Flashback
By Maria Victoria Rufino
Nostalgia is in the air during and after the holiday season.
One needs to shift to low gear and shut out the present. Travel rejuvenates...
Preparing Philippine business and workers for the age of AI
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) is here and is already transforming how businesses in the country operate. Across industries like manufacturing, finance, marketing, and education, AI is enhancing efficiency, guiding smarter decisions, and unlocking insights from data like never before.
Filipino SMEs, is your brand positioning on point?
By RJ Ledesma
Brand positioning has transformed the world since its beginnings in the 1960s and ’70s. And today, in a new era of online platforms and...
Future of money
By Marvin Tort
When we traveled years ago, we carried dollars and traveler’s checks. Then we moved to plastic, mainly credit cards. Now we pay with phones,...
The dubious art of explaining what Trump ‘really means’
PROMINENT Republicans insist on treating President Donald Trump like a child or a clueless old man, telling Americans that he does not mean what he says — despite the commander in chief making quite clear he means exactly that.
Promises to keep
By Tony Samson
IT’S A NEW YEAR AGAIN. Resolutions are not always written down. Too many such promises are often not kept anyway. But here’s a list...
Civic mindedness is a must to fight corruption: Focusing on Catholic love
By Bernardo M. Villegas
The third form of love is what the Greek philosophers called Eros (amor in Latin) or romantic love.
Anti-corruption sentiment must translate into results
By Victor Andres C. Manhit
The holiday noise has died down, and Filipinos have gone back to their usual routines. With all the difficulties and challenges presented by 2025,...
10 reasons for removing VAT on electricity
By Eduardo Araral and Dianne Araral
Halfway into his term, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. faces the weakest political position of his presidency. Approval ratings are at historic lows. Trust has...
Japan is right to rethink its immigration approach
THE WORLD can’t get enough of Japan. The feeling isn’t exactly mutual.
Male allyship for inclusive workplaces
By Ma. Aurora D. Geotina-Garcia
For decades, women have carried the responsibility of advancing equality, fighting for recognition, representation, and respect in workplaces and boardrooms. And while progress has...
Speed Up! The citizenry should pressure the DoJ and the OMB
By Oscar P. Lagman, Jr.
In a broadcast interview in October, then newly appointed Prosecutor General (PG) Richard Anthony Donayre Fadullion said the filing of charges against senators and...















