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...

Another round of high FiT due to expensive wind-solar power

Cheaper electricity and stable energy supply are among the important components to have fast and sustainable economic growth. On Jan. 17, the Philippine Electricity Market...

Let’s fix our trade statistics

There are many stories from the private sector about the unreliability of some export statistics. The latest was about the halving of banana exports...

It’s going to be a laughter-filled year

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

No longer invited

The usual practice on invitations to request invitees for confirmation of attendance is intended to firm up the guest list and establish catering needs...

Counterfeit revolutions and factional struggles

Philippine politics is driven by the factional struggles over its rent-seeking system. Rent-seeking is the non-market (primarily politically derived) extraction of surplus or profit. Economic...

The beauty contest: a rite of passage

It’s a political diversion -- to veer the collective consciousness away from the disquieting political noise, and the chilling possibility of a declaration of...

A memoir by Carmen Guerrero Nakpil

The iconic historian, journalist Carmen Guerrero Nakpil's first volume of an autobiographical trilogy series and memoir Myself, Elsewhere is a "must read." Having read...

45 goes to Washington

Several hours after this article's release, Donald John Trump would have been sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts as the 45th President of...