LOCKDOWNS spawned by the coronavirus pandemic forced people to adopt a flexible working life. They also showed that a considerable amount of work that took place in the office can continue when it’s closed.

THE global business landscape has been dramatically reshaped by a series of unprecedented challenges.

THE PHILIPPINE education system is walking on thin ice, with nine of 10 Filipinos unable to read and understand a simple age-appropriate text at age 10, according to the World Bank.

THE application of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) in clinical operations in the Philippines has already started, but according to healthcare stakeholders, the real game-changer is data integration.

Initially driven by ethical considerations, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) has evolved into a core component of corporate strategy, risk management, and long-term value...

THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION of education accelerated by nearly a decade due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the rapid shift didn’t come without cost. In the Philippines, the road to fully embracing digital education is filled with both challenges and opportunities.

THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT needs to ramp up cybersecurity education and set up globally recognized training centers to grow its small pool of local cybersecurity...

More companies now are beginning to embrace sustainability as well as greater responsibility to the communities they work with, and the environmental, social, and...

FOR people whose lives shifted online since the pandemic hit, online streaming platforms and video-on-demand (VOD) became a primary source of entertainment. Whether a short video, television, or film, the preference of the average Filipino is now to look for it online.

DOMESTIC food production has struggled to keep pace with the demands of a growing population and a rapidly changing climate, a trend that the Department of Agriculture (DA) is looking to reverse with four-year plan focused on major new farming infrastructure.

ACCORDING to the Second Quarter 2024 National Social Weather Survey by the Social Weather Stations, 17.6% of Filipino families experienced “involuntary hunger” (being hungry and not having anything to eat) at least once in the past three months. This is a rise of 3.4 percentage points in the hunger rate from 14.2% in the last survey in March this year.

THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY beat expectations by growing by 6.3% in the second quarter amid increased state spending ahead of an election season, when cash flows to poverty-stricken areas.