An Olympics like no other finally got underway on Friday evening, July 23, in Tokyo. After months of anxiety, bickering and speculation some even called it the Anger Games Japan finally rolled out the Games of the 32 nd Olympics in a muted yet meaningful opening ceremony witnessed in real time...
As more and more Filipinos are being inoculated to protect them from COVID-19, especially its emerging strains, it is timely to acknowledge the benefactor-countries that have extended their assistance: the United States, Japan, and China. On July 16 and 17, the United States delivered a total of...
The rapid acceleration of digital transactions brought on by the pandemic underlines the need for greater consumer protection. Presently, Republic Act 7394 or the Consumer Act of the Philippines, provides the legal basis for consumer protection and establishes standards of conduct for business...
What began more than six decades ago as a battle between the United States and the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) for space hegemony has metamorphosed into a “battle of the billionaires” on who would lead outer space tourism for the mass market. On July 11 and July 20,...
This is the ultimate pain – that a parent sacrifices his own offspring, such as what Prophet Ibrahim did to sacrifice his son Ismail as an act of obedience to Allah’s command. In the Quran, Allah’s command came in the form of a dream. As Ibrahim was about to do this, Allah stops him by...
An announcement from Fitch Ratings last July 12 has set off alarm signals as the nation continued to grapple with COVID-19: “The revision of the Philippines' outlook to Negative reflects increasing risks to the credit profile from the impact of the pandemic and its aftermath on policy-making as...
As our Filipino Olympians leave today to compete in the summer games that will open in Tokyo on July 23, we join the Filipino nation in bidding them Godspeed! Despite having been postponed for a year and over and above the extraordinary ban on in-venue audiences, as well as other restrictions...
Since March 2020, there have been twice-a-month announcements by the government on the quarantine classification of regions, cities and towns. The Presidential Spokesman announced that an “improving” COVID-19 scenario in the National Capital Region (NCR) prompted a downgrade to normal general...
The growth of the Philippine population continues on a downtrend, as more families prefer a smaller family size. Total population as of May 2020 stood at 109,035,343, a 1.63 percent increase from 100,981,437 in 2015 or slower than the 1.72 percent uptick from 2010 to 2015. An analysis of the...
The ramped-up delivery of vaccine supplies to the country and acceleration of vaccination by local government units (LGUs) have brought about a significant increase in the public’s willingness to be vaccinated. According to Pulse Asia’s June 7-16 survey, 43 percent of respondents said they...
The escalation of cyber attacks against critical infrastructure in the United States was brought up by President Joe Biden with President Vladimir Putin in their Geneva summit last month raising the profile of what has emerged as a major global security concern. The New York Times reports that...
For centuries, overpopulation had been a dark cloud hovering over our future. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) predicted that there would be more of us by 2050 than the planet could accommodate. Based on the latest UN projections, there will be 8.6 billion of us by 2030, 9.8 billion by...
