Private initiatives fostering marriage inviolability: The Defending Family Values Foundation, Couples for Christ, Mother...
By Bernardo M. Villegas
(Part 2)
Especially focused on the poorest of the poor, Defending Family Values Foundation, Inc. is an initiative of the Madrigal family.
The Foundation fosters the...
Using the 2016 UNCLOS Award as the basis of the Philippines’ Archipelagic Defense Doctrine
By Renato Cruz De Castro
The South China Sea is the site for China’s integrated maritime campaign for expansion against its smaller and weaker Southeast Asian neighbors. China aims...
Waiver, Release, and Quitclaim by employees: When are they legally binding and when are...
By April Jane S. Sillada
Will a Waiver, Release, and Quitclaim executed by an employee really forever release and discharge the employer from any action, damages, demands, and any...
How business owners can combat online scams in the e-Commerce Age
By Benedict S. Carandang
A 2023 study by the credit information company TransUnion reported that 8.3% of all digital transactions by consumers in the Philippines were possibly fraudulent....
Even Superman cannot fix the colossal mess that is PhilHealth
By Oscar P. Lagman, Jr.
On April 24, the Department of Finance (DoF) instructed the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to remit P89.9 billion to the Treasury within 15...
Philippine revenue performance and the US economy
By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
Philippine government revenues continue to improve even with no new taxes. The high economic growth just helps expand the revenue base. More business activities...
Why is Sweden paying grandparents to babysit? It’s worth a try
By Tyler Cowen
AT FIRST GLANCE, the policy sounds absurd, especially to many Americans: In Sweden, grandparents are now eligible for government subsidies to babysit their grandchildren....
Raising the quality of education
By Nepomuceno Malaluan
In the column “PISA and quality education” (BusinessWorld, July 8, 2024, https://tinyurl.com/26cfz8dg), I wrote that high economic growth predicts high performance in education. Specifically,...
The esports industry should be embarrassed right now
By Adam Minter
THE FIRST-EVER Esports World Cup was launched in Saudi Arabia last weekend with a record-breaking $60-million prize pool.
That’s just a few million short of...
Developing new antibiotics
By Teodoro B. Padilla
Antibiotics are the foundation of modern medicine. These essential medicines fight bacterial infections by killing the bacteria or by making it hard for the...
The Philippine Economy until 2030: MOTS or Progress?
By Jesus Felipe and Pedro Pascual
WE RECENTLY PRESENTED our analysis of the Philippine economy until 2030 using the De La Salle forecasting and simulation models.
Tokyo isn’t paving paradise to put up a parking lot
By Gearoid Reidy
IT’S A NARRATIVE that might have sprung straight from the script of a Studio Ghibli movie, or perhaps a Joni Mitchell song. Big corporations...