Are there soul mates in the office?
By A. R. Samson
It’s no longer just in showbiz that the question of special relationships that endanger the marketability of love teams and the box-office appeal of...
Finding the Sweet Spot for a Pro-Poor Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax
By Joshua Uyheng
Section 25 of House Bill 5636 (dubbed Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion or TRAIN) aims to impose an excise tax of P10 per...
Corruption: a cost of doing business
By Amelia H. C. Ylagan
“Not one single country, anywhere in the world, is corruption-free; 68% of the countries worldwide have a serious corruption problem,” the global corruption watchdog...
Towards increased energy security and affordability
Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
The Philippines has acquired a growth momentum that started a few years ago in the past administration and we are now looked upon as...
What’s Left in the Cabinet
Luis V. Teodoro
Without any proof and by merely attributing it to his sources in the military establishment, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has been saying that the...
Divorce and its damaging effect on children and society
Jemy Gatdula
“We know the statistics -- that children who grow up without a father are five times more likely to live in poverty and commit...
Healing sea and the Bravo awards
Maria Victoria Rufino
The sun and the sea have amazing healing qualities. A kaleidoscope of sensations and moods mesmerizes the restless spirit.
The ocean is both a fascinating...
Forward, not backward
By Marvin A. Tort
It is timely for Congress to now amend the e-commerce law enacted 17 years ago.
It was in June 2000 that President Estrada signed into...
A closer look at the liabilities of the ride-sharing apps in the Philippines
By Jo-Ann Geneive DJ. Perez
At present, ride-sharing applications, like Grab, have been the subject of close scrutiny by the public and the Congress, as shown during the recent...
No longer in the news
By A. R. Samson
It’s not quite true that publicity is good, even when it’s bad. Being in the headlines, except when winning a beauty contest or a...
Facebook and Twitter are too big to allow fake users
By Leonid Bershidsky
THERE’S something in common between amazing story of “Nicole Mincey,” the pseudonymous Twitter user with 146,000 followers who was retweeted by President...
Walking away from the ASEAN meets
By Angelica Mangahas
Four ideas stand out from the news coverage of the ASEAN-related events. The heated debates and late-night meetings over the Foreign Ministers’ communiqué show...