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ALL IN THE FAMILY
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Where are the El Niño preparations?
SEVERAL weeks of persistent rains and flooding, mostly in Luzon but also affecting other areas of the Philippi…
Punish Meta, not the Filipino public
THERE is something satisfying about threatening a powerful technology company with expulsion. Meta has been ac…
Nasecore will make sure no good deed goes unpunished
IT has been a while, almost exactly two years, as a matter of fact, since the National Association of Electric…
As war drums get louder, so must peacemakers
CAN the world really turn away from superpowers and armaments, and turn to God for peace and security, as our …
What if every household owned a jet ski?
WHAT if every household owned a raft? Or maybe a jet ski? Perhaps they avail of jet ski loans, with flexible p…
Deadly Nepal flood and the price of staying standing
CLIMATE CHANGE has acquired a problem of persuasion. Those of us who work on natural resources and climate ris…
From rebels to candidates
SEPTEMBER is significant for the longest conflict-affected country in Asia — the Philippines. The first week o…
Fish below, power above
Some years back, I visited a farm in Bataan planted with both mangoes and rice, alongside a fishpond. On the f…
Building a financially woke generation
“The financial preparedness of our nation’s youth is essential to their well-being and of vital importance to …
Looking at LGUs’ budget surplus and the ProGRESS consultation
While the National Government suffers from a persistent and consistent budget deficit of P1.5 trillion a year …
After No. 2: What Bam Aquino’s 2025 vote really means for 2028
BAM Aquino entered the 20th Congress with one of the strongest electoral credentials of the 2025 midterms: sec…
No disclosure needed
COMPANIES listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange are required to give full disclosure. Their financial statem…
Europe must stand with Canada against Trump
LONDON — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s widely acclaimed speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, S…
ACCUSING FINGERS
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Subsidy reform should be addressed in budget process
WITH congressional deliberations on the P7.2-trillion national budget proposed for 2027, we are once again wit…
Worst flooding under the worst presidency
THERE is no need to manufacture an image of national collapse. Filipinos can see it on their phones. For weeks…
Alternatives to democracy?
TO many, the mere mention of “alternatives to democracy” comes across as dangerously heretical, an anathema to…
‘Talipanpan,’ an ancient Kapampangan word, and the impeachment trial
THERE are two direct translations of the Kapampangan word “talipanpan”: alias and “nom de guerre.” The peak of…
When reality meets ideology
KOTA KINABALU — The relationship between the United States and Cuba, two neighbors separated by the Florida St…
The impact of artificial intelligence on the youth: Liberal Arts
Pope Leo XIV rightly points out that the advance of information technologies and AI is rapidly rendering obsol…
We keep changing presidents. How is that working out?
FOR much of my political life, I believed Philippine democracy’s central problem was leadership. I supported C…
Striking a balance on the issue of corn
Corn may not be a common item on Filipino families’ plates, but it is present on their tables in ways not obvi…
Open spaces for all
THROUGHOUT August, the Makati CBD rolled out its Weekend Shared Street program, where key streets in Salcedo V…
We test blood pressure. Why don’t we test mental health?
The recent shooting incidents in Philippine schools have understandably triggered alarm among parents, educato…
When Salcedo becomes a lifestyle
I RECENTLY came across a debate online about the changing character of Salcedo Village. Apparently not everyon…
From the edge to No. 2: How Bam Aquino outran the 2025 Senate surveys
THIS is an attempt to dissect Bam Aquino’s extraordinary rise in the 2025 midterm elections using numbers rath…
Losing property to the government: A broader approach in combatting illegal POGO activities
On Aug. 24, following its required publication, the Rules on the Civil Forfeiture of POGO-Related Assets, take…
Anatomy of an heirloom: Sixty years of trust, tradition and art of the Filipino soul
It was a fitting reminder that, in Manila’s high-society circles, jewelry is rarely just an acquisition. These…
FLOODS AGAIN
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A circus at the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
THE Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) has faced withering public criticism after it gave six of its own commis…
All fingers point to Lachica. Do not call him
ALL fingers point to Col. Raymund Dante Lachica. The natural reaction is to demand that the House prosecution …
Keeping the gun from reaching the child
SCHOOL shootings are still new enough in the Philippines to shock us. The greater danger is that, in time, the…
Assessing recent nuclear rhetoric
LAST month, there were two items in the news about nuclear energy in the Philippines that caught my attention.…
When Rome is burning
A FLOOD does not merely expose clogged drains. It exposes clogged consciences. When roads disappear under brow…
The change protocol: Acting on the inflection points
Most strategic planning starts with assumptions — what triggers demand, how markets will behave, how much capi…
Of heroes, aliases and remembrances
First of two parts YESTERDAY was the celebration of National Heroes Day, which commemorates the initial days o…
A story 25 years in the making: A founder’s view
IT WAS 2001 and the dot-com crash has just wiped-out fortunes. The Asian financial crisis was still an open wo…
Flashfloods of greed and the 5Rs
THE murderous flash floods in Nepal last week did not happen without any warning. We are shocked by its scale …
Coal, growth and the postwar boom
Tomorrow is the 81st anniversary of the end of World War 2 (WW2). On Sept. 2, 1945, Japan signed its official …