Recent tensions between the United States and Iran are a reminder that geopolitics never truly disappears. It simply fades into the background during periods...

In a country where branding plays a powerful cultural role, trademarks now often become part of everyday life. Consumers quickly learn to associate a...

In today’s hyper-connected world, the same networks that empower our lives are also being weaponized by criminals. Fraudsters, smugglers, and syndicates exploit encrypted platforms...

Public finance rarely captures public attention unless something goes wrong. A controversial insertion in the national budget. A large infrastructure project with questionable costs....

Last week, on March 12, I attended a huge annual energy forum, the Philippine Electric Power Industry Forum (PEPIF) 2026, held at John Hay...

IT’S NOT NORMAL for a priest to bring a cell phone into the sanctuary when he is celebrating Mass. But when Father Paul Haverstock...

Leaving aside the USA for a moment, to firstly focus on Israel and Iran: the ongoing war has the awful stink of religious zealotry. Wiping...

(Part 1 of 2) On Feb. 28, the world watched as the US-Israel coalition launched coordinated airstrikes on Iranian nuclear and military infrastructure, which also...

In the oil industry, fuel oil is known as the bottom of the barrel. It’s typically cheap, unloved, and, crucially, comes from the bottom of a petroleum-distillation tower — the tall piece of refining kit where crude gets heated and cracked into multiple petroleum products.

Imagine a future where common infections once easily cured by antibiotics become life-threatening again. This is the growing reality posed by antimicrobial resistance (AMR),...

From all indications, it looks like we are in for a summer to remember. The months of March to June (or even July) have always...

THE STATE VISIT of President Lee Jae Myung to the Philippines began with a serendipity that felt more like a calculated masterstroke of diplomacy.