After the pandemic lockdowns, the government once again subjected 15-year-old students to the Program for International Student Assessment. The country first joined the PISA in 2018, with disheartening results. The second assessment, in 2022, showed

The COVID pandemic turned many Filipinos into plant enthusiasts plantitos and plantitas and promoted outdoor recreation. In crowded Metro Manila and other urban centers, however, this highlighted the acute lack of green open spaces. Last Friday, it

One problem stands out amid the devastation caused by monsoon rains enhanced by Typhoon Carina: the nation was caught unprepared because the dangers posed by monsoon-induced cataclysmic rainfall was not emphasized enough.freshbet People went to work

Before the scandal over dismissed mayor Alice Guo of Bamban, Tarlac led to a total ban on Philippine offshore gaming operations, POGO personnel moved around like VIPs in their favored mode of transport, a spacious luxury van often painted black. The

Inflation. Jobs. Salaries. The top concerns of Filipinos, as reflected in surveys, have remained the same. And President Marcos has consistently received the lowest marks in dealing with these problems, which he will again have to tackle in his thir

As previously announced, medical societies and other interested parties went to the Supreme Court yesterday to challenge the constitutionality of a Department of Finance circular and an insertion in the 2024 General Appropriations Act, which led to

A year ago this month, President Marcos said the return of the country to the International Criminal Court was under study. The nation awaits his final decision on rejoining the ICCaw8, from which the Philippines withdrew in 2019 when Rodrigo Dutert