Better healthcare first
THE PHILIPPINES is currently the highest in Southeast Asia when it comes to active COVID-19 cases. Indonesia may have registered the highest total number...
Helping the unseen
OF THE many who are bearing the economic brunt of the months-long lockdown, the informal sector has probably had it worse than others.
The very...
Saving lives with convalescent plasma
PLASMA is the liquid portion of our blood, comprising up to 55 percent. It is mostly water, containing vital substances like hormones and nutrients. ...
Restarting tourism: Industrial change and travel bubbles
TOURISM in the Philippines is a significant industry. In 2000, tourism only had a 5.6 percent share in the country’s gross domestic product (GDP),...
Building the digital foundations for our new normal
THE COVID-19 virus has now become, whether we want it or not, a global instigator for change. Here in our country, the pandemic has...
The challenge of education in the new normal
EDUCATION is key for generations of Filipinos to become full-fledged, productive members of society. This is why we should be looking at how the...
Determining the economic stimulus we need
IT IS NOW painfully obvious that it will take no insignificant time for our country to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Just as the virus...
A disturbing lack of urgency
WHEN we crafted the Bayanihan to Heal As One Act, we included there certain forms of emergency compensation for our medical frontliners – because...
The challenge of mass testing
IT IS COMMON sense that in order for us to fight an enemy properly, we have to gather as much information as possible.
The COVID-19...
A step in the right direction, 2
HERE IN the Philippines, some Metro Manila mayors have favored a cautious and gradual reopening of the economy. Mayors Imelda Aguilar of Las Piñas,...