Our arbitral victory is a victory for the international order
By Victor Andres C. Manhit
Two days from now, on July 12, we will commemorate the 8th anniversary of the historic ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA),...
Milk tea craze is bringing out all of China’s wrongs
By Shuli Ren
PEOPLE still spend money on small indulgences during economic downturns. If Chanel lipstick is the go-to item for women, milk tea drinks are soothing...
Is scale the only solution to sustainability?
By Chit U. Juan
A non-economist, like myself, always wants to see out-of-the-box solutions. Why is our solution so traditional that “economies of scale” is the answer to...
Safeguarding funds for national defense
By Michael Henry Yusingco
ACCORDING to a working paper from the Ateneo Policy Center entitled, “Toward Increased and Stable Investments in National Security in the Philippines”: “Policymakers tacitly...
The Philippines’ public debt stock and debt transparency
By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
I am tackling two topics in this piece, so let us go straight to the numbers.
Our public debt is approaching P16 trillion.
Last week the...
Singapore is making life tougher for global talent
By Karishma Vaswani
IT IS EMPLOYMENT PASS renewal season in Singapore, and the new regime is dominating the conversation at after-work cocktails on Fridays. From September, overseas...
Brother Andrew Gonzales: Education innovator
By Victor S. Limlingan
Ordinarily, I, a Jesuit-educated Atenean would have not known Brother Andrew Gonzales, a De La Salle Christian Brother and President of De La Salle...
PISA and quality education
By Nepomuceno Malaluan
(First of two parts)
Almost everyone agrees that low quality is the biggest problem of Philippine education. The quality indicator that has captured the attention...
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....