Two elections
By Amelia H. C. Ylagan
On Easter Monday, April 21, Pope Francis passed away peacefully at 7:35 a.m. in his room at Casa Santa Marta, a Vatican guesthouse where...
PSA has an obligation to clarify its literacy data
By Nepomuceno A. Malaluan
On May 1, a holiday, I noticed that the Department of Education (DepEd) was trending on X (formerly Twitter). I clicked to see what...
To save Catholicism in the US, let’s talk nuns, not Popes
THE ELECTION of an American pope, Leo XIV, is a fitting culmination of a conclave that had the feel of an American presidential election, except shrouded in secrecy and mercifully brief.
Healthy youth for a healthy future
By Teodoro B. Padilla
With approximately 30 million Filipinos aged 10 to 24, young people make up 28% of the country’s population — representing the largest generation in...
Pope Leo XIV: Why the College of Cardinals chose the Chicago native and Augustinian...
The Conversation
by Joanne M. Pierce, Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
When the 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost on May 8,...
After May 12: Sitting on our blisters
By Diwa C. Guinigundo
Those colorful advisories we often read in social media do make sense when we should consider some guideposts on May 12. For instance, we...
Senatorial race: Perceptions of Metro Manila informal sector workers
WHAT do the Informal Sector (IS) workers think about the forthcoming senatorial race? Why did we choose them for the study? Because they comprise approximately half of the Philippine workforce.
How Asia can revolutionize its food systems — before it’s too late
ASIA faces a paradox: home to over half the world’s undernourished, but also the most vibrant economies, where agrifood systems employ 40% of the workforce.
Musings on serenity
By Maria Victoria Rufino
Why do people travel? (Or daydream about it when physical travel is not possible?)
One needs to shift to low gear and shut out everything...
Hopeless?
By Wilfredo G. Reyes
“We’re doomed,” one economist friend remarked on social media — half in jest, I guess — as the latest Functional Literacy, Education, and Mass...
Bilibid or not in Mindoro
By Marvin Tort
About a year ago, the Department of Justice (DoJ) formed a group to take the lead in constructing new prisons for people convicted of...
Business isn’t just about growth — Do you have a scaling mindset?
By RJ Ledesma
If you’ve ever bought anything from Laz Mall or Shopee Mall — and who hasn’t? — you’ve bought from Steve Sy’s Great Deals. Unknown...