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EDITORIAL — The fourth worst
Here’s another problem that turns off foreign investors, and its solution does not call for amending the Constitution. Business class travelers – people with the type of money that can provide job-generating enterprises in the Philippines – have ranked the Ninoy Aquino International Airport as the fourth worst gateway in Asia and the Middle East......»»
EDITORIAL - Economic initiatives
While the two chambers of Congress duke it out over Charter change ostensibly to attract more foreign investments, local businessmen have listed 12 initiatives that they say can strengthen the economy......»»
EDITORIAL - Just face the music
The best and quickest way to prove one’s innocence is to face one’s accusers and answer formal charges before an official venue......»»
EDITORIAL - Present realities
Is the Philippines ready for divorce?.....»»
EDITORIAL - A matter of enforcement
If the government wants to keep e-tricycles and e-bikes off national roads and highways, it should strictly enforce the ban on such vehicles, whether gas-powered or electric......»»
EDITORIAL — ‘Very rotten’
A process has long been in place for the approval of the national budget. Malacañang, through the Department of Budget and Management, submits its proposed national expenditure program to Congress, and both chambers deliberate on the NEP to come up with their respective versions of the budget bill......»»
EDITORIAL - Safer internetfor children
Apart from national security and the need to protect government information networks, there is another reason to boost capabilities for fighting cyber threats: protecting children from sexual predators......»»
EDITORIAL — Finally, a world-class airport?
The Philippines was one of the first countries in Asia to have a modern airport......»»
EDITORIAL - Compromised data
The Department of Education is verifying reports that its information system has been breached, with a hacker claiming to have harvested 750 gigabytes so far of DepEd data including banking details and information on students and teachers. Meanwhile, the Philippine Coast Guard took down yesterday its account on X, formerly Twitter, after its tweets were wiped out......»»
EDITORIAL - Ash Wednesday tragedy
Religious devotion turned to tragedy yesterday after a portion of the balcony of a church in Bulacan came crashing down, hitting people attending Ash Wednesday mass......»»
EDITORIAL - Roadmap for the maritime industry
In an archipelago of 7,641 islands, development of a maritime industry has been a necessity since pre-colonial times......»»
EDITORIAL - Disruptive threats
Schools suspended classes and work was disrupted in government agencies that were hit by bomb threats yesterday in Metro Manila, several provinces in Luzon and in Cebu......»»
EDITORIAL — Pandering
There’s a reason for the existence of the regional tripartite wages and productivity boards......»»
EDITORIAL - Secessionist aspirations
After initially ignoring the call for Mindanao secession aired by his predecessor, President Marcos said it was “anchored on a false premise” and is a “sheer constitutional travesty.”.....»»
EDITORIAL — Miracle
There was good news on the eve of the Lunar New Year: a baby boy and an older girl were pulled out of the rubble buried under mud yesterday in the landslide-hit Barangay Masara in the town of Maco, Davao de Oro......»»
EDITORIAL - Underperformers
In yet another reminder of the crisis in Philippine education, the Senate was informed this week that only one government-run high school in Metro Manila obtained the minimum proficiency level in the latest Program for International Student Assessment......»»
EDITORIAL — Deepfakes in the 2025 polls
In the 2022 general elections, advocates for clean and honest polls lamented the widespread use of digital technology for spreading misinformation and disinformation to influence the vote......»»
EDITORIAL - NTF-ELCAC abolition
The government believes “total victory” over communist rebels is possible this year, according to Jonathan Malaya, the assistant director general for strategic communications of the National Security Council......»»
EDITORIAL — Love scammers
With the approach of the day of hearts, government agencies led by the Philippine National Police, the Department of Information and Communications Technology and the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center are warning the public against love scams......»»
EDITORIAL — Advanced persistent threat
Cybersecurity experts have been warning about the threat for some time now: hacking of government websites, with the attacks originating from foreign countries......»»