Impeachment keeps accountability alive
By Victor Andres C. Manhit
The House Justice Committee says there is probable cause to advance the impeachment complaint against Vice-President Sara Duterte. This paves the way for plenary...
The US has long used economic coercion to achieve foreign policy goals — the...
TWO MONTHS after the United States, along with Israel, launched a war against Iran, that conflict appears far from a lasting resolution.
In an age of doom scrolling, Asia’s book market is thriving
THE INTERNET was supposed to kill off books. But across much of Asia, a booming market tells a different story.
Academic Innovation Challenge: Where students build intelligent platforms with AI agents
By Sharon G. Dayoan
Decades ago, the invention of the calculator was seen as a disruptive breakthrough, reshaping how calculations were performed and how quickly problems could be...
Musk’s payday is a lot like Tesla stock: full of hot air
IF YOU SPENT most of your time at your day job working on several side gigs and posting inflammatory content on social media, then you might expect to get replaced by a robot or at least brace for a serious talk with your manager about a pay cut. But if you’re Elon Musk, you end up getting promised annual compensation worth $158 billion to keep you motivated.
Asia trade and the ASEAN summit
By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
The annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will be held on May 7 to 8 in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. The...
Shaping a safety culture
By Rachel Alvendia-Quero
Safety culture involves shared values, beliefs, and attitudes among organizational members in implementing safety policies and procedures. It is rooted in understanding human behavior...
Design and asymmetric war today
By Marian Pastor Roces
(Part One)
Drones already shifted the odds against Russia in the Russo-Ukrainian war within months of the invasion of Ukrainian territory.
After the Ukraine surprised Russia...
At the crossroads of a fiscal crisis: Why smart taxes (health taxes) are necessary
By Gage Andal and Pia Rodrigo
The Philippines is at risk of a credit rating downgrade. On April 20, Fitch revised its outlook on the Philippines from “stable” to “negative,”...
How to make the Philippines’ offshore wind auction bankable
THE PHILIPPINES recently launched the Fifth Green Energy Auction, or GEA-5, the country’s first auction dedicated to offshore wind, with a target of 3,300 megawatts of fixed-bottom capacity for delivery between 2028 and 2030.
Adult immunization: A smart investment in health and economic resilience
By Teodoro B. Padilla
As the Philippines marked the 50th anniversary of the Essential Program on Immunization (EPI) during World Immunization Week, it was a moment not only...
Luzon AI corridor: Our last chance for leapfrogging?
By Diwa C. Guinigundo
In an earlier column (“Breaking the mold: Innovation, institutions and economic transformation,” Jan. 30, https://tinyurl.com/2adzv4at), the argument was direct: incremental reform is no longer...