A recent series of road inspections made by Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon brought to light the sorry state of our national roads, particularly in Southern Bicol and Eastern Visayas.

Reckless imprudence

For decades, communities in Eastern Visayas have lived with rain, rivers, and the seasonal rise of water. 

What Flood Did It Control?

Every democratic society wrestles with a permanent tension: how to protect its people without silencing them.

Balancing Justice, Security, and Freedom of Speech

It’s a spectacle that has become all too familiar: government agencies springing into action not when their duty demands vigilance, but only when the footfalls of a high-ranking official echo down the hall or, worse, onto the ground they are supposed to be monitoring.

Service or Theater?

A recent survey by Pulse Asia concerning "acts considered as corruption" has raised worry - and alarm - among anti-corruption crusaders.

Give life to rage: Act

Months have passed since the first revelations of what historians would probably call the “scandal of the decade:” the billions of pesos supposedly allocated to flood-control that, instead, went into the pockets of greedy politicians and contractors.

Deafening silence

In law, the path seems clear: landowners may sell their property to mining companies, and companies may extract minerals within regulatory boundaries.

Mining, Property Rights, and Community Voices

It is not hard to argue that healthcare should be accessible, but it begs the question of how it can be done.

The governor is a doctor

Even before last year's revelation of billions of pesos wasted in flood-control projects that are nothing more than a front for corruption, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) had always been the butt of jokes - and for good reason.

The ultimate test

At first glance, the most recent order of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) can be called an important step forward in removing a "culture of corruption" in Philippine politics.

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