A FEW months ago, by a bunch of professionals, and then a few days ago, by a bunch of human resource practitioners, I was asked, “What makes any professional move from being good to great?”

The peace agreement between Egypt and Israel, signed in 1979 to end hostilities and normalize relations between them, turns 45 on March 26. The...

By Raju Mandhyan A FEW YEARS AGO, I’d taken up three speaking assignments in one day. The first was in Antipolo, a location 25 kilometers...

TO MAKE GOOD POLICY you should have at least a vague notion of what you’re talking about. But when it comes to perhaps the biggest reform proposal around, we just don’t. I’m talking about a Universal Basic Income (UBI), a system of unconditional cash payments to everybody in a given jurisdiction.

Our rivers, lakes, seas, and oceans are part of what we call the “blue” economy. It is similar to what is often referred to as the “green” economy, only that it represents the economic development of marine and coastal ecosystems.

Everyone has a particular quirk or a peculiar mannerism. The narcissist “I -- Me -- Myself” loves to admire her image in the mirror; the...

As if to remind the Philippine press and media of the challenges they face during his troubling watch, President Rodrigo Duterte began the new year by urging the owners of ABS-CBN to sell the network. He had earlier threatened to make sure that the House of Representatives majority he controls doesn’t renew its franchise, which expires on March 30 this year. One of his accomplices in that House of ill-repute has in so many words assured him that they will do exactly that.

ONE of the many things to appreciate about our home planet is that buried in its layers of rock is a kind of time...

QUESTIONS and answers are part of our daily lives. What are conversations and social interactions, after all, but a series of interrogative statements followed...

WHERE DO dogs come from? What is their relationship to wolves?

The scorching sun and sweltering humidity cause the temperature to rise and tempers to flare. Trapped in the blistering urban oven, our thoughts turn to...

Let’s not talk about Maria Ressa. What if she was arrested for “cyber libel” at the Rappler office by the National Bureau of Investigation day before Valentine’s Day, just before 5 p.m., the cutoff time for courts to process bail payments? Harassment? What’s “cyber libel,” anyway? We are becoming inured to all sorts of fake news and bad language on social media, as we are numbed to virulent cursing and swearing, public shaming and outright accusations on national mass media.