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Lockdowns: Are we doing it wrong?
United States March 24, 2020: “Trump’s 15-day plan to slow the coronavirus’ spread is too short, experts say.…
When solons engage in absolute nonsense
Octa Research has been issuing Covid-19 projections after cases started multiplying all over the country. The Octa fellows…
Placing our bet on the tree of life
WE can’t emphasize enough the versatility of the coconut tree. It gives us coconut juice, coco sugar, coconut…
What it takes to save seven billion people
AS the Covid-19 pandemic continues to disrupt life around the world, governments are doing everything they can to…
Employment adjusting to the pandemic
The last 18 months has changed the world, obviously. But maybe more significantly, it has changed all of…
A crisis worse than Covid-19 pandemic
“A global crisis has shocked the world. It is causing a tragic number of deaths, making people afraid…
There’s big money in plant-based meat
The recent increase in demand for plant-based meats is too dramatic to be ignored by both the government…
‘The war has changed’
The arrival of the Covid-19 vaccine made us believe that we have gained the upper hand in our…
2021: It’s been a long year
The Covid-19 has been cruel to the world in 2021, and in a sense, global governments have reacted…
You can help build a world free of hunger
World hunger is still on the rise. Globally, 690 million people go to bed on an empty stomach…
Keeping Christmas ham affordable
The period of maximum rain in the country is usually from June to September. That’s why the government should take its…
Will Filipino farmers plant Golden Rice?
Professor Ingo Potrykus of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland and Professor Peter Beyer, a German…
Saving the ugly Pinoy from himself
The Ugly Indian is not what you think it is. TUI is an anonymous group of volunteers who clean and…
Govt can help save sagging industry
The Covid-19 may have disrupted global economic activity last year but it failed to stop the Philippines from…
Strong telco sector: A Duterte legacy
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown us that access to the Internet and digital services can be a matter of life…
Rest in Peace, Mr. President
Although he comes from a prominent clan of politicians, Benigno C. Aquino III was an unlikely selection to become…
The deadly Delta variant is in PHL
India has been getting the most dramatic front-page treatment around the globe for the deadly surge of coronavirus…
How the rich manipulate the poor
‘Money isn’t everything, but happiness is.” “If money isn’t everything, work at McDonald’s.” One statement was made by…
Populism is not democracy?
The Populares (Latin for “favoring the people”) were a political faction in the late Roman Republic who favored…
On retail trade liberalization
Looking back on the academic studies and literature of the 1990s, we find an increasing push towards trade…
The US is weakening
IT seems like there are those that are geopolitically caught in—or maybe wish for—the good old days when…
Easier said than done
It is very easy to say that our country could benefit from its natural resources and huge revenues…
Cutting PHL reliance on imported products
A trade bottleneck caused by the Covid-19 pandemic is now beginning to affect food-importing countries such as the…