Throughout history, societies and civilizations all over the world have set aside a day or two to remember their dearly departed. This practice stems from mankind's innate love and respect for every human being, especially in death. Feelings of sympathy are most pronounced in humans as a reaction...
The latest data were sufficiently encouraging. Metro Manila is now classified as low risk, having recorded only 953 cases per day on a seven-day average from Oct. 20 to 26. The COVID reproduction rate stands at 0.52 percent, while the incidence rate is at 6.73 percent per 100,000. These positive...
The health pandemic is not yet over but the world is now bracing for another kind of global pandemic – climate change. Like the virus which plagued the planet for more than a year and drastically changed the way we live, climate change also has the capacity to destroy lives and livelihood by...
Editorial The numbers keep on rising and we’re not talking about new COVID-19 cases. The rising numbers are those of fully-vaccinated citizens residing in Metro Manila, allowing cities such as San Juan, Las Piñas, Marikina, Taguig, and Mandaluyong to declare herd immunity. Other cities are not...
It is not yet campaign season but it surely feels like one. Pages are now devoted to election related news. Social media is filled with information that are true, partly true, or utterly false disguising as truth. Surveys, whether credible or not, are now done to feel the pulse of the nation. And...
An ASEAN Sustainability Summit (E-Summit) was convened on 21-22 October to tackle important issues on environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles as these provide the guideposts for enterprise action in response to the challenges posed by the continuing global pandemic. SM Investments...
When William Shatner finally got to fly to space aboard one of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rockets on Oct. 14, 2021, he didn’t just become the oldest human being to have ever done so (at 90 years old), he also helped bring the future of space tourism closer to reality. Just this year, a number of...
Editorial On account of the widespread impact of the coronavirus pandemic, health care in the country has been redirected to its effective containment – to the apparent detriment of the overall quality of health care. The result is that those affected by other diseases – termed as comorbidities...
Midway through the start of the last quarter of the year, the country’s economic managers were focusing on how to pull off a strong finish to what has been a sputtering recovery from the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic. After nearly two months of restrictive quarantine, the capital region now...
Editorial Severe Tropical Storm Maring (Kompasu) slashed across the Cordilleras, the Ilocos Region and Mimaropa region (islands of Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan) early last week, causing massive floods and landslides and inflicting casualties in affected areas. Continuous rains over a...
On October 16, the day on which the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) marks the anniversary of its founding, the world observes World Food Day. Last year, the UN’s World Food Programme was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize for its “ efforts to combat hunger,...
Editorial The recent announcement from the IATF that the National Capital Region (NCR) will now be placed under Alert Level 3 starting Oct. 16, 2021 was a welcome news for the business sector. With the recent downtrend of new COVID-19 cases, now under 10,000 a day, various groups have been calling...
