“When PV Solar rely on up to 67% of revenues from subsidies, the state becomes a counter-party that is critical to sustaining the firm’s...

Economists had rejoiced in the passage of the rice tariffication law (RTL) in 2019. To them that reform was long overdue. Their arguments may be summed up by the following data-supported adverse effects of the rice import restrictions implemented through a rice import monopoly of the National Food Authority (NFA).

THE US has a global military footprint that is second to none, and one of the most visible aspects of that footprint is a worldwide network of bases. From Japan to the UK, America’s overseas installations allow it to shape events thousands of miles from US shores.

Financial inclusion and financial stability The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) deserves a lot of credit for diligently aiming for financial inclusion in the Philippines....

An indication of our national character is how we behave in games of sports. The recent melee at the FIBA games, an international basketball federation competition which we were hosting is certainly a shame. We also have in our sports history at least one case where the Philippine team was disqualified because we passed off an overaged but undersized kid as a qualified member of our youth baseball team. These are cases of our being sore losers, or willingness to cheat just to win.

The longest holiday season in the world is supposed to be cheerful and bright. But it is tinged with a shadow of sadness. The...

The World Bank has come out with a Philippine poverty assessment report titled Making Growth Work for the Poor (2018).

Is there a place for malls in the post-COVID world? This question is relevant not only for the hundreds of mall operators across the country but more so for the thousands of merchants who conduct business inside malls.

It is a revered tradition in journalism to field questions to political news subject (or his spokesperson) in an open format. The press conference, like its corporate equivalent the investors’ briefing, pits the questioners on one side against the personalities on the stage. Usually, a designated moderator picks the next to ask. (Please approach the microphone and state your name and reputation as a pest.)

THE late Steve Jobs, almost four decades ago, dropped out of college after he found no value in the lessons and felt that all of his working-class parents’ savings were being wasted on college tuitions. He had no idea what to do next but he hung around the campuses of Reed College for the next eighteen months. In those months he attended any and all classes that appealed to his yearning for learning rather than the ones he was required to. Reed College was known for its calligraphy classes and Steve was unconsciously drawn to the beauty and the creativity of the craft. Though his actions at that time made no proper sense to himself, seventeen years later when he built his first Macintosh, everything that he had picked up in those eighteen months went into what still makes the Mac a computer for people with a creative twist.

About two weeks ago, I had lunch at a culinary school in Makati City. I was seated somewhere between the main door and the buffet table. From where I sat, I could clearly see the main bar and the staff behind it -- as well as the school computer, which was, the whole time I was there for lunch, logged on to the social media application Facebook.

Let me start with a little scenario. Tomorrow, one family or barkada will take a trip to the mountain resort of Baguio and then the...