While I was the incumbent Chair of the Governance Commission for GOCCs (GCG), I had a short conversation with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...

“We’re doomed,” one economist friend remarked on social media — half in jest, I guess — as the latest Functional Literacy, Education, and Mass...

“THE Middle East has oil. China has rare earth metals.” So said Deng Xiaoping, the architect of China’s post-Maoist opening and rise, in the...

In a column about eight years ago, I argued that the Philippines lived not in a true democracy, but in a nominal one. We...

Several days ago, the controversial Saudi Public Investment Fund-financed LIV Golf Invitational Series crowned its first winner, 37-year-old South African Charl Schwartzel.

Last week, the October inflation and 3^rd quarter GDP growth data were released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and the numbers confirm the fear of many observers of deteriorating macroeconomic fundamentals of the Duterte administration.

Our brains swear for good reasons: to vent, cope, boost our grit, and feel closer to those around us. Swear words can act as...

I guess it should no longer be surprising that once again, mere letters from lawyer Estelito Mendoza to the Supreme Court, with Associate Justice...

Scientists know that virgin coconut oil (VCO) has anti-viral properties and strongly believe that our country can add value to VCO and produce a food supplement to strengthen our immune systems against COVID-19 infection, or a medicine with its therapeutic claims vis-a-vis the disease approved by our Food and Drug Administration or other FDAs in the world.

Our friend Dok Eddie Dorotan is running for mayor of Irosin, Sorsogon. It was a last-minute decision on his part. He was a reluctant candidate...

Food security in the Philippines remains an elusive dream. Despite numerous programs and projects to address food supply deficiencies, Filipinos remain food insecure. A recent...

Vantage Point Luis V. Teodoro Never mind the 2017 Duterte State of the Nation Address, which was replete with profanities, self-serving claims of current and future...