War games risk stirring up troubled waters as Philippines — emboldened by US —...
By Fred H Lawson
US MARINES joined Filipino counterparts on May 5, 2024, for a mock battle at a telling location: a small, remote territory just 100 miles...
Zuckerberg’s free AI is a clever form of bait
By Parmy Olson
THERE’S a persistent mystery about Mark Zuckerberg, and it’s not the one about his new chain necklace. The chief executive officer of Meta Platforms,...
Aggression and the President’s Commander-in-Chief powers
By Jemy Gatdula
The Philippines renounces war as an instrument of national policy (Article II.2 of the Constitution). That much is clear. It doesn’t mean, however, that...
Back to Investment: Is the World Bank running out of ideas?
By Jesus Felipe and Pedro Pascual
WE ARGUED in the first part of this article (https://tinyurl.com/292e53k3) that the evidence indicates that investment is not the magic elixir that the World Bank study on investment accelerations (World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects publication of January 2024, entitled The Magic of Investment Accelerations (https://tinyurl.com/yxmeg4ve) claims, despite the many correlations that the authors documented.
Something brewing
By Marvin Tort
In a recent blog, Coffee Affection’s Kate MacDonnell detailed what she perceived to be the emerging trends for the coffee industry, particularly in the...
On declining inflation and unemployment, and trade with China
By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
This week, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released three important pieces of economic data — the inflation rate for April, and the unemployment rate...
Relieving stress in the workplace
By Tony Samson
EVEN with the growing option of working from home (WFH) after the lockdown experiences in the pandemic, stress in the workplace is now a...
Skills Development in IT-BPM Sector: Learning new languages and big data analytics
By Bernardo M. Villegas
In the Philippine IT-BPM Sector Roadmap 2022 (there has since been a new roadmap prepared for the duration of the Marcos Jr. Administration)
Mining is the field for green opportunities
By Victor Andres C. Manhit
Part of the world’s response to the climate emergency is to shift to renewable energy, specifically using wind, solar, and geothermal technologies to generate...
If AI wrecks democracy, we may never know
By Parmy Olson
THIS YEAR promises to be a whopper for elective government, with billions of people — or more than 40% of the world’s population —...
Understanding the rules in serving notices of tax assess-ments
By Evanne Grace M. Maliones
Imagine reclining on your couch, basking in the glow of a recently sold property that brought in substantial income — only to be blindsided...
Strengthening women entrepreneurs
By Ma. Aurora D. Geotina-Garcia
In a column entitled “The journey of MSMEs: Are we there yet?,” I discussed the challenges that MSMEs — Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises...