“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark,” Marcellus mutters under his breath. Standing guard on the battlements of the castle, he watches over Prince Hamlet and his friend Horatio walking together in the cold darkness, talking as darkly.

There’s a new game in town. This is going beyond what every country normally aims to tame the coronavirus pandemic. Bloomberg reported the other day that Indonesia ditched herd immunity as whole-of-nation goal. The pandemic continues to surge and circulate “even if everyone in the country gets immunized.”

One journalist did say that President Rodrigo Duterte compounded the “lie” about the reason behind the shutdown of the operations of ABS-CBN’s free TV and radio services. But she did not outrightly call him a liar, and neither did the others.

Mandatory vaccination is unconstitutional. And any citizen has the right to sue the government (or a private establishment, e.g., businesses or schools) for any act or measure forcing them to be vaccinated or which restricts or discriminates against their constitutional rights because of their decision not to be vaccinated.

I write this column with so much excitement, simply because it is the first time I am writing something current, real, and about the Philippines, instead of the research I had done in the past decade.

I am on the fence about House Bill No. 9252, which intends to practically make compulsory the vaccination of the public as protection against COVID-19 through a process of what I deem to be selective exclusion. Authored by Cavite Rep. Elpidio Barzaga, Jr., the bill is to be tackled by the House Committee on Health in August or September, according to the lawmaker.

For the last several months, political parties and groups have been doing the rounds. Their operatives regularly exchange notes, some of which are mere red herrings to confuse and mislead.

COMPANIES, especially those in a startup mode, say a new player in a capital-intensive industry like a public utility, want to get a CEO who is ready to take charge as soon as the appointment papers are signed. For a newly listed company, there is instant credibility in putting an experienced person on top, especially if he came from the market leader’s ranks. A non-compete provision in his early retirement? No problem.

When the Philippines attempted to industrialize upon obtaining political independence in 1946, it faced two major handicaps.

The State of the Nation Address (SONA) is a constitutional obligation and yearly tradition wherein the President reports on the status of the country and unveils the government’s agenda for the coming year. Like clockwork, on every fourth Monday of July, the President appears before a joint session of Congress to deliver an address.

Play-to-Earn games have been gaining traction recently. With popular games like Axie Infinity and My Defi Pet, users are drawn to the unique selling proposition that one can earn money as they play.

Beyond just her weightlifting skills, which she has certainly labored painstakingly for years to attain global leadership at, there are many reasons why Hidilyn Diaz should be admired and promoted to all our people, especially the young, as a model Filipino.