We usually refer to digital transformation in terms of technology: faster internet, new apps and artificial intelligence. In the Philippines, which identifies digitalization as a driver of social and economic…
Tomorrow morning, before most Filipinos have finished breakfast, they will already have depended on the maritime industry several times without realizing it.
Nakababahala, nakakabagabag itong nauuso na pag-uuwi sa bahay at pagkuha ng kahit kaunting sinaabong labi ng yumao na nilalagay sa kuwintas at ibang alahas bilang remembrance at alaala. Kasama na rito ang pag-iingat sa…
Taipan Henry “Big Boy” Sy Jr. hosted a rare impromptu Chinese lunch for senior business journalists at upscale China Blue restaurant in the family’s five-star Conrad Hotel Thursday. He seemed to convey two distinct…
AN alarming development that emerged from the World Bank-International Monetary Fund (IMF) annual meetings in Bangkok last Oct. 12 to 18 was the news that another major development finance institution (DFI), the…
"Sa langit, madaming bigas.”
THE bitter reality is this: We condemn pork and budget “insertions,” yet we often reward politicians for delivering the very projects and assistance that drive these amendments. We call the practice corruption when it…
Amid rampant corruption, a telenovela impeachment trial, the peso’s spiraling devaluation, high prices of gas and food and Filipinos’ continued loss of hope for change, there is reason for hope in South Upi, Maguindanao…
LATIN America will be equally important, but its trajectory is different. The region has long participated in global trade. What is changing now is how Latin American societies negotiate inclusion and credibility in the…
Raf Dionisio wanted to be a rich man, because he had set his sights on working for a multinational, being a corporate executive, using his penchant for Math and making a lot of money.
AUTOMATED election systems (AES) are essential components of the country’s electoral infrastructure. Their reliability affects the timely and accurate recording, transmission, canvassing and reporting of election…
Members of the Senate sit as judges in the impeachment case involving the Vice President.
MUCH of the Filipino public, including the highest echelons of government, took umbrage at the remarks the Chinese ambassador made at a recent media briefing: “The Philippines is fortunate to have a neighbor like China…
With inflation accelerating, the peso weakening, economic growth slowing and the government’s debt rising to a new record high of P19.66 trillion as of end-September, there should be greater pressure for the judicious…
THE latest bombshell to come out of the Senate halls was the filing by Sen. Erwin Tulfo of Senate Resolution 739, particularly reacting to a statement by Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Jing Quan: “If we want to…
WHEN defense diplomacy becomes a theater of geopolitical rivalry, can Southeast Asia remain the architect of its own security, or will Asean centrality become little more than a ceremonial declaration? The 20th Asean…
Last of three parts THE impeachment controversy and the flood control investigations should be examined not as isolated spectacles but as opportunities to scrutinize the institutions that govern public spending. The…
THE Philippines has a long complex history with the United States. The defense cooperation anchored on the Mutual Defense Treaty has been considered enduring, albeit at times it seemed unequal. It has been further…
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