Editorial

Are we resigned to accept the current state of our airports as our reality? Will we simply endure the long queues while imagining the destination awaiting us on the other side? Are we prepared to adjust our arrival time at the airport from the recommended three hours to five hours …

The warehouse and storage facilities are controlled by the mafia which makes it easy to create artificial conditions to which the market reacts by raising retail prices. When a ranking Department of Agriculture official was asked in a recent Congress hearing what steps the agency had taken to break the …

The US and China must coexist to preserve global order, and the path is the rules that bind nations. Two key phrases capsulized the message of the Philippines to the world at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, which are “rules-based” and “global order” — the necessary …

Metro Manilans and those in the Calabarzon region received a generous dose of science education last Friday, Sept. 22, when the hazy atmosphere prompted the suspension of classes. Alerts were also given to those proximately affected by Taal Volcano’s continuing activity. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) retracted …

  Pope Francis, in an online address for the Clinton Global Initiative 2023, delivered a powerful and timely message that resonates with the current state of the world. With the backdrop of pressing global issues such as climate change, humanitarian crises, and the war, the Pope’s call for unity and …

INCLUDING the excise tax on single-use plastics in the government’s priority bills is a welcome development. That complements many other initiatives to curb pollution and recent efforts to rehabilitate waterways, particularly the Pasig River. Just on Friday, the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council, or Ledac, added five measures to the Common …

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has certified as urgent Senate Bill No. 2432, which aims to redefine and impose stricter penalties for crimes related to agricultural economic sabotage. This move, coming at a time when the nation grapples with rising prices and agricultural product shortages, is a timely effort not …

While guarded confidence was evident between China and the Philippines in the not-so-distant past, distrust now is the predominant sentiment. China has publicly declared that it is now in a confrontational phase of relations — from cooperation — with the Philippines after it was accused of “massive coral harvesting” that …

How important are coral reefs? According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, “coral reefs are some of the most diverse and valuable ecosystems on Earth. Coral reefs support more species per unit area than any other marine environment, including about 4,000 species of fish, 800 species of hard corals …

APC’s exclusion from the benchmark was decided on, however, after it missed by a few decimal points of the 20 percent float rule for stocks to be retained in the PSEi. The Philippine Stock Exchange index is considered the gauge of the activity in the equities market and, by extension, …