A Roman governor ordered Jesus’ crucifixion — so why did many Christians blame Jews...
By Nathanael Andrade
It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a...
Declining inflation and dealing with trade diversion
By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
Over the last two weeks, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released the country’s inflation rate for March 2025 and unemployment rate for February 2025....
Dealing with trade tensions: Time for evidence-based policy making and capacity building
By Rupa Chanda, Alexey Kravchenko, Witada Anukoonwattaka, and Yann Duval
THE NEW United States tariffs released on April 2 have come as a surprise to Governments around the world. The scope and scale of...
Understanding Trump’s America
By Calixto V. Chikiamco
Why is the US President Donald Trump waging a trade war against its closest neighbors and allies, Mexico and Canada? Why is the United...
Concluding the PhilHealth oral arguments
By Pia Rodrigo
Nine months after the first Supreme Court petition challenging the constitutionality of the PhilHealth (Philippine Health Insurance Corp.) fund transfer was filed, oral arguments...
Playing God with tariffs
By Amelia H. C. Ylagan
“I’m telling you, these countries are calling us up, kissing my ass,” Donald Trump, US President, told his fellow Republicans at a dinner on...
Climate change and health
By Teodoro B. Padilla
Climate change is having profound and far-reaching effects on human health, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns. It contributes to death and illness through...
The other casualty of Trump
By Diwa C. Guinigundo
After about a week of debating how US President Donald Trump violated trade rules and economic common sense, and this is now becoming more...
Balancing sustainability and affordability in the Philippine transit system
By Ron F. Jabal
The just imposed fare increase for the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) has been described by critics as “unfair,” “anti-poor,” and “untimely,” as...
Sansó: A story on art collectors
By Maria Victoria Rufino
The great Spanish artist with a Filipino heart Juvenal Sansó, has passed to eternity. He takes his place among the pantheon of stars with...
US chaos is catnip for wannabe autocrats around the world
By Marc Champion
AS the Game of Thrones character Littlefinger once put it, “chaos is a ladder” for the conniving. In the real world that insight applies...
Rethinking jeepney modernization
By Marvin Tort
The government vows to proceed — even at a slower pace — with its long-standing plan to modernize public utility vehicles, particularly jeepneys, to...