Business school vs the school of hard knocks
The View from Taft
Patrick Adriel H. Aure
A few weeks ago, a very good friend and former Lasallian classmate of mine invited me to be...
The new Tesla is great, but it isn’t progress
By Tyler Cowen
IT is a nice looking car.
Tesla, Inc.’s new electric car has debuted to rave reviews; one writer called it “the most important car in...
Rule of law or of men
Grassroots & Governance
Teresa S. Abesamis
Following the EDSA Revolution, when we overthrew the authoritarian Marcos regime, President Corazon Aquino quickly set about the task of...
Duterte, Fil-Ams can work on a common cause
Ad Lib
Greg B. Macabenta
During the Philippine revolution against Spain, the Katipunan had two mutually hostile factions: the Magdiwang of Andres Bonifacio, and the Magdalo,...
Thirty
Fence Sitter
A. R. Samson
The superstitious lot among journalists, especially those who grew up before the notebook became a gadget rather than a bound book...
ASEAN Identity at Fifty
Thinking Beyond Politics
Victor C. Manhit
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) has come quite a distance since its inception in 1967. Today, it stands as...
Unprocessed Mineral Export Ban
Introspective
Raul V. Fabella
In his 2017 SONA, Pres. Duterte threatened, among others, to stop the export of unprocessed mining products. This follows the ban on...
Rice farming can be profitable
M. A. P. Insights
Rolando T. Dy
In 2015, the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), with funding support from...
Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, acerbic and arrogant
To Take A Stand
Oscar P. Lagman, Jr.
Former history curator Manuel L. Quezon III, better known as Manolo Quezon, once wrote in his Philippine Daily...
A renaissance in Philippine-Spanish relations
By Andrew J. Masigan
FOR more than a century, Filipinos have typecast Spaniards as friars and nuns with a crucifix on one hand and a...
Schizophrenic use of tobacco funds
Yellow Pad
Madeiline Joy L. Aloria
The probe on Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos’s alleged misuse of tobacco funds for projects unaligned with the intended purpose...
The 2GO business case study
Corporate Watch
Amelia H. C. Ylagan
Quite suddenly, Sulficio Tagud, Jr. retired both from the management and the board of 2GO Group, Inc. in April, and...