NIGHT OWL In the race against time to achieve global climate targets, bold actions are necessary. Sadly, our actions have yet to match our commitments. According to the United Nations’ report on the first Global Stocktake (GST), we are not on track to meet the Paris Agreement goal of...
NIGHT OWL Amid a successful career as an entrepreneur — including achieving the OBE award in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list in 2016 for services to the economy and voluntary sector — Dr. Terry Cross OBE continues to transform numerous opportunities into thriving business ventures...
NIGHT OWL Imagine living over a century and being able to tell stories that inspire a community, narrate facts that build a society, and share opinion that help form decisions. Imagine being a vessel of history, the “timeless truths”, and eventually being history itself — that is Manila...
NIGHT OWL The Philippines is one of the 18 mega-biodiverse countries with a very high level of endemism. Almost half of terrestrial wildlife is not found anywhere else in the world. Many of these rare species are found in the country’s forests. The Philippines’ forest cover is 7.2 million...
NIGHT OWL The UAE Consensus that was adopted by almost 200 parties during the 2023 climate change conference or COP28 held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates last December, was hailed as a significant agreement that could signal the beginning of the end for fossil fuels. The UAE Consensus gives us...
NIGHT OWL The signing into law of Republic Act 11106 in 2018 was a milestone for the Deaf community in the country. Foremost, the law recognizes the unique needs of citizens who are deaf and hard of hearing, which is why there is a need to have the Filipino Sign Language (FSL) as the national sign...
NIGHT OWL Two months into the war in Gaza, fervent calls for a ceasefire have not waned. We can only hope that our collective voices would be heard and listened to, for the sake of the many innocent lives who are caught in the middle, for the common good. The gravity of the situation is...
NIGHT OWL For the longest time, we have measured growth based on the value of the goods and services we’ve produced within a specific time — our gross domestic product (GDP). While it is a metric of a country’s economic development, it does not encapsulate the nation’s overall wellbeing. It...
NIGHT OWL One of the silver linings during the pandemic is seeing our skies smog-free. This was an occurrence observed in most of the cities around the world. If only we were able to keep it that way even post-Covid, we could also save more lives globally, at least seven million who die every year...
NIGHT OWL The Philippines, a nation known for its rich cultural diversity, boasts a linguistic tapestry that spans across countless islands and communities. Among the treasures embedded within this vibrant linguistic landscape are the century-old languages like Tagalog, Ilokano, Hiligaynon, and...
NIGHT OWL Artificial Intelligence or AI is revolutionizing our way of life. In banking and finance, it is transforming the way people interact with money, and it has been helping firms provide optimal solution for customer demands. The beauty of this technology is that it can translate massive...
NIGHT OWL In war, there are no real victors; there are only victims who have either lost their lives or who will continue to live with the trauma. The war between Israel and Hamas must stop now. Too many innocent lives have already been lost. Thousands of civilians from both territories, as...
