Alex Eala’s singles run at the Abu Dhabi Open bowed out Thursday night, not with fireworks but with a firm handshake from reality. No miracle rally arrived. No late twist. Just a polished reminder of what a top-tier opponent looks like when she decides to get straight to business.

The human heart is wonderfully reliable. It works nonstop, takes no sick leave, and rarely asks for attention. That reliability is exactly why its sudden silence can be so devastating.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered a significant shake-up of Malacañang’s economic and investment oversight, abolishing the Office of the Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs (OSAPIEA) and folding its functions into the Office of the Executive Secretary (OES).