Time for Pacquiao to retire?
Ad Lib
By Greg B. Macabenta
There is no doubt in my mind that Manny Pacquiao won against Australian Jeff Horn. The CompuBox statistics showed Pacquiao...
Getting to bottom line
Fence Sitter
By A. R. Samson
Of course life is more complicated than an income statement, if only because so much of it is unquantifiable and...
Japan’s proactive approach to maritime security: The case of supporting the Philippines during the...
Thinking Beyond Politics
By Renato Cruz De Castro
In July 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague announced its long-awaited ruling on the...
A First Year Assessment of the DTI
AMONG the hundreds of government agencies that make up the bureaucracy, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) carries significant weight as its every...
Why network?
M. A. P. Insights -- Pacita U. Juan
Someone said: “because your network is your networth!” True, connections and being known or knowing influencers is...
My two cents worth
To Take A Stand -- Rafael M. Alunan III
Often, we’re called a soft society that gives in easily to weakness of mind and virtue,...
In short supply
Fence Sitter -- A. R. Samson
Scarce items like oil, diamonds, beautiful women who address you with terms of endearment, and billionaires are prized commodities....
Our transport system, communal pride, and united future
Introspective
By Raul V. Fabella
I allowed myself a moment of elation at the announcement of the railway link between Clark and Metro Manila. Such moments...
A tribute to Tita Saling
Yellow Pad
By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III
Her full name is Rizalina Bautista Boncan. Friends call her Saling. We call her Tita Saling -- the...
Dealing with Duterte
Streetwise
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
We have been getting “I-told-you-so” and “why-do-you-still-put-up-with-him” reactions from quite a number of well-meaning people here and abroad after President...
Bad news for the peso
Corporate Watch
Amelia H. C. Ylagan
President Rodrigo Duterte’s first year in office was unfortunately marked by a devalued peso, which fell by 7.33% to P50.53...
In all humility
As a national pastime, putting down our country beyond the bounds of humility has become all too common. Is it an inferiority complex that...