Pop goes the world by Jenny Ortuoste
In support of Filipino knowledge
Does the Philippines have a reading culture? Arguments may be made for both yea and nay, with the former pointing...
The Palanca Awards: Changing the rules
The writers’ beehive is buzzing with news about the revised rules for the 2015 Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature,...
Numbing down
The day the Internet broke wasn’t when Kim Kardashian bared her bum for the world to see; albeit it was...
Working hell-iday
Some decision makers up at the Palace were not thinking clearly when they decided to make February 25, the anniversary...
Fifty shades of meh
No, I haven’t seen the film “Fifty Shades of Grey.” No, I haven’t read any of E. L. James’s books,...
‘Hari ng sablay’
Is it just miscommunication, or were there actual missteps in President Benigno Aquino III’s responses to the Fallen 44 incident?...
No one left behind
Up to now there are no clear-cut answers for all the questions. What is known and acknowledged is that nearly...
From high tech to high touch
Is there a part of yourself that you’ve lost touch with through the years? Is there something you enjoyed doing...
The writer as ‘righter’
Is freedom of speech under fire in 2015? The new year was only a week old when two Muslim gunmen,...
This atheist says ‘welcome, Pope Francis!’
People have asked me, an atheist, what I think of the Pope’s visit—yea or nay? His Holiness Pope Francis’ state...
Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.