Protecting children’s health and future through immunization

By Teodoro B. Padilla
A child’s early years are full of “firsts”: first breath, first steps, first day in school. They should also include the first line of...

It ain’t over ’til the fat lady sings

By Diwa C. Guinigundo
For years now, we have written — perhaps too often — about the extraordinary plunder of public money involving politicians, public works engineers and...

The US needs to welcome immigrants, not demonize them

EVEN for an administration that makes no secret of its antipathy toward immigrants, recent rhetoric from the White House has been alarming and inflammatory — and at odds with reality.

Wishes for the children

By Maria Victoria Rufino
On Christmas week, we pray for love, grace, forgiveness, hope, protection and world peace. As we count our blessings and challenges, we release negative...

Europe’s naivety about the China export shock is tragic

EUROPEAN UNION (EU) carmakers like Volkswagen AG got their wish this week when a combustion-engine ban for 2035 onward was effectively abandoned.

From P400 million to P13 billion: The WeeComm story and growth lessons for real...

By RJ Ledesma
The story — now a legend in real estate developer WeeComm’s founding — goes like this: 17 years ago, WeeComm’s eventual founder and real estate...

Unwalkable

By Marvin Tort
I am not yet a senior, but I am getting there. I have a heart condition and bad legs, but I am not legally...

The Suez Canal reopening is a 2026 gift for commodities

THE business of shipping goods around the world has suffered shock after shock since 2000, culminating in the effective closure of the Red Sea and Suez Canal two years ago. Don’t say it too loud, but there’s a good chance the waterway can reopen in 2026, reducing transportation costs and easing the strain on global supply chains.

Checking on lifestyles

By Tony Samson
LIFESTYLE CHECKS as a way of establishing the integrity (or the opposite) of public officials are premised on a simple assumption. A person, especially...

Building mini dams all over: From clean water to power

By Bernardo M. Villegas
(Part 2) Given the vast experiences of Spanish companies in building mini dams, it would be logical that our Government and the private sector should...

Fighting corruption is a sound economic strategy

By Victor Andres C. Manhit
Earlier this month the World Bank said it had lowered its growth forecast for the Philippine economy. Initially, the projection was 5.4% in 2026...

How Asia’s Gen-Z is losing out to China’s $1-trillion surplus

CHINA’s new economic model is putting the future of Asia’s Gen-Z at risk.