Trend Intel: In this economy?! Why young Filipinos choose to live alone

As more Filipinos move out of their homes and live alone, content creators grab the opportunity to ease the journey and make it less lonely

[In This Economy] The Marcos mixtape, 54 years after martial law

54 years after Martial Law, we still have not made ourselves Marcos-proof

AI takes spotlight at China-Asean Expo 2026

ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI)-related products – including smart glasses that can provide real-time translation in over 40 languages – have taken center stage at the 23rd China-Association of Southeast Asian Nations…

[Newsstand] The true date of Martial Law

To remember September 21 as the date of the anniversary is to continue to see Martial Law through the dictator’s ever-lying eyes

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SEC overreach must be curbed

TODAY’S matter of great importance is one that we have addressed in the recent past, has been subject to a great deal of legitimate dissent by those most affected by it, but has been actively ignored, to the point of…

Why the rich still steal: The mind of the corrupt

THE most baffling question raised by the plunder case against former House speaker Martin Romualdez is also the simplest: Why? Why would a man born into wealth, already possessing access to practically everything money…

Pax Silica: They get the chips, we get the bill?

Second of a series PAX Silica arrives gift-wrapped in the language of the future: AI, semiconductors, critical minerals, high-quality jobs and $70 billion in investment. Only a certified cynic — like me, after eight…

Hats off to Panama Canal

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A ship passing through Panama can generate far more than a canal toll. It can generate cargo, finance, insurance, repairs, warehousing, logistics and a whole ecosystem of services. That, rather than…

What is a model local government?

AMONG the local government units (LGUs), which one do you think exemplifies good governance? Every year, The Manila Times holds the Model Cities and Municipalities Awards to recognize outstanding LGUs. The entries are…

Conquest of Mars; death by leptospirosis

THE tech bros, the new masters of the universe, define civilization in stasis as one confined to the surly bounds of earth. That is driving the plan — it has moved from an idea to an action plan — to conquer the planet…

What a resilient city means for Asean

I’VE just finished hosting and designing the strategic communications plan for the Asean Ministerial Conference on Disaster Resilience. As Asean chairman this year, the Philippines hosted the two-day conference in Pasay…

The people not worth replacing

NEW YORK — Few ideas have traveled as far as the Great Replacement, which holds that native populations are being deliberately supplanted by immigrants. Coined in France by the writer Renaud Camus, it has furnished the…