A chilling stage adaptation of Kisapmata
IN 1981, one of the best Filipino films ever made captured people’s imaginations. Kisapmata, directed by Mike de Leon and co-written with Clodualdo del Mundo, Jr. and Raquel Villavicencio, disturbed audiences with its twisted premise of a possessive patriarch unwilling to free his daughter from the tyrannical rule of his household.
BTr fully awards reissued bonds
THE GOVERNMENT made a full award of the reissued Treasury bonds (T-bonds) it offered on Tuesday as the papers attracted strong demand amid better...
Throwing the baby out with the bathwater: Successful USAID-backed projects
By Bernardo M. Villegas
(Part 2)
It is well known that a major obstacle to faster growth and, more importantly, a more equitable distribution of income wealth in the...
BSP to release regulations on the ethical use of AI in the financial sector
THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) is looking to release regulations on financial institutions’ ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) by this semester.
“Since we...
Mobile wallets, e-payments seen to drive growth in PHL e-commerce transactions
MOBILE WALLETS and other electronic payment methods are expected to account for a larger share of e-commerce transactions in the Philippines by 2028 as...
Choose leaders who are strong on security
By Victor Andres C. Manhit
Candidates should no longer underestimate the Filipino voter. They must go beyond the usual motherhood statements and focus on issues that strike deep at...
Woolly mammoths? Mars? Let’s take care of what we’ve got
By Lara Williams
LAST WEEK, science delivered a really cute experimental result. Researchers created a “colossal woolly mouse,” a fluffy rodent that’s purported to be a step...
Small businesses told to learn TikTok recommendation engine
MICRO, SMALL and medium enterprises (MSMEs) seeking to reach more customers should familiarize themselves with social media recommendation systems, according to TikTok.
Franco S. Aligaen,...
Four H Handicraft empowers Ifugao women
FOUR H HANDICRAFT, a Nueva Vizcaya-based business, is empowering local women from the Ifugao ethnic group by involving them in the production of its...
Philippines’ Duterte arrested at ICC’s request over drug war-related killings
PHILIPPINE police arrested firebrand former President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Tuesday at the request of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a major step in the world body’s investigation into thousands of killings in a bloody “war on drugs” that defined his presidency.
FACTBOX: What happened in drug war that led to Duterte’s arrest by law enforcers?
FORMER Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested and taken into custody on Tuesday in Manila on an International Criminal Court warrant for the “war...
Climate-resilient PHL schools sought amid heatwave
A PHILIPPINE senator on Tuesday urged the Department of Education and local governments to increase investments in climate-resilient infrastructure amid the suspension of classes...