With friends like these, who needs humans?
By Parmy Olson
GROK looks like any plush toy you’d find in a kid’s bedroom. Its round body is shaped like a rocket, and my two kids...
Game-changer for e-commerce: How R.A. No. 12023’s VAT rules will reshape digital transactions in...
By Marielle Mae P. Paler
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has released the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for Republic Act (R.A.) No. 12023 or the Digital Service...
GREAT Women — It’s Women’s Month
By Chit U. Juan
It will be Women’s Month again and I cannot help but look back at our journey while promoting the brand and its ethos: great...
Trump’s phone call with Putin is causing a stir in Taiwan
By Karishma Vaswani
ONE PHONE CALL does not a treaty make, but President Donald Trump’s conversation with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on ending the war in Ukraine is...
PDUs vs ECs
By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
Last week, on Feb. 11, the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) released the report, “Market Operations Highlights January 2025,” in a...
3 statistical stuff-ups that made everyday items look healthier (or riskier) than they really...
By Adrian Esterman
Conducting scientific studies is never easy, and there are often major disasters along the way. A researcher accidentally spills coffee on a keyboard, destroying...
The ‘No Exclusive Franchise’ decision of the SC: A game changer?
By Raul V. Fabella
The Supreme Court (SC) has spoken: as penned by Associate Judge Rodil Zalameda on July 30, 2024 on the petition of the Iloilo Electric...
The railroading of House Bill 11360
By Therese Hipol and Filomeno Sta. Ana III
On Feb. 3, during one of the last days of regular session before the adjournment for the midterm election campaign period, the House railroaded...
Goldbug FOMO is setting up the market for a fall
By Marcus Ashworth
MARKETS always look their very best at the top — that’s increasingly the case with gold as it nears $3,000 a troy ounce. It’s...
Delivering next-generation medicines and vaccines
By Teodoro B. Padilla
Pharmaceutical companies have been at the forefront of advances in medical innovation that are leading to real improvements in the health of people worldwide....
It’s time for Japan to admit victory on deflation
By Gearoid Reidy and Daniel Moss
OLD CENTRAL BANKERS never die. And often, they don’t fade away either.
Haruhiko Kuroda, the Bank of Japan boss for a decade until 2023, was...
Integrating sustainability with corporate strategy
By Francisco Romero Milán
AT AYALA CORP., sustainability is at the core of our purpose of building businesses that enable people to thrive. As such, sustainability is embedded...