Imminent danger
Vantage Point
Luis V. Teodoro
Never mind the 2017 Duterte State of the Nation Address, which was replete with profanities, self-serving claims of current and future...
Why Uber’s losing to the locals in Asia
By Adam Minter
BY ANY MEASURE, the April 2016 decision by Uber Technologies, Inc. to sell its China operations to rival Didi Chuxing was a...
Fed reinforces its path toward a ‘beautiful normalization’
By Mohamed A. El-Erian
AT the end of its two-day policy meeting, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday delivered a rather milquetoast statement -- purposely and...
Mining the industrialization dream of SONA 2017
My Cup Of Liberty
Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
Aside from frequently cussing and cursing or threatening people with state-sponsored murders over his anti-drugs war, President Rodrigo...
A land transport regulator for the future
Static
Marvin A. Tort
I don’t completely agree with what has just transpired at the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) with respect to Uber...
Responsible management education
The View from Taft
Brian C. Gozun
The Millennium Development Goals of 2000 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of 2016 are ambitious goals set by...
Numbers should tell stories
Fence Sitter
A. R. Samson
Maybe because CFOs are not hired for their communications skills or verbosity, except when making a case of credit worthiness to...
Building the economy with the Duterte administration
Thinking Beyond Politics
Victor C. Manhit
In a society that has subsisted on political continuity, the change-driven mind-set of the Duterte administration has rocked the boat....
Whole-of-nation vs Whole-of-terror
To Take a Stand
Rafael M. Alunan III
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte received overwhelming support from Congress last Saturday for the extension of martial law in...
The soda the state of Duterte’s approach to governance
Ad Lib
Greg B. Macabenta
President Rodrigo Duterte may have had an audience of the most important personages in the country and the diplomatic corps, listening...
An unwaivering position?
Amicus Curiae
Adrian Joseph B. Tan
With the Supreme Court’s recent pronouncement in Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. (PDI), there is a need to reexamine the earlier...
Why Many Filipinos Support Martial Law 30 years After (and why they should think...
Blueboard
Benjamin Roberto G. Barretto
The specter of martial law (ML) haunted the Philippines when Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. (better known as BBM and son of...