OPINION

FIRING LINE: Lenten look at Bilibid  By Robert B. Roque Jr.  l April 2, 2026 As most Filipinos go about their Catholic traditions this Lenten Season, anchored on reflection and repentance, I believe many sinners are converted. Today, Maundy Thursday, the reflection is on how Jesus washes the feet of the apostles — an act…

FIRING LINE FOR: Straining the elderly on RPT By Robert B. Roque Jr.  l March 31, 2026 It’s tax payment season again — and what troubles me now, that did not before, is how a simple assessment can quietly turn into a long-term threat to one’s home. The numbers on paper look routine enough. But…

FIRING LINE: If only cops could be everywhere By Robert B. Roque Jr.  l March 26, 2026 Not six kilometers away from my neighborhood, a troubling incident had me thinking about the safety of young students. On March 23, 15-year-old Isabelle Sophia Tablate was found dead inside a factory in Barangay Santolan, Pasig City. Days…

FIRING LINE: Jail the road-rager By Robert B. Roque Jr.  l  March 5, 2026 Road rage is not merely a traffic altercation. It is a living, breathing specimen of failure in governance. When House Majority Leader Sandro Marcos filed House Bill 8190, the proposed Anti-Road Rage Act, he framed it as drawing a firm legal…

FIRING LINE: Why the Iran war is a very Pinoy problem By Robert B. Roque Jr.  l  March 3, 2026 While there is a sense of relief that the people of Iran may be driving toward freedom and change from the rigid Islamic regime, more so with the US-Israeli strikes that killed its supreme leader,…