When after 117 years, the three Balangiga bells taken as war booty by the US Army in 1901 were returned to Samar Island, there was victorious jubilation on the Philippine side. In the crack of the Balangiga clash in the midst of the Philippine American War, bolo-wielding Filipino insurgents won over the superiorly equipped American infantry. It is said that in rabid retaliation for the 48 of 74 men of Company C who were ambushed and killed while at breakfast, the US reportedly massacred more than 2,500 of the village people. Historians cannot agree on the numbers. But of course history is written by the victors and rewritten by the losers if given a chance.

With the 2024 US elections concluded and Donald Trump reclaiming the presidency, the outcome serves as a compelling case study in the complex dynamics...

Before the year 2017 ended, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said the Duterte administration will apply the lessons learned from previous experience to make the...

AFTER YEARS of procrastination, Russia, the world’s fourth-biggest greenhouse gas emitter, has officially joined the Paris climate agreement, which it signed in 2016. It shows that President Vladimir Putin’s views of climate change are evolving and he wants his government to do more.

Last month, representatives from the Enforcement Office of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) met with representatives of the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion...

I continue sharing some findings of a research project I supervised for my student in Paris, wondering: What happened to Microfinance? It seemed to have become increasingly like a mini-traditional bank in the developing world and curiously started emerging in developed countries, which obviously have strong financial institutions and would not have needed such things.

“The consumers force all those engaged in production to comply with their orders.... It makes competition work. He who best serves the consumers profits...

Part of the effort to push back on the rhetorical excesses of leaders when they inveigh against certain personalities as well as economic projects cast in regulatory limbo is to invoke the dire consequences of the actions being contemplated.

The last two articles of the series “A strategic plan for the Philippine economy” dwelt on the agricultural sector because of the highest priority that should be given to it by the future Administrations if we are to ever reach advanced economy status in the next 20 to 30 years.

HARDLY A DAY goes by without Elon Musk trumpeting his belief in the absolute importance of free speech. He insists that “moderation is a...

Cellphones and coronavirus are icons of the 21st Age of Globalization. Six ages of globalization of humankind preceded the 21st century digital era however. Between robots and humanoids taking over our species, and the decimation of the human race by a pandemic, what are we to learn from the previous ones?

“Oh great...” I recall thinking to myself as I watched a foreign news clip of Vietnamese troops pulling out of Cambodia atop armored personnel carriers in 1989.