No to war
By Oscar P. Lagman, Jr.
The threat from China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea is growing, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. said last Tuesday, March 19. He...
On Earth Hour, Lenten travel, and Pinoys in Toronto
By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
As it is Holy Week, I will briefly cover four light topics to adjust to slow/non-work mode of most people.
‘EARTH HOUR’ 2024
Last Saturday evening...
Putin forgot that Islamic State thinks he’s part of the West
By Marc Champion
THREE FACTS stand out as clear amid the lack of hard information about the perpetrators of Friday’s appalling terrorist attack on Russia, and all...
Growth drivers
By Calixto V. Chikiamco
In a meeting among economists in a foreign embassy, former Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Felipe Medalla expressed his concern that the Philippines...
‘Cha-cha’ dead in the water
By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III
Our members of Congress have not learned from past failed initiatives to change the Constitution (also known as Cha-cha or Charter change). Every political...
Filipino women executives on top
By Amelia H. C. Ylagan
Forty three percent (43%) of senior management positions in Philippine companies are held by women.
The Philippines took the top spot among 28 countries in...
No to health misinformation
By Teodoro B. Padilla
The COVID-19 pandemic spawned an “infodemic,” in which too much information — including false or misleading information — spread rapidly in digital and physical...
Transitioning from bad to good airport
By Diwa C. Guinigundo
Consult Google and with 218,000 results, you get a whole range of descriptions of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), from the “most stressful”...
Establishing a public record for Philippine forests — Chocolate Hills included
By Angela Arnante
THE PROBLEM with the resort built within the Chocolate Hills in Bohol boils down to two key factors: property rights and information availability.
Over half...
Where’s the water? Spain’s drought, gridlock and sharks’ teeth
By Rachel Sanderson
IMAGES from NASA satellites this month show Spain’s critical Sau Reservoir at 1% of capacity. At this time of year, the reservoir, which serves...
Transgenderism and cross-dressing in universities
By Jemy Gatdula
A discussion steadily creeping through the academe is the issue of cross-dressing and of students insisting that they be addressed by their “preferred pronouns”...
Public-Private Partnerships: Unmasking the reality
By Jesus Felipe and Pedro Pascual
(Part 2)
THE PHILIPPINES was one of the first countries in Southeast Asia to use Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) back in the late 1980s. “The indispensable...
