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...
Editorial There is an education principle that suggests how learning can be maximized when more of the body’s senses are involved. This is the reason why, according to this concept, students tend to remember and learn more if they take notes, actively listening and attentively watching the...
Editorial The pink ribbon that you see being worn by many women this month is the international symbol of breast cancer awareness. For many years now, October is when organizations around the world mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month. With the many programs aimed at early detection of the disease,...
Children between 12 and 17 years old who are immunocompromised will be prioritized in the inoculation program for the country’s youth that would boost efforts to reopen schools after more than a year and a half of lockdown. The Department of Health has announced that adolescents in this age...
Editorial Initiated by the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) in 1992, supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), and observed in over 95 countries, World Mental Health Day is a reminder that our happiness is essential to a healthy economy just as a healthy economy is essential to...
Editorial October 8, 2021, the last day of the filing of certificate of candidacy (COC) of candidates for the election in 2022, was a pivotal moment. It formally gave us, the Filipino nation, a list of personalities who want to take up the cudgels for the top job in the country, primary of which is...
