DEMOCRACY can be defined in a variety of ways, from definitions with varying complexities to a rather simple one. Let us pick a basic and simple definition: a form of political association among the people of a state within a defined geographical area where sovereignty resides in the people who express such sovereignty by voting to select the leaders of the government of the state.

One dictionary defines a motherhood statement as a statement that is vague, general, and unobjectionable. It is typically used in politics or business to...

Every year, I look forward to June as the Philippine National ICT Month. I’m not really sure what I want to celebrate this year in terms of what have been accomplished in ICT as a country.

A newspaper report quoted NEDA Secretary Ernesto Pernia as claiming that a National ID System -- which in our case, rolls out this month -- will help curb leakages in the government’s cash transfer programs as it can help better identify “deserving beneficiaries” and also correct the “lag between the need of the citizens who merit assistance, and the provision of the budget.”

Power to discipline and to remove directors is vested, not with the board, but with the stockholders

In the past six months, my 67-year-old father-in-law has been experiencing drastic weight loss, weakness, continuous coughing and breathing difficulty. After a series of medical tests, we learned that the manifestations were caused by a tumor in his right lung. He has lung cancer.

“At the start of this pandemic, I warned that the battle could be long. Considering this, it was important to maintain fiscal responsibility. We must be ready for the long haul and keep our powder dry for a protracted battle.”

CHIEF Financial Officers (CFO) are not hired for their communications skills or verbosity. Their task is to submit the data on time, and translate corporate operations into numbers. They thus tend to just let the numbers do the talking when explaining corporate performance. The new function of investor relations, which listed companies now give importance to, requires the ability to also highlight numbers with the right words.

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SOMETHING SOUNDS FISHY when public health experts advise us to take whatever vaccine is available even though some vaccines show much more promising efficacy numbers than others. And it’s understandable that people would want to shop for the best vaccine. Americans are accustomed to the idea of consumer choice in pharmaceuticals — why else would we have so much direct-to-consumer drug advertising? But cut through the noise and there’s only one thing that really matters: all three FDA-authorized vaccines seem to work equally well — close to 100% — at preventing hospitalization and death.

MORE THAN A YEAR into the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s easy to feel paralyzed by the challenges we are facing in the Philippines. Many are suffering from the effects of the pandemic, especially children. Not being able to go to school, lacking access to essential health and nutrition services, and being at increased risk of abuse and mental health issues, the effect of this pandemic will be felt by children until they grow up to become adults.