TECH4GOOD The tragic school shooting in Tacloban City last week has shaken the nation and left a scar on everyone’s conscience. Two minors, barely in their teens, carried out a violent act that left three young students dead and 20 others recovering from injuries. In the immediate aftermath,...
TECH4GOOD National Artist Kidlat Tahimik recently made the headlines when he announced that he was renouncing his title and returning his medal. His move was a symbolic protest against CHED 's plan to reduce humanities-related general education units in college. To him, the move will further...
TECH4GOOD Meteorologists around the world have been issuing warnings about a new weather pattern called Godzilla El Niño. The phrase captures the scale of a climate phenomenon so powerful that it dwarfs the usual El Niño cycles. For the Philippines, this monster is not a distant threat—it is a...
TECH4GOOD “The platform economy is all about people, and not actually about replacing traditional work. It is expanding the spectrum of possibilities in the future of work, and we are just beginning.” That was the gist of my talk during the recent 47th National Conference of Employers. I have...
TECH4GOOD Keeping up with the waves of emerging technologies seems to be overwhelming today. Every time you wake up in the morning, you start to face the world with the question, “What changed while I was asleep?” It reminds me of that bestselling book I read many years ago, “Who Moved My...
TECH4GOOD Studies show that traditional entry-level jobs, typically held by recent college graduates, are shrinking due to AI-driven workplace transformation. Stanford data, for example, confirm a 13 percent decline in hiring for AI-exposed roles, such as routine clerical and basic customer...
TECH4GOOD I recently read, with great amazement, Vietnam 's plan to build its bullet train system. To me, this is the clearest signal yet of their intention to become a regional economic powerhouse. Although Indonesia is the first ASEAN state to build a high-speed train system, Vietnam 's...
TECH4GOOD The 2026 Iran War (Operation Epic Fury), which began on Feb. 28, 2026, has quickly become one of the most intense and high-stakes conflicts of the decade. So far, it is becoming a massive system shock to the global order. While the US and Israel have dominated the physical battlefield,...
TECH4GOOD Since the start of this year, our Tuesday news has taken on a predictable, albeit stressful, rhythm. There is a collective “here we go again” as the digital boards at the gas stations flick to new, higher numbers. This March, however, it feels less like a routine hike and more like a...
TECH4GOOD What can Filipino leaders learn from the life of Pope Francis? In a world where power often breeds arrogance and entitlement, the life of the late Pope Francis stands as a powerful lesson in humility-a virtue urgently needed, especially among Filipino leaders. His journey...
TECH4GOOD In a recent interview before the Holy Week rush, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has advised all travelers to stay safe on the road, follow traffic rules, and avoid becoming kamote drivers. A new breed of urban legend has emerged in the bustling chaos of Philippine streets: The...
TECH4GOOD Many of us are fixated on artificial intelligence's potential to disrupt humanity. But an emerging new world order is shaping up in the virtual world: the metaverse. The metaverse is a rapidly evolving virtual universe that combines technologies like augmented reality (AR),...
