Banaue Rice Terraces Restoration: A case study on Tourism Sustainability
By Jaime S. de los Santos
Let me start with a little scenario.
Tomorrow, one family or barkada will take a trip to the mountain resort of Baguio and then the...
What do we do?
By Rafael M. Alunan III
For those who know the drill, disaster response consists of a series of deliberately taken steps -- awareness, mitigation, preparation, response, management, relief-rehabilitation, and...
Substantiating ‘Firsts’: Women, Peace, and Security in the Philippines
By Ma. Lourdes Veneracion-Rallonza
There will always be some kind of “bragging rights” for those that come as “the first’” -- the first to do this, the first...
Unboxing your thoughts
By A. R. Samson
In 2014, the top YouTube sensation in the Philippines belonged to a video series of toys being unboxed by two sisters recorded and uploaded...
TRAIN, inflation, and PPP
By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
“It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual.” -- Jeremy Bentham (1748-1834,...
Government messaging needs improvement
By Andrew J. Masigan
How can I describe government’s style of messaging?
Certain adjectives come to mind -- pompous, high-handed, defensive, antagonistic, divisive, confusing. This is true not only...
Grab grabs Uber
By Amelia H. C. Ylagan
Uber is over.
Could even the motu propio review by the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) on April 2 of the acquisition by Grab Holdings, Inc....
What we can learn from the lives of people who use drugs
By Patrick Angeles
Two years have passed since the Rodrigo Duterte administration intensified the anti-drug campaign. But the war on drugs itself has gone on for decades...
Trump’s tariffs and the death of the global economy
By Jemy Gatdula
In the world of international trade, it would appear that March -- not April -- is the cruelest month. It (more specifically the 8th...
Two countries called Philippines
By Luis V. Teodoro
There are two countries that go by the name “Philippines.” The real, historical one is home to the Filipino millions, nearly half of whom...
Beyond the realm of logic
By Maria Victoria Rufino
The famous Spanish Surrealist Salvador Dali was the ultimate dreamer. He created his melting clocks series, floating objects such as a crystal decanter with...
Raise your hands
By A. R. Samson
To lift energy levels including their own, performers and lecturers who also feel like rock stars, usually at the middle of the routine when...