‎It's 5 a.m. on a weekday. I have a class at 7:30 a.m., and I still don't feel like waking up just yet. I boil some water, grab the half-used twin pack 3-in-1 coffee sachet, and pour the remaining half into my cup. It’s not fancy. It’s the warm, sweet, caffeine kick that gets a sleepless student like me through life while on a tight budget. Now even that is under the threat of another excise tax. ‎ Under the TRAIN Law, the Philippines currently imposes an excise tax of ₱6 per

Three works by journalism students from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines-College of Communication (PUP-COC) earned finalist spots in the upcoming Philippine Journalism Research Conference (PJRC) 2026, organizers announced Wednesday, Oct. 21.

Insulto at hindi katanggap-tanggap ang baldeng solusyon ng pamahalaan sa tone-toneladang problemang kinakaharap ng uring magsasaka sa banta ng Super El Niño sa bansa. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), inaasahan ang paglakas ng El Niño na maaaring magdulot ng kakulangan sa ulan, dry spells, at tagtuyot sa malaking bahagi ng bansa mula Setyembre at tatagal hanggang sa mga unang bahagi ng 2027. Hindi na bago ang El Ni

STA. MESA, MANILA — Humigit-kumulang 70 miyembro ng Hipodromo Tricycle Drivers Association (HITODA) sa Pureza Street ang hinuli at pinagmulta ng Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau (MTPB) nitong Biyernes, Oktubre 17, dahil sa hindi pagpapaskil ng opisyal na fare matrix at kawalan ng permit sa pamamasada.

Nalaman ko ang daang papasok. Kaya ko pala pero medyo mahirap lang ang daan dahil limitado ito; at tila naubos at may naiwan ako habang binabaybay ang daan palabas. Apat na taon, at para sa iba naman, mas labis pa rito. Sa pananatili ko sa Sinta, ang daming mukha at pagkatao ang aking nakilala. Umusbong din ang parte ng aking sarili na ‘di ko naisip na makikilala ko pa. May mga tao na pamilyar dahil ilang beses ko nang nakasalubong—sa loob ng paaralan o kaya naman sa kalsada

“Totoo po ba ‘yung mga monster?” I once knew a girl who was deathly afraid of the monsters that resided beneath her bed. She refused to dangle her feet on the side as she clutched her teddy bear tightly, or stayed too close to the edge where they could easily pounce on her. She would barely set foot into a dark room, only making it about an inch in before she bolted in fear of the abyss wrapping its lonely tendrils around her body and swallowing her whole. Her parents’ laught

May kakaibang kapangyarihan ang ulan sa Pilipinas: hindi lamang nito binabasa ang mga kalsada; binabasa rin nito ang mga pangako. Ngayong opisyal nang nagtapos ang habagat, naiwan sa atin ang putik sa gilid ng kalsada, mga sasakyang inanod, mga bahay na pinasok ng tubig, at mga komyuter na nakipagsapalaran sa baha. Noong Oktubre 5, idineklara ng PAGASA ang pagtatapos ng Southwest Monsoon o habagat, kasabay ng paghina ng mga hanging kaugnay nito at pagbabago ng pangkalahatang

The Philippine Daily Inquirer and Inquirer.net, in partnership with the PUP Journalism Guild, held another leg of the Inquirer Campus Talks entitled, “Storytelling in Journalism: From Print to Pixels,” at the PUP College of Communication Audio-Visual Room (COC-AVR) on October 6, 2026. Veteran media practitioners from the Philippine Daily Inquirer led the talk, discussing how journalists can create credible and compelling stories across various platforms and how newsrooms

Sa loob ng 15 araw, naranasan ko ang reyalidad na puno ng magkahalong tamis at pait ng isang propesyong patuloy na binibigo ng sistema—sa kabila ng napakalaking tungkulin nito sa paghubog ng ating lipunan: ang pagiging guro. Nitong nakaraang Buwan ng mga Guro, nakapagturo ako sa mga batang hirap magbasa sa Tangos Elementary School-1, sa ilalim ng ‘NavoYouth Tutors Initiative’ ng lungsod ng Navotas para sa ‘Academic Recovery and Accessible Learning (ARAL) Program’ ng Departmen

Extreme weather may be natural, but the disaster it costs is an act of human decision. The Philippines receives a mean annual rainfall ranging from 965 to 4,064 millimeters, according to PAGASA—making downpours highly predictable and assessable. This means the state possesses actionable solutions to keep communities above water. Yet when those same communities repeatedly drown under foreseen skies, it unmasks not a natural tragedy but a prolonged failure of policy and governa