One lesson that can be derived from our experience with anomalous government projects, such as flood control, is the absence of a clear “success scenario.” This can be couched in simple and ...
By all accounts, a month from now is when we will reach the point of no return. When President Marcos said, last week, that ...
The text from my mother pops up above all the other notifications: “Uuwi ka ba sa Mahal na Araw? (Are you coming home for ...
I was chatting online with my cousin as she relaxed at the airport lounge in Manila. The man in front of her in the queue, ...
We often describe crises in technocratic terms—supply deficits, price shocks, infrastructure gaps. Yet the unfolding energy emergency in the Philippines caused by the United States-Israel war on ...
During childhood summers with my cousins in Pampanga, I was taught that Holy Wednesday marked the day Judas Iscariot offered to turn Jesus over to the temple authorities for 30 pieces of silver. I ...
Another global energy shock is unfolding, and once again, the Philippines finds itself exposed. When oil prices spike, ...
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. deserve commendation for his administration’s decisive and proactive management of the country’s energy crisis. In the face of the Middle East conflict and ...
That question must be asked after another journalist was killed less than two weeks ago, adding another name to a string of ...
Public officers “must, at all times, be accountable to the people,” or so it is stated in the 1987 Constitution. As a lawyer, ...
The increase in oil prices has been a headline for several days. It has brought fast-paced adjustments to the lives of many Filipinos, from changing transportation modes to adjustments in work ...