At the start of the pandemic, it was difficult to adjust to the new normal way of work. Workers suddenly found themselves working at home all the time, missing the interaction with co-workers and longing for their office desk. After two years, with life easing back to normalcy given the low Covid...
In today’s world, it is easy to have an opinion on anything. It is even easier to have that opinion known, all you need is a working internet connection and a number of followers on social media. This has even become more evident in the weeks and months leading up to the 2022 National Elections,...
The Covid-19 outlook for the country continues to improve significantly. For the period April 1 to 15 including the Holy Week observance, Metro Manila and 198 other areas nationwide have been placed under the least restrictive Alert Level 1. This is more than four times greater than the 48 areas...
Are you sure you’re reading this right? It’s April Fools’ Day. It’s celebrated around the world in many different ways, but in any way it is observed, someone has to play the fool. In the Philippines, as in Spain and Mexico, there is a Yuletide version of April Fools’ Day — Niños...
Party-lists. One can argue that there’s just too many of them. Too many, in fact, that they occupy an entire page of the ballot. And yet, of the gazillion party-lists registered in every poll since the passing of Republic Act (RA) 7941 in 1995 (although it was the 1987 Constitution that created...
Just when the country appears headed toward a return to pre-pandemic levels of business activity, another serious natural disaster disrupted an otherwise serene weekend. Taal Volcano erupted last Saturday and Sunday, prompting the Philippine Institute of Volcanology (Phivolcs) to raise anew Alert...
Three months before the completion of its term, the Duterte administration could point with justifiable pride to the enactment of three vital economic liberalization laws that would boost the Philippine economy’s global competitiveness — and cushion the impact of external shocks such as those...
Water is life. So, if water is life, then easy access to fresh water is a basic right that each and every person in this world must enjoy. The reality, however, is far from it. United Nations data revealed that 2.2 billion people in the world have no access to safe water. It is an alarming number...
Today, March 25, 2022, marks the start of the campaign of candidates for local positions such as for governor, representative, mayor, and councilor. Today is the official start yet it feels, to a lot of citizens, that the campaign started way back last year with back-and-forth accusations from...
Ten petitions for wage increases have been filed in six regional wage boards according to a report this week of the Department of Labor and Employment’s National Wage and Productivity Commission (NPWC). The petitions have been filed in the National Capital Region - NCR, Region 3 - Central Luzon,...
Should there be a debate whether a debate is important or not? Based on the outcome of the recent debates shown on television and live streamed online, it seemed there is. The ones who were present say that debates are a chance to “court” the voters; the other side said otherwise, saying that...
Just as the country is easing toward a possible nationwide enforcement of the least restrictive Alert Level 1 response, shock waves from the Ukraine-Russia war have disrupted the economy. The rapid surge in oil prices has brought on increases in prime commodity prices. Three hard-hit sectors —...
