Just as Hidilyn Diaz and Nesthy Petecio brought pride to the nation as champion Olympians, another Filipina, Bettina Arguelles, brought the country distinction by being named the first female Southeast Asian Executive Chef of the Sofitel Hotel Group. As many of us know, Sofitel is part of the Paris based Accor Group, one of the largest hospitality conglomerates in the world with 5,100 hotels in 110 countries. Sofitel is among Accor’s luxury brands and a purveyor of French art, culture, and cuisine.

In a decision published on Nov. 19, the Supreme Court departed from prevailing jurisprudence on the filing of complaints by aggrieved workers against their...

LET’S SAY you and I both want to buy 100 shares of Microsoft Corp. stock. Let’s say that 100 shares are currently listed for sale on the exchange at $100. There are more shares listed for sale at $100.01, $100.02, etc., but the first 100 shares are all that are available at $100.00. We both think the stock will go up, so whoever doesn’t get the 100 shares listed at $100 will have to spend more — at least $100.01 — to buy them. Which one of us should get the shares?

Putting a value on character. In their evaluation process for making loans, banks and other lending institutions look at the five "C's" of credit. Aside...

Like many fans of athletics and track and field in Asia, and the Philippines in particular, we were saddened by the news that Asia’s legendary former sprint queen and fastest woman, Lydia “Diay” de Vega is in critical condition at the Makati Medical Center after brain surgery several days ago.

THE NATIONAL issue of “endo” (short for end-of-contract or the termination of a worker’s fixed short-term employment) has been in the limelight for some time now, but has not seen its conclusion yet.

The Philippine Daily Inquirer called 2016 annus horribilis -- a horrible year, although the high profile public officials provided much comic relief with their...

One of the greatest contributions of the Greek Philosopher Aristotle was his distinction between form and substance. According to him, the two are separate...

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...

(I am pleased to share with readers a post to subscribers of Globalsource Partners (globalsourcepartners.com) written by Christine Tang and I.) WHEN Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. assumed...

An argument that the LGBT activists push out is the “discrimination” they suffer from the rest of society. That because of such unequal treatment...

I write to commend you for adding an editorial note about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines despite Mr. Oplas’s claims that the increase in recorded deaths may have been due to the COVID vaccinations. There are other inaccuracies in his statements regarding non-communicable diseases (NCD).