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OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo We have a circular strategy of managing the pandemic by imposing community quarantines (CQs) and re-opening the economy with very little done during time outs. Increment is marginal; it is bound to be never ending. We cause economic scars and uncertainty,...

STUNTED One in every three Filipino children are considered stunted caused by undernutrition (UNSPLASH) Insider's 2019 report states that Filipinos are among the “shortest people on earth.” In fact, out of the top 25 countries, the Philippines ranked fifth place with the average height of...

Coronavirus-ravaged economies across the Asia Pacific will make a ''swoosh-shaped'' recovery next year, the Asian Development Bank forecast Tuesday, but it warned that further restrictions to combat the contagion could derail the region's return to growth. Developing Asia -- stretching from the...