EDITORS DESK There is an abundance of reasons why this year is a banner season for Philippine sports. While Hidilyn Diaz's conquest of the Tokyo Games in 2021 serves as a gem in all of the tales that encapsulated the country's long and painful struggle for Olympic greatness, 2023 was nothing short...
EDITORS DESK The Philippines has the highest rate of shopping scams in Asia, according to a new report released by the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA) and Gogolook, a TrustTech provider and the company behind the anti-scam app Whoscall. The report surveyed nearly 20,000 respondents across 11...
EDITORS DESK The entertainment industry made a dramatic comeback in 2023, delivering on its promise to keep audiences entertained. As we approach the end of 2023, let's look back at some of the memorable moments in Philippine show business, both happy and sad. 1) The Philippine TV industry...
EDITORS DESK Over the past couple of weeks, the Council of Metro Manila Mayors have once again been debating whether to remove the window hours in the current number coding scheme for vehicles, effectively banning certain vehicles for an entire day of the week. The debate has once again resurfaced...
EDITORS DESK The EDSA Bus Carousel Lane was opened mid-2020, and was intended to be a mass rapid system that would benefit the masses. The two inner-most lanes on most of the 23.8-kilometer road were barricaded and separated from the rest of the traffic to let, primarily, passenger buses to zip...
EDITOR’S DESK At least five friends forwarded me a link to a viral video featuring a foreign vlogger wondering why a popular coffee shop chain is “used” as a personal office among Filipinos. My brother said that I’m the guiltiest, since as far as he knows, a certain coffeeshop on Matalino...
EDITORS DESK Based on the latest macro-economic data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), we could deduce that the domestic economy is back on track to a growth path. Last week, the PSA surprised everyone with a better-than-expected inflation rate in October. Based on the Consumer...
EDITORS DESKS In the past, warfare was primarily conducted on the physical battlefield, where soldiers fought with guns, tanks, and aircraft. However, there has been a shift to the digital battlefield in recent years, where cyberattacks are now an integral part of modern warfare. Several factors,...
EDITORS DESK It's that time of the year again when movie enthusiasts eagerly await the annual film festival. This year, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) unveiled not eight but 10 official entries for the 49th Metro Manila Film Festival. The 10 films are Family of Two (A Mother...
EDITORS DESK Last week saw the 11th staging of the Philippine Electric Vehicle Summit (PEVS), organized by the Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines (EVAP). For more than a decade, the organizers have been strong proponents of sustainable mobility, steering both literally and figuratively...
EDITORS DESK I have a confession to make — I don’t like biking. I know how, and I used to bike a lot when I was young, but biking never really charmed me, not even during the pandemic when everyone was encouraged to cycle due to the restrictions on public transportation. Biking recently...
EDITORS DESK As tensions beset more countries, including our very own, questions arise on how economic progress can be sustained and truly shared. With that, focus has been on the World Trade Organization (WTO), the global trading system in charge of ensuring compliance of its members to their...
