where a single surname fills nearly every line of the ballot, it becomes clear why one constitutional mandate has been ignored for 37 years. Article II, Section 26 of the 1987 ...
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Citizens vs corruption

In a country with a history of corruption, we find ourselves in a perfect storm: a scheme so large that it dwarfs all previous cases. Building on unpursued or failed cases, it involves a growing ...
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What the 2026 budget is telling us

The 2026 budget of P6.793 trillion was approved by the bicameral conference committee last week, dispelling fears that the country would have to do with a reenacted budget for next year. The budget ...
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Politics and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, formulated by physicist Werner Heisenberg in 1927, reminds us that there are fundamental limits to what can be known simultaneously about certain pairs of ...
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Relics of the nativity

My mother always knew her name to be Belen, that is, until she needed a Philippine Statistics Authority-certified birth certificate to renew her passport. No birth record could be found, prompting us ...