The Manila Times Opinion

15/01/2025

WE write on behalf of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) in relation to the article "The right to impeach" by Francisco S. Tatad, published on Jan. 3, 2025 (https://www.manilatimes.net/2025/01/03/opinion/columns/the-right-to-impeach/2029457).

WE write on behalf of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) in relation to the article 'The right to impeach' by Francisco S. Tatad, published on Jan. 3, 2025 (https://www.manilatimes.net/2025/01/03/opinion/columns/the-right-to-impeach/2029457).

15/01/2025

BOSTON, Massachusetts — Fissures within United States President-elect Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) coalition have appeared sooner than expected.

BOSTON, Massachusetts — Fissures within United States President-elect Donald Trump's 'Make America Great Again' (MAGA) coalition have appeared sooner than expected. By the end of December, the tech-billionaire wing was in open warfare with MAGA's nativist wing over America's H-1B visa program, whi...

15/01/2025

I'M the type of person who feeds his emotions with music. If I'm happy, then I listen to upbeat music.

Mr. Mayer

15/01/2025

I TURNED 65 today. My story mirrors the changing mood of the past few weeks and shortly thereafter: from cheer to grief and back to cheer.

15/01/2025

WITH the passage of the 2025 budget, dubbed as the most corrupt budget ever, it is now apparent that this country is led by criminals in the highest echelons of government — the executive and legislative branches.

Second of a series

15/01/2025

TIANJIN, China — As previously mentioned, quite a number of developing countries in our region seem to have skipped, overlooked, or at least "simplified" the development of so-called import substitution industries during their economic development process.

TIANJIN, China — As previously mentioned, quite a number of developing countries in our region seem to have skipped, overlooked, or at least 'simplified' the development of so-called import substitution industries during their economic development process. Instead, they leaped directly into an exp...

15/01/2025

JIMMY Carter's deep spirituality taught him dear lessons on the transient and fleeting nature of power and glory, the changing of political seasons, and that meant there was a season for victory and a time for defeat.

JIMMY Carter's deep spirituality taught him dear lessons on the transient and fleeting nature of power and glory, the changing of political seasons, and that meant there was a season for victory and a time for defeat. After his crushing defeat to Ronald Reagan in 1980 — his well-intentioned but ou...

15/01/2025

In Deus Caritas Est, Pope Benedict XVI laid out the proper part of the Church in respect to the ordering of human society.

(Columnist's note: In lieu of my usual column, I yield to the pastoral commentary of Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas for the faithful of his archdiocese, but that gives us all a helpful guide to discernment.)

15/01/2025

THE Social Weather Stations (SWS) report released by the Philippine News Agency said its poll showed 41 percent of "Filipinos" support the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte was colossally wrong, deliberately and maliciously manufactured. Fake news, if you will.

THE Social Weather Stations (SWS) report released by the Philippine News Agency said its poll showed 41 percent of 'Filipinos' support the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte was colossally wrong, deliberately and maliciously manufactured. Fake news, if you will.

15/01/2025

IN response to a reporter's question in a media briefing last week, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. disclosed that the AFP is conducting background checks on candidates for the May midterm elections.

Necessary but not desirable

15/01/2025

BLAME FOR THE BLAZES

14/01/2025

WHAT'S in a name? If you've been following this column for a while, you'd know that a non-scientific phenomenon I subscribe to, even as a realist, is how people uncannily become their birth names.

Ni**od

14/01/2025

THE Panama Canal and US Subic Naval Base were constructed around the same time the US was rising as an imperial naval power in the early 1900s.

THE Panama Canal and US Subic Naval Base were constructed around the same time the US was rising as an imperial naval power in the early 1900s. The Americans built an 82-kilometer canal that cuts through the middle of Panama as the major waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It reduce...

14/01/2025

TWO years ago, I was invited to speak at the TEDx event hosted by the remarkable students of British School Manila.

TWO years ago, I was invited to speak at the TEDx event hosted by the remarkable students of British School Manila. In that event, I decided to speak about my thoughts as a city designer and builder with regard to the horrendous and paralyzing Metro Manila traffic. Aside from the debilitating turtle...

14/01/2025

TIME was when Facebook was virtually a fact-checkers' world. At least for the Philippines, I'm not aware of how they operated in other parts of the world, although based on some news items I have read in the past, fact-checkers in the United States have been criticized for being reportedly too biased against incoming President Donald Trump.

TIME was when Facebook was virtually a fact-checkers' world. At least for the Philippines, I'm not aware of how they operated in other parts of the world, although based on some news items I have read in the past, fact-checkers in the United States have been criticized for being reportedly too biase...

14/01/2025

THE mammoth crowd of the Iglesia ni Cristo rally had so many undertones pre-, during and post-rally. Pre-rally, after their Sunday gatherings, the churches opened the door, and the members started moving to go to the Quirino Grandstand in Manila.

THE mammoth crowd of the Iglesia ni Cristo rally had so many undertones pre-, during and post-rally. Pre-rally, after their Sunday gatherings, the churches opened the door, and the members started moving to go to the Quirino Grandstand in Manila. The massive movement was like a tectonic plate shifti...

14/01/2025

TO continue my reflections on the question of who my professors were and what I learned from them. And again, I might not be able to include everyone for lack of space, but I do hope that they know how much they are appreciated.

Last of two parts

14/01/2025

IN Greek mythology, Sisyphus is condemned to perpetually roll a boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down before reaching the summit.

IN Greek mythology, Sisyphus is condemned to perpetually roll a boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down before reaching the summit. This tragic cycle of effort and futility aptly mirrors the trajectory of the Philippines. We are a nation blessed with abundant resources, a youthful populat...