Sitting on the boundary of the Pacific’s Ring of Fire, the Philippines is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters.

Impossible is Not So Easy: A Life in Politics” (Bughaw, 2019) and “Retrieving the Past: A Memoir” (Bughaw, 2024).

In the tumultuous political landscape of the Philippines, where historical memory often battles deliberate forgetting, a new generation of leadership is emerging—one that is rooted in legacy yet ...