The complex legacy of a simple pope
His first act as pope was to reject the traditional papal regalia. He refused to “judge” homosexual Catholics and later allowed non-ritual blessings of...
Vote conscientiously, conscious that PH democracy is in grave decline
There is a troubling shortage of competent lawmaker-hopefuls and a surplus of entertainment personalities and political dynasts in the lineup for the 2025 midterm...
Catholic schools keep the EDSA spirit alive
Since 2022, the Marcoses have worked relentlessly to rehabilitate their name and erase their spectacular fall from grace in 1986. But history resists erasure....
Basic education system needs to get off cycle of mediocrity
THE PROGRAMME for International Student Assessment (PISA) loves to drop some truth bombs about the Philippine educational system.
PISA did it again in June when...
Library should stay open during unexpected class suspensions
Academic Year 2023-2024 saw nearly a month’s worth of class interruptions at UST due to various circumstances outside the usual pre-determined holidays. While the...
The bogus ‘new opposition’
THE BREAKUP of the UniTeam tandem – the shaky political marriage of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte-Carpio that brought them to the...
Senators should quit quid pro quo for Quiboloy
JUDGMENT DAY looms for doomsday preacher Apollo Quiboloy, the self-professed “Appointed Son of God” who now teeters on the brink of damnation following a...
The Grinch of EDSA
Nearly four decades have passed since the heroic uprising of millions of Filipinos on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) sent the late dictator...
Disruptive Bar exams
There should be a better way of hosting the Bar exams but definitely barring thousands of students from coming to school is not it....
Vice and corruption in the Vice President’s office
VICE PRESIDENT Sara Duterte has moved one step closer to allocating undisclosed funds within her Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department...
