Editor's Pick

From on the brink of death to freedom

Bullit's Eye

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By Bullit Marquez

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Sep 26, 2026

Clutching a copy of the absolute pardon that President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr granted her, 41-year-old Mary Jane Veloso walked out of the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong City Friday to freedom in tears.

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Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, Week 12: Sara’s business ties, Davao contracts take center stage as impeachment court resets conviction math

Sara Duterte impeachment trial, Week 11: Trial moves from wealth records to vote math

Report

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By Tita C. Valderama

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Sep 18, 2026

The impeachment trial took an unexpected turn on Day 26, when the Senate heard four retired Supreme Court justices on a separate but potentially crucial question: whether the two-thirds vote required to convict Duterte should always mean 16 votes in the 24-member Senate.

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A smiling Duterte appears in person for the first time before the ICC

An historic poll puts peace to the test in the Philippines

Commentary

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By Georgi Engelbrecht, International Crisis Group

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Sep 13, 2026

On Sept. 14, residents of the Bangsamoro in the southern Philippines will elect regional parliamentary representatives. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Georgi Engelbrecht explains the importance of this step in the peace process between the national government and ex-rebels in the region.

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FACT CHECK Online Posts

FACT CHECK: Earthquakes CANNOT be predicted, viral risk prediction map FAKE

A viral Facebook post claiming to show a high-risk earthquake forecast map for the Philippines from Sept. 21 to 22 is fake. PHIVOLCS confirms earthquakes cannot be predicted.

Earth Files

After the planting, who will protect Paraiso? (Part 2)

For years, community volunteers have taken care of the Paraiso mangrove forest. They say they need a new generation to take their place and continue to protect it.

Commentary

Martial Law and missed opportunities

COMMENTARY: Will PBBM be the national leader who will ultimately break this selfish and corrupt elite curse on Philippine governance? Probably not within his time since after all he is a beneficiary of the largesse his parents siphoned out from the country’s coffers.