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Looking at this year’s Asian Games lineup, a standout observation is just how lopsided the ratio of world-class Filipino achievers is to the Philippines’ overall population. Within just the sample of tennis players led by world 18th-ranked star Alex Eala, one couldn’t be blamed for thinking that this looks sort of like a typical Philippine…
How to cut through election-year noise and evaluate the candidate policies that actually matter. Every election season, and perhaps even more prominently in 2028, we hear the exact same promise from political campaigns: *”Elect me, and I’ll wipe out corruption once and for all.” or “Eliminating corruption means more and better government services, infrastructure, cash…
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I was hurrying back to Manila from a meeting in Makati when it hit me, with a groan, that my Grab driver had taken a “shortcut” through Santa Ana. It had been raining for half an hour. If you’ve ever been through that part of the city in the rain, you know what that means….
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I was casually scrolling through my Facebook feed recently when I kept running into posts claiming that Vice President Sara Duterte is effectively being written off for the 2028 presidential race. Right after those, my feed turned into a parade of early trial balloons. One post was floating a “Win-Ri” tandem between Senators Sherwin Gatchalian…
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To everyone following our campaign for systemic ADHD policy reform: I have some incredible news to share. I just got word that one Senator has actively taken notice of our position paper, and a second Senator’s office has formally acknowledged receipt of our proposal. Honestly, I am overjoyed. Knowing that our policy proposal actually crossed…
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PWD advocate Paolo Capino’s discussion with several restaurant owners got me interested in the conversation. The exchange was veered towards outright rejecting PWD as well as senior citizen discounts as a burden to restaurant owners and other establishments. But framing this as a zero-sum war—where every discount granted to a vulnerable customer is a loss…
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There is a debate over the Bureau of Immigration’s (BI) proposed Civil Aviation and Immigration Security Services (CAISS) project which highlights a classic economic dilemma: who should foot the bill for public security? As BI Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado recently clarified during Senate budget deliberations, the ₱10.74-billion project is still under review. If approved, the…
As a professional tennis player, Alex Eala’s one job is to play world class tennis in a manner that wins matches. Can it be simpler than that? Her tennis and grace on and off court had, until mid this year, gotten her on the map and in the spotlight that drew the legions of fans…