Someone said before the conclave in jest that if a Korean cardinal will be elected Pope, then we will have a K-Pope!? ------- ...

A social media exchange on the outcome of the recent papal conclave caught my attention the other day. It went like this: A: “Sayang, hindi Filipino ang napiling susunod na Santo Papa! (Too bad, a ...

Habemus papam. We have a pope. A new spiritual leader has risen to shepherd the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, chosen from among the 133 cardinal-electors who gathered beneath the Sistine ...

Whatever the outcome of the papal conclave that is electing at this very moment—if it has not already elected—the successor of Pope Francis or the 267th pope after St. Peter, eyes around the world ...

The pre-election survey work of Social Weather Stations (SWS) is done for the year. Our senatorial results are in last Thursday’s: “SWS confirms May 2025 survey for Stratbase Consultancy on voter ...

It sounds like a spy movie with all the classic subterfuge and layers of deception — except it’s all very real, and could severely impact the country’s political future and compromise our ...

When the former “UniTeam” went their separate ways, I could not help but think of similar splits in Philippine history. In ...

In a few days, we, the Filipino people, will be summoned once more to the polls. It may seem routine to some, even transactional. But in truth, every vote is an offering, a line drawn in the soil of ...

Every election, we fantasize that the best, qualified, and most trustworthy candidates will win. This close to the elections on Monday, however, it’s clear that qualifications and trustworthiness ...

There is a sense of fatalism among Filipinos when it comes to this year’s elections compared to previous rounds. In the time ...

Jakarta—Tariffs are no longer just about trade. Nor are they isolated policy tools deployed to correct economic imbalances. Tariffs are now being weaponized to reshape global geopolitics and coerce ...

It took nearly 440 years after the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines before the first Filipino, Rufino Jiao Santos, joined the College of Cardinals in 1960. Another 52 years passed before ...