EDITOR’S DESK At least five friends forwarded me a link to a viral video featuring a foreign vlogger wondering why a popular coffee shop chain is “used” as a personal office among Filipinos. My brother said that I’m the guiltiest, since as far as he knows, a certain coffeeshop on Matalino...
EDITORS DESK Based on the latest macro-economic data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), we could deduce that the domestic economy is back on track to a growth path. Last week, the PSA surprised everyone with a better-than-expected inflation rate in October. Based on the Consumer...
EDITORS DESKS In the past, warfare was primarily conducted on the physical battlefield, where soldiers fought with guns, tanks, and aircraft. However, there has been a shift to the digital battlefield in recent years, where cyberattacks are now an integral part of modern warfare. Several factors,...
EDITORS DESK It's that time of the year again when movie enthusiasts eagerly await the annual film festival. This year, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) unveiled not eight but 10 official entries for the 49th Metro Manila Film Festival. The 10 films are Family of Two (A Mother...
EDITORS DESK Last week saw the 11th staging of the Philippine Electric Vehicle Summit (PEVS), organized by the Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines (EVAP). For more than a decade, the organizers have been strong proponents of sustainable mobility, steering both literally and figuratively...
EDITORS DESK I have a confession to make — I don’t like biking. I know how, and I used to bike a lot when I was young, but biking never really charmed me, not even during the pandemic when everyone was encouraged to cycle due to the restrictions on public transportation. Biking recently...
EDITORS DESK As tensions beset more countries, including our very own, questions arise on how economic progress can be sustained and truly shared. With that, focus has been on the World Trade Organization (WTO), the global trading system in charge of ensuring compliance of its members to their...
EDITORS DESK As technology becomes increasingly integrated into our lives, a seemingly logical question arises: If we can bank online, why can't we vote online? However, cybersecurity professionals warn that internet voting is not the next logical step in the progression of voting technology but...
EDITORS DESK Last Sept. 19, 2023, Prince William and The Earthshot Prize announced the 15 finalists for this year’s prize during the second Earthshot Innovation Summit in New York. The 15 innovators honored as Earthshot finalists represent six continents and were chosen from more than 1,100...
EDITORS DESK No one comes close to Swedish star Armand Duplantis as the world's best pole vaulter. He may be soon dethroned, but now he is the untouchable king. In Asia, there's EJ Obiena. This side of the globe is his own kingdom. He is the continent's icon of the sport with two Asian titles under...
EDITORS DESKS Face-to-face classes have returned and many motorists are already bemoaning the heavy traffic that comes with it. Thankfully, the school service vehicles have returned as well, bringing kids to school and hopefully reducing the number of cars on the road. The LTFRB has recently...
EDITORS DESK Those, like us, who are at once blessed and cursed to be alive in these exciting, terrifying times, have been raised on a diet of technophobic novels like 1968’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick and films like 1984’s The Terminator and 2001’s A.I. It’s only...
