Allow me to get a bit candid here in my column space: I am more fearful than hopeful for our country’s future.

Hopes and fears

In my previous article, I elaborated on how long lines at government institutions and public transportation have robbed us of valuable time, which ultimately translates to lost economic opportunities.

ATM nightmare

This Christmas Eve, our neighborhood was a beehive of activity the likes of which I hadn't seen since before the pandemic.

Silent night

I recently read an article in OpinYon 8 about a Christmas tree display in Capoocan, Leyte that immediately earned the ridicule of netizens due to its “minimalist” style.


Christmas, politics and humility

When I was still studying at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) back in the 2010’s, one of the humorous meanings students gave to the university's initials was "Pila ulit, pila."

'Pila ulit, pila'

Last week, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano made a bold (and to me, reckless) proposal: to hold snap elections in view of growing public anger over the widespread corruption not only in flood-control projects but, it seems, in the very fabric of government itself.

You want a clean slate? Let the people choose

Banner headline of the Philippine Daily Inquirer for October 23, 2025: "Classroom construction no longer DPWH domain."

LGUs as classroom-builders

Even though Laguna province wasn’t as badly hit by supertyphoon “Uwan” as did other provinces in the Philippines, the storm was strong enough to strike worry and fear among us.

Never ever ‘downplay’ disasters

The Philippines, experts have warned over and over and over again, is a disaster-prone country.

Why the heck are we still fixated with ‘manghuhulas’?

When I started working at OpinYon’s Pacita office a decade or so ago, a major shopping center smack in the middle of Pacita Complex was then considered as the city’s shopping mecca.

Urban blight

The (Un)Common Sense column by OpinYon News columnist, James Veloso.

(Un)Common Sense

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