🧭 Big Picture
The forces behind the news — economy, energy and geopolitics — explained, with sources.
Explainers
🧭 Big PictureThe peso and the dollar: why the exchange rate reaches every Filipino householdThe peso has hit one record low after another in 2026. What sets the rate, what the central bank can and cannot do, and who wins and loses.🧭 Big PictureThe West Philippine Sea, in brief: the name, the 2016 ruling, and why it matters at homeWhat the waters are, what the arbitral award decided and did not decide, the two shoals in the news, and the fish and gas at stake.🧭 Big PictureWhy pump prices change every Tuesday: how gasoline and diesel are priced in the PhilippinesWorld crude, the peso, taxes and a 2026 energy emergency: what goes into the price you pay at the pump, and who decides how much it moves.