ONE ASPECT of the war in Ukraine demands much closer attention — the failure of the US and its rich-country friends to build strong partnerships with the developing world.

On Feb. 1, Senator Richard Gordon, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, released the 113-page draft report on the months-long investigation into the government’s use of pandemic funds and its transactions with Pharmally Pharmaceutical.

Under Section 168 of the Revised Corporation Code (RCC), a director, trustee, or officer shall be punished with a fine ranging from P500,000 to P1 million, who knowingly:

The Philippines’ public debt stock continues to increase big time, from P8.22 trillion (actual + guaranteed) in 2019 to P10.25 trillion in 2020, P12.15 trillion in 2021, and P13.18 trillion in April 2022.

Digitalization is applying digital technologies to improve business processes, and to provide new ways of producing value for customers.

The recently concluded Philippine elections saw the landslide win of Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., whose victory is historical for two reasons.

There is a wise game theory principle called “backward induction rationality” which states that no matter what came before, your next and subsequent moves should be dictated by the best outcome you can attain at the conclusion of the process.

Why is the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) perennially ill-equipped? Why hasn’t the AFP managed to establish a credible defense posture despite clear and present threats as early as 1995?

At a press briefing at the Department of Finance (DoF) on May 25, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said that the implementation of a fiscal consolidation and resource mobilization plan is imperative to “ensure that the government can continue to effectively manage its increased budget deficit while spending on investments in infrastructure, education, and healthcare for economic growth and recovery.”

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The energies of the incoming Marcos II regime are better spent on addressing the many problems it is inheriting from its predecessor rather than on “clarifying” what the Marcos Senior martial law regime was all about.

In the closing years of Elizabeth I’s reign, England saw the emergence of arguably the world’s first effective welfare state. Laws were established which successfully protected people from rises in food prices.