The world has gone green. Tesla and even Porsche have electric cars. Yet, in a country like ours, green power is not getting enough of a push. Did you know it takes 200 permits to get a solar plant started? Now that’s real red tape.

On Aug. 3, Deputy Speakers Bernadette Herrera and Kristine Singson-Meehan, Deputy Minority Leader Stella Quimbo, AAMBIS-OWA Representative Sharon Garin, and Quezon City 4th District Representative Bong Suntay filed House Resolution No. 2075 “Urging the House Committee on Good Government to Conduct an Inquiry, in Aid of Legislation, on the Qualifications, Research Methodologies, Partnerships, and Composition of OCTA Research Philippines.”

THE ADVENT of gaming, especially computer gaming, marks a fundamental break in human affairs. Gaming is profoundly transforming two central aspects of the modern world: culture and regulation. There will be no turning back.

There are five important and unprecedented trends in the proposed National Government budget for 2022 that were not present in 2021 and previous years.

It is easy to make a plan but difficult to develop one that addresses a specific concern that is not based on accurate data or information.

The collapse of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on Aug. 15 sent a shock wave throughout the world.

The country’s infrastructure network was at its breaking point when President Benigno Aquino III took office in 2010. Roads and bridges were acutely insufficient; airports and seaports were ageing, badly managed and short of capacity; railways were decrepit and poorly maintained; flood control structures were few and far between.

AS MY TIME in the Philippines draws to a close, I consider with hope the future of our bilateral relationship. I smile as a I remember how quickly Manila came to feel like home, thanks to the hospitality and bayanihan spirit of the Filipino people. Above all, I reflect on the deeply moving moments I have been privileged to share, from meeting Filipino heroes at the Day of Valor in Bataan, to honoring World War II veterans with US Congressional Gold Medals, to the extraordinary efforts of today’s frontliners battling the COVID-19 pandemic.

At this point, with a pandemic challenge that has not relented, and its economic fallout proving more intractable, as a people, we have all the reasons to remain hopeful, not to give up and surrender.

Among the first things a journalism student learns are the criteria that decide what to report, what to publish, and how to present it — that is, what makes an event, or whatever else, news. Known as “news values,” relevance, prominence, timeliness, proximity, and human interest are the conventional standards journalists are supposed to apply in determining whether something should be reported or not.

Every successful individual — in the fields of education, business, politics, arts and sciences — desires recognition. The scientist and inventor work tirelessly to find the “eureka” formula and the “aha” gadget that would solve a mathematical problem or discover a vaccine or pill to cure a disease and bring about a medical breakthrough, create or improve a positive technological advance. These efforts would make radical changes that would have a lasting impact in the world.

The issue, fundamentally, isn’t about “caring for others,” “government control,” “rights,” or “acting out of fear.” The issue is whether vaccination has sufficient public health merit to justify making it mandatory on everybody.