No Free Lunch

Soft skills in an AI future

How ready and equipped are today’s young Filipinos for the jobs of the future? We’re…

Why we’re so unequal

Good news: income distribution in the Philippines appears to have improved. Bad news: even so,…

Ramos’ first D

Those of us old enough during the presidency of Fidel V. Ramos in 1992-1998 would…

DA must focus on public goods

Mang Toto, a Bicolano rice farmer in his 60s, had seen it all—typhoons, droughts, fluctuating…

Agri co-ops: Thailand’s way

Thailand calls its agriculture ministry the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. There’s no better sign…

Dynasties: Our spreading cancer

Some hopes must have run high when another newspaper bannered last month that the Supreme…

Are grades now meaningless?

Debates over “grade inflation” escalate at this time of year especially as the University of…

Best use of rice funds

A key feature of Republic Act No. 11203 or the rice tariffication law (RTL) that…

Mismeasuring malnutrition

It’s now widely known how severe malnutrition stunts the physical and mental development of one…

Governing education right

Philippine education is in crisis. Most of us know of our country’s unenviable position at…