Technology has disrupted the way brands are built and the way products are sold.

It had to be clarified in Memorandum 2022-066 dated May 22, 2022 by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) that directed the Independence Day flag-raising to local government units that it was the 124th Independence Day, reckoning from June 12, 1898 when Emilio Aguinaldo declared from his residence balcony in Kawit, Cavite that Pilipinas was free from the colonizer Spain.

The accreditation of bloggers that Marcos Junior’s choice for Press Secretary (she will also head the Presidential Communication Operations Office or PCOO) is planning is not new. It was also considered by her predecessor, but abandoned because of problems over which bloggers would join the Malacañang Press Corps in covering the President.

CHINA suffered a rare diplomatic setback last week when 10 Pacific Island nations deflected its offer of a sweeping trade and security deal. However,...

IN a Letter to the Editor yesterday, “SSS clarifies: Not a subsidy for operations,” Mr. Fernando F. Nicolas of the Social Security System (SSS) said that “the P51 billion given to SSS in 2020 was not a subsidy for the agency’s operation (but) wage subsidies to over three million workers nationwide under the Small Business Wage Subsidy (SBWS) program.”

In the 1970s, then President Ferdinand Marcos moved to create what was then perceived as a technocratic government, perhaps envisioning a “New Society” government run by “technical” experts more than politicians. He thus appointed to his Cabinet many specialists recognized in their respective fields, including known economic and management experts.

How did Facebook become a business worth $1 trillion at one point last year? Not just by fulfilling its mission of “connecting people,” but...

WE WANT to thank you for your support in helping the Social Security System (SSS) further raise the awareness of our members and the general public through the publication of stories about SSS.

It is clear that the bypassing of the confirmations of interim Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Saidamen Balt Pangarungan and Comelec Commissioner George Garcia by the Commission on Appointments (CA) were politically motivated.

THE MOST AMAZING phenomena in the previously waged campaigns (they seem such a long time ago) were the pink rallies: a joyous combination of a Woodstock rock concert, street party, town fiesta, religious revival, creative initiative, comic relief, and peace march.

The Philippines is at a turning point in its foreign policy and national security agenda. These will be defined by the direction that the Marcos Jr. administration will take. So far, given the President-elect’s recent pronouncements, the outlook seems positive.

As the Philippines transitions from a low-middle income country to an upper-middle income country in the next decade or so, it will be increasingly urbanized, with more of the population migrating from the rural areas to the cities.