The triple burden of malnutrition in the Philippines and a triple win policy
By Ma. Dhelyn Dela Cruz and Sheic Sims
Amid limited access to affordable healthy food, rising disease prevalence, and high out-of-pocket healthcare costs, the Filipino people face the triple burden of malnutrition,...
The forensic truth
By Amelia H. C. Ylagan
On April 22, the House Committee on Justice held its third meeting regarding the impeachment complaints against Vice-President Sara Duterte. Previous hearings were held...
Turning medicine policy into real patient access
By Teodoro B. Padilla
High out-of-pocket expenses for medicines remain a major barrier to healthcare access, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and often lead to financial...
Beyond fuel: Building energy-resilient logistics for the Philippines
By Erry Hardianto
GLOBAL ENERGY tensions are once again testing the world’s supply chains, and the ripple effects are sharply felt in logistics — a sector where...
Transgender affirmation surgery: Going from bad to worse
By Jemy Gatdula
Who knew that mental health problems would be exacerbated by surgical treatment to change one’s sex organs? And that with such comes nearly a...
Going energy local
By Monalisa C. Dimalanta
The tide is rising on all fronts in the democratization of energy. In the global stage, among states, the ongoing disruption in the global...
Converging evidence for monetary policy tightening
By Diwa C. Guinigundo
By the time this column comes out Friday morning, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) must have acted, and acted correctly, by tightening monetary...
Mercato Centrale and the Entrepreneurial Operating System: A love story
By RJ Ledesma
Every entrepreneur reaches a point where they need help. As founders take on additional roles in the company, as the business grows, or as...
Go electric, but be ready to power it
By Marvin Tort
One immediate concern is whether the country can actually produce more than enough electricity, with a predictable degree of consistency and stability, to power...
How Asia should deal with the ‘Malacca Dilemma’
IF THE IRAN WAR has taught us nothing else, it’s that weaponizing shipping routes is now the military move du jour. That’s rightly turned attention to the Taiwan Strait, but in this era of intense US-China rivalry, the Strait of Malacca is just as important.
Smoking is allowed
By Tony Samson
THE algorithm of online apps selects topics or views that conform to what a user frequently browses. So, if posts that are critical of...
A new era in Korea-Philippine relations
By Bernardo M. Villegas
As the world experiences increasing conflicts in some continents like those in the Americas (the US vs. Venezuela or Cuba), the Middle East (US and Israel vs. Iran), or Europe (Russia vs. Ukraine) it is comforting to see some countries in Asia getting closer to one another.