Business leaders offer condolences to friends, family of Washington Sycip

SEVERAL companies, organizations, and business leaders have expressed condolences to the friends, family members, and colleagues of Washington Sycip. Here are some of them, as...

Business model, disrupted

By Calixto V. Chikiamco
If the Philippines were a company, its business model would be facing disruption. Its business model, if you will, rests on OFW remittances and BPO...

Build-build-build is possible without new taxes

By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
Among the biggest alibis given by Dutertenomics as to why we need new or higher taxes is the fact that the government needs more...

PAL’s solution to NAIA’s congestion

By Andrew J. Masigan
Last May, Philippine Airlines formally presented an unsolicited proposal to the Department of Transportation (DoTr) to expand Terminal 2 of the Ninoy International Airport...

Wash SyCip: Rest in Peace

By Benjamin R. Punongbayan WASH SYCIP was a very well known person, not only in the Philippines, but also in the whole world. He had...

Beauty is that which is true

By Jemy Gatdula
Local celebrity Xander Ford’s “Big Reveal” a couple of weekends ago actually triggered a subconscious discussion among the populace on the nature of beauty....

A global disgrace

By Luis V. Teodoro
President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed his displeasure over the continuing attention being paid by various groups and organizations such as Amnesty International and other...

Step into the frame

By Maria Victoria Rufino
Art heals the heart and soothes the spirit. During a season of extreme anxiety, pain or distress, one seeks relief in another dimension, in a...

‘Are we a nation of states? What’s the state of our nation?’

By Enrique F. Nitura
That title is one of the lines in the hit Broadway musical, Hamilton. It tells the story of the young, scrappy, and hungry United...

Education is about quality, not quantity

By Marvin A. Tort
In the Manila North Cemetery, I have read, is an American Teachers Memorial. It is said to mark a special plot, put up in...

The miracle work of teachers

By Benito L. Teehankee
My early encounters with high school math were horrible. Try as I could, I couldn’t make sense of it. Everything seemed strangely different from...

Not on the agenda

By A. R. Samson
The agenda, or list of topics for a meeting, alerts participants on needed preparations or comments in order to sound if not completely on...