UNDER THE MICROSCOPE When news of the drowning of two athletes broke, the internet was immediately flooded not just with expressions of sympathy for the families of the deceased. It exploded with rage, against Ateneo de Manila University, its president, its basketball coaches and practically anyone...
The United Kingdom has signaled a major shift in global digital policy by announcing a nationwide ban on social media use for children under 16, with implementation targeted for 2027. The measure will prohibit minors from accessing major platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, Snapchat,...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE A study by researchers from the University of Sweden involving over 620,000 adults from 1963 to 2015 showed that people who developed obesity between the ages of 17 and 29 were associate with higher mortality risk. This cohort had a 70 percent higher risk of death compared with...
Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan is currently confined at The Medical City and remains under the custody of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), his lawyer informed the Sandiganbayan’s Fifth Division on Thursday, June 4. Bonoan...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE When our village association manager’s wife started having non-menstrual bleeding again after she was managed medically, I asked our class chat group for help in managing her. She needed total hysterectomy (taking out the uterus) since she had already completed their family...
Filipina tennis star Alex Eala has been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2026 list, joining a distinguished group of young achievers across the region in entrepreneurship, entertainment, science and sports. The 21-year-old Eala earned the recognition following her breakthrough achievements on...
Tennis sensation Alex Eala leads a total of 12 Filipinos under nine listings included in Forbes Magazine’s 11th annual edition of its “30 Under 30 Asia” list, featuring 300 young entrepreneurs, leaders, and innovators across the Asia-Pacific region, all under the age of 30. Those who made it...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Three global weather forecasting systems are projecting the 2026 El Niño will equal or exceed the strongest El Niño on record, which occurred in 1877-1878. Why is this worrisome? The 1877-78 El Niño hit the tropics that caused the collapse of grain harvests in India, China,...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE We’ve been bombarded by lots of political noise, ugly manipulations and a “moro-moro” show in the formerly august halls of the Senate of the Philippine Republic. All these are happening as the world around us explodes with wars, oil shortages and just plain ugliness from...
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla on Friday, May 15, placed Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mao Aplasca under preventive suspension without pay for six months effective immediately, as the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) begins its investigation into the shooting incident inside the Senate of the...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Why is it that the poor who are helpless and downtrodden are often the victims of exploitation? We have seen how the Value Added Tax (VAT) impacts the poor the most, for it is a huge burden for them to have to pay extra for goods purchased. Since it is a flat consumption...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE The Philippines has one of the highest hepatitis B (HBV) burdens in the world, with 16.7 percent of Filipinos positive for the virus with over 7.27 million affected. It means we are a hyperendemic country for HBV. Another 40 percent have serological markers (anti-HBs and...
