Unlocking the Philippines: Celebrating blockchain pioneers
By Donald Patrick Lim
In the heart of the Philippines’ dynamic blockchain landscape, the second Philippine Block Awards recently lit up the scene. As the president of the...
How a night of poor sleep can affect your next day at work —...
By Wladislaw Rivkin
Think back to a night when you slept poorly. How productive were you the next day at work? Did you struggle to get started?...
Gaslighting the Filipino
By Jemy Gatdula
Gaslight is George Cukor’s classic 1944 film where Charles Boyer’s character, by a series of subtle manipulations and outright deceptions, tries to make his wife, played by Ingrid Bergman, believe she’s insane.
Europe’s rebound shows Draghi got it right
THE European Central Bank faced a torrid start to the year, as critics said it was not providing enough stimulus to a slowing euro-zone economy.
Justice for Kian, justice for all!
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
The cold-blooded murder of 17-year-old senior high school student, Kian Loyd delos Santos, by Caloocan police, in what President Rodrigo Roa Duterte loudly proclaims...
‘Humpty Dumpty had a great fall’
By Amelia H. C. Ylagan
“On 12 March 2025, Mr. Rodrigo Roa Duterte (‘Mr. Duterte’), born on 28 March 1945, was surrendered to the custody of the International Criminal...
Europe’s blackout economics and the Philippines’ path to brownouts
By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
Rolling blackout due to the tight power supply started already in Europe on Dec. 23, in Kosovo then Serbia. There were also power supply warnings in the United Kingdom, while France’s nuclear power output has declined significantly and they must get power from somewhere else.
Dangers beyond Marawi
By Mario Antonio G. Lopez
The S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) of Nanyang Technological University of Singapore publishes the research findings of their fellows on various topics...
Presumed guilty
By Marvin Tort
Philippine law prohibits foreigners from owning land locally, and, in some way, this has been argued to be among the deterrents to the entry...
The tariff is the message
By Jam Magdaleno
THE PROBLEM with the MAGA analysis of US President Donald Trump’s tariff decisions is not that it misunderstands economics. It’s that economics...
Spend, spend, spend
By Amelia H. C. Ylagan
Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno and National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Ernesto Pernia keynoted the Arangkada 2017 Forum on Sept. 14, when the Joint...
The New Normal in basic education
By Jenny Ann A. Pimentel-Tibon
As the country continues to confront different issues brought about by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Department of Education (DepEd) is addressing the challenges in the basic education for the school year 2020-2021 through its Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan (BE-LCP) under DepEd Order No. 012, s. 2020.