Other leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations [Asean) may well learn from how Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is navigating the dangerous waters of regional and global competition between the United States and China.




 Anwar Ibrahim shows the way

In his "Hot Manila" social media page, veteran journalist Alan Robles has this to say on one reason why flooding in Metro Manila and elsewhere remains a perennial issue:


Garbage culture

When I was a teenager, I learned about a set of ideas that helped people live better lives. This group is called Initiatives of Change, formerly called Moral Rearmament Movement (MRA) founded by Frank Buchman, and it teaches something special called the “Four Absolutes.” The four ideas are absolute honesty, absolute love, absolute unselfishness, and absolute purity. Even though they sound like big words, they are really simple ways to choose kindness and do what is right.

Schools Don’t Need More Violence - They Need Truth

Why does religion become part of a crime story when the suspect is a Muslim, but stay irrelevant when he is not? This is not a demand that Muslims be spared scrutiny — it is a demand for one standard of journalism: fair, consistent, and free of religious bias.


Crime, Creed, and the Colonial Echo:  A Warning on Religious Labels in Philippine Journalism

In the 21st century, my advocacy, which I call "Kamalayan," focuses on transforming the lives of individuals in various dimensions - personal, social, racial, national, international, and universal. My aim is to prepare humanity for a significant shift in consciousness, guiding us towards becoming a galactic civilization. This vision is like a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly; it represents a profound change in how we perceive ourselves and our place in the universe.


Stop Living Small: Kamalayan and the Coming Consciousness Shift

Have you ever noticed how people can work nonstop, chase goals, earn things, and still feel empty? That’s because we’ve been trained to believe that meaning comes from money, grades, and trophies. But real life doesn’t ask what you bought - it asks what you became, what you noticed, and what you helped. That’s why consciousness (kamalayan) should be taught to our children, not just as a “nice idea,” but as a survival skill for the modern world.

The Real Reason People Feel Empty

There`s both an interesting and concerning item in the Police Blotter of the Tagoloan Municipal Police Station in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.


US inspectors in our midst

Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla declares Davao the “epicenter” of the flood-control scam, then almost in the same breath, admits he is having difficulty obtaining evidence because people supposedly refuse to talk.


Evidence first, conclusions later?

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) grew from a group of five Eurasian countries which, in 1996, recognized the need for a dynamic regional organization that promotes their shared political, economic, and security concerns.


The SCO is all about global peace

Secretary Arsenio Balisacan has a way with words. He announces a dramatic decline in Philippine poverty. But reels it back in the open forum by saying that the poverty threshold of 554 pesos per capita does not mean that it is enough to meet a decent living. 


Praising what seems to be a Statistical Success

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