Just for laughs
By Luis V. Teodoro
The gulf between what President Rodrigo Duterte says and what he does is raising already dangerous levels of cynicism about government and governance even...
Boracay thoughts
By Maria Victoria Rufino
On Earth Week, we think about the environment and how fragile the global ecosystems are. Close to our hearts is the island paradise that...
You are invited to jump in
By A. R. Samson
Word wars in the analog age were a relatively slow spectator sport. A game of “he-said-she-said” boosts a slow news day, with its recorded...
An Open Letter from the De La Salle Brothers
By Jose Mari Jimenez
In an open letter dated April 19, 2018, Br. Jose Mari Jimenez FSC, Auxiliary Visitor for the Philippines and de facto head of the...
The Quintessential Old-Timer
By Marvin A. Tort
I refer to him as the Quintessential Old-Timer. It was the way he did things, the way he went about them, in the past...
Crowding in private sector to boost infrastructure dev’t
By Surya Bagchi
IN the world of infrastructure, the funding deficit is a well-established fact. Asia needs US$26 trillion by 2030 for new buildouts, and...
Five sensible ideas for meetings
By Raju Mandhyan
THE whole world is constantly participating in meetings. “Let’s have a meeting,” “I am in a meeting,” “Call you right back after...
Will Singapore’s chairmanship arrest ASEAN’s strategic relegation?
By Renato Cruz de Castro
Since 2010, the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have voiced their collective concern over the growing tension in the...
Lighting a candle in Duterte’s darkness
By Greg B. Macabenta
Several years ago, then-Speaker Jose de Venecia spoke before the Filipino community at the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco. Expectedly, he gave a glowing...
It’s complicated: The Relationship between Federalism, Development, and Democracy
By Anne Lan K. Candelaria
The viewpoint that binds federalism, development, and democratization is heavily linked to neoliberal economics where, in broad terms, the preference is less of government...
Technophobia
By Reynaldo C. Lugtu, Jr.
One of the greatest minds, Stephen Hawking, before he passed away, warned us anew on the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI). In several interviews,...
Not a new jockey, Mr. President, NFA needs to retire
By Ramon L. Clarete
The NFA reverts back to the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture. Through the years, administrative control of the NFA has shifted between the...