Philippine relations with the United States are not expected to undergo any major change with the election of a new US president. We remain a close ally of the US, although we have also developed new ties with China. President Duterte has been able to maintain close relations with...
The world this week saw the election of a new United States president – Joseph (Joe) Biden Jr. of Delaware, candidate of the Democratic Party, along with his vice-presidential teammate Sen. Kamala Harris of California. Three days after the election, the early counts in the 50 states as...
It is still a long way before the world expects to have a vaccine for the COVID-19 pandemic. But when it finally comes, probably around January, 2021, the Philippine government already has plans for its acquisition, distribution, implementation, assessment, and monitoring. President Duterte has...
In the mounting worldwide effort to cut down on polluting emissions from the burning of traditional fuels like diesel, gasoline, natural gas, and coal, the world’s scientists and other researchers are now exploring other sources of power for industry, for transportation, for...
Two storms and a typhoon have hit the Philippines in the last three weeks – “Pepito,” “Quinta,” and then typhoon “Rolly” this weekend. A fourth tropical cyclone has now entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility in the east -- tropical storm “Siony”...
The Department of Energy (DOE) last Sunday declared a moratorium on endorsements for coal power plants, following its periodic assessment of the country’s energy requirements. “I’m optimistic this would lead to more opportunities of renewable energy to figure prominently ...
The United States presidential election today, Tuesday, November 3, is drawing very much more than its usual attention from the people of that country as well as the rest of the world for various reasons. Three days before the election, a record number of over 90 million Americans had already cast...
The proposed national budget for 2021 as approved by the House of Representatives has now been transmitted to the Senate. In the final days of House deliberations on the budget, the House increased allocations for programs to enable the government to meet problems raised by the...
Japan’s new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga used his first policy address to parliament to declare that Japan, the world’s third largest economy after the United States and China, has set a deadline – the year 2050 – to end its emission of polluting greenhouse gasses. “We will bring the...
Coconut farmers are now the poorest people in the agricultural sector, coconut farmer Danny Carranza, a member of the Kilusan para sa Tunay na Repormang Agraryo at Katarungang Panlipunan, said early his week. He said 95 percent of the 3.5 million hectares of coconut farms in the...
While the Philippines is gradually easing its restrictions on the movements of people because of improving figures on COVID-19 infections and deaths, most of the rest of the world was reporting rising cases this weekend. The World Health Organization (WHO) said countries in the northern...
Over the years, many Filipino professionals as well as ordinary workers have sought employment in other countries for lack of opportunities in their own country. Many of them have been construction workers and housemaids with no special training needed, as well as seamen, the Philippines being...
