To progress from being a middle-income to upper-middle income country status by the end of the year – and attain high-income country status in one generation. This is the lofty goal of the National Innovation Council (NIC), according to Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua who...
Editorial To address the challenges posed by rampant disinformation in the social media — as well as the health risks posed by the coronavirus pandemic — the Commission on Elections (Comelec) issued Resolution 10730 last Nov. 17, 2021 to ensure the conduct of honest, orderly and peaceful...
Editorial When former President Benigno S. Aquino III passed away on the morning of June 24, 2021, the Filipino nation paid tribute to his selfless service as the country’s 15th chief executive and commander-in-chief. Only five years earlier, he completed his term and witnessed the peaceful...
EDITORIAL As the health pandemic calms down with more vaccinations, appropriate government response, and build up of our immunity, another pandemic is looming over the horizon. Dubbed the “plastic pandemic,” countries all over the world, including the Philippines, are waking up to the reality...
A Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card is something all of us have in our phone. No phone can be used without this tiny memory chip that stores information and allows telecom companies to provide us access to calls and the internet. The SIM card also serves as “identification” when an...
Editorial The sporting world has long been considered a man’s kingdom, but the likes of Hidilyn Diaz, Yuka Saso, and now the Philippine national women’s football team have all made a strong case that women deserve equal support and admiration — attention that was exclusive to their male...
EDITORIAL Out of caution, the Philippines was one of the last countries to resume face-to-face learning in mid-November 2021, or 21 months after the government declared a national health emergency following the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. “We are happy to see our learners inside our classrooms as...
Editorial Overseas Filipinos, who work in various industries such as in healthcare, logistics, hospitality, or maritime, are called “modern-day heroes,” but a lot of government agencies in our country still treat them like third-class citizens with tons of requirements and prohibitive cost for...
Editorial After nearly a month of severe restrictions, there is ample basis for a more hopeful scenario that would enable the government’s anti-pandemic task force to consider easing health and safety protocols to “pre-Omicron” levels. Based on internationally-developed COVID Act Now...
The Philippine economy recovered in 2021, registering a full-year growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 5.6 percent and fueling optimism that it would soon bounce back to pre-pandemic levels. Noting that the country’s GDP growth was among the highest in the region, Socioeconomic Planning ...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo For an archipelagic country like the Philippines, bridges are essential infrastructure that connect islands, which are otherwise divided by waters. But bridges do not simply link an area to another, these are instruments of progress — improving access between...
Editorial The race to vaccinate all citizens of the world, from the oldest to the youngest, is on track. This is welcome news as the Department of Health (DOH) announced that minors, aged five to 11, will be vaccinated starting Feb. 4, 2022. The vaccine that will be used is the one manufactured by...
