[This editorial was published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on June 4, 2024.] There’s no denying that President Marcos has picked a number of brilliant people to join his Cabinet or the lower rungs of officialdom, but…
Last week, at least 500 Facebook accounts closely linked to the black market sale of babies had finally been taken down. The DOJ is not celebrating this feat, however, as there are many more out there still…
These are the conclusions of a study entitled “Suicide and the news and information media”- a critical review written by Jane Pirkis et al commissioned by Mindframe-Everymind of the Australian Department of Health in 2019. It covered…
I wish people knew what absolute train wreck Philippine elections were before automation. Harrowing images from the darkest days of manual elections still haunt me to this day — teachers laboring 18 hours to manually count ballots,…
These scenarios require speedy government action to put on very high priority, water sustainability and security, particularly for prime urban areas like Metro Manila, Calabarzon and other urban centers.…