How do you English this?
By Amelia H. C. Ylagan
Was it a joke for comic relief, or was it a truly desperate grasping for the right words on an impassioned plea for understanding...
Addressing barriers to health literacy
By Teodoro B. Padilla
Many Filipinos have limited health literacy which can hinder their ability to effectively manage their health, according to the National Health Literacy Survey (NHLS),...
Why Putin is in Ukraine
By Marc Champion
LIVING in Moscow in the 1990s, I recall watching an after-dinner skit that a Russian acquaintance would perform. Standing next to a big pink...
A private equity rebound remains elusive
By Usman Akhtar, Sebastien Lamy, and Lachlan McMurdo
ASIA-PACIFIC private equity (PE) markets plunged again in 2023 as investors fretted about slowing economic growth, high interest rates, and volatile public stock markets....
Name recall and art
By Maria Victoria Rufino
The spirit of creative genius is in every work. An artwork is a child of the mind or the spirit. The artist is a...
On Philippine-American Friendship Day we celebrate a year of historic achievements
By MaryKay Carlson
On the Fourth of July – US Independence Day and Philippine-American Friendship Day – we look back on what the US-Philippine partnership...
Ancient Rome survived high inflation. We can too
By Daniel Moss
WORRIED that inflation is coming down too gradually? The Romans had a not-so-subtle solution: Anyone suspected of ratcheting up prices faced execution. If you’re...
Tax on single-use plastic bags
By Marvin Tort
The Department of Finance (DoF) wants Congress to pass within a year a law on taxing the sale of single-use plastic bags to retailers....
Coal power and the Meralco CSP
By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
This week two groups attempted to advance their degrowth and blackout agenda with their nefarious lobbying. The London-based renewables lobby group Ember-Climate called out...
A matter of luck
By Tony Samson
THERE are just some people who believe in good fortune and avoiding its negative version. Even in house construction there are rules on the...
Church teachings on sustainable mining: Shared responsibility
By Bernardo M. Villegas
The final chapter of the encyclical Laudato Si focuses on the primordial importance of environmental education. Here, every single individual must be involved, especially the young. This education has to affect actions and daily habits, the reduction of water consumption, the sorting of waste, and even turning off unnecessary lights and, among the well-to-do, air-conditioning units.
Aiming for food security in a challenging environment
By Victor Andres C. Manhit
When Filipinos talk about putting food on the table, they often consider the cost of bringing food, from the source, through various channels, and...