Opinion
Regulatory stress test for PH aviation: The PR113 lavatory fiasco
The reported handling of a lavatory system failure on Philippine Airlines Flight PR113 should not be treated as a one-off operational lapse.
Demeter meets CRISPR: Self-replicating rice takes on the seed economy
For decades, hybrid rice has been the most frustrating agricultural miracle: spectacular yields, structurally expensive. Farmers get abundance—then a bill. Because hybrids don’t reliably reproduce, the system forces growers onto an annual seed treadmill. Productivity, yes. Ownership, no.
124 million dreams, limited elbow room
The Philippines is not running out of people. It is running out of excuses.
Preparing Philippine business and workers for the Age of AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) is here and is already transforming how businesses in the Philippines operate. Across industries such as manufacturing, finance, marketing, and education, AI is enhancing efficiency, enabling smarter decision-making, and unlocking insights from data like never before.
Trump’s credit card cap spooks bank bulls
US financial stocks stumbled Monday after President Donald Trump lobbed a populist grenade into Wall Street’s trading pits, suggesting he wants to cap credit card interest rates at 10 percent a year—roughly half today’s levels.
