A dead journalist from the Middle East
THE DEATH of Saudi journalist and government critic Jamal Khashoggi attracted a lot of attention recently. Reports say that he vanished around October 2,...
Electronic governance
ELECTRONIC governance is not one and the same with digital democracy because the former could still be used even in monarchical or dictatorial governments.
In...
City assisted mortgage program
I CONSIDER the late Dr. Jose Conrado Benitez (Jolly or JCB as we used to call him) as my mentor in public housing in...
Smart learning
YOU CAN interpret it any way you like, but the bottom line in learning is for the graduate to be able to get a...
Monopoly by the oligarchy
Since we could not see them nor hear them, it is difficult to believe that the so-called oligarchs would actually exist.
We may just be...
Energy in intelligent settlements
(Continued from yesterday)
THERE is a prevailing theory that human excreta could not be tapped for biogas, because it is not potent enough. There is,...
Ending air pollution
I DO NOT know what happened on the way to the forum, but putting an end to air pollution was not included in the...
Redefining public utilities
MANY PEOPLE are now saying that internet access is no longer a luxury because it is already a necessity.
Much more than that, internet access...
The future of computing
PERHAPS you have noticed it already, that some of your contacts are already replying to your emails and are posting private messages in social...
Measuring hunger and thirst
AS I UNDERSTAND it, the measurement of “perceived hunger” does not really measure the actual number of people who are actually hungry.
I think that...