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Removing gray areas in Pogo ban

The Philippines took another major step closer toward eradicating the controversial Philippine offshore gaming operators…

Who’s afraid of Trump 2.0?

And so it happened: On Nov. 5, Americans catapulted Donald Trump back to power as…

Trump’s stunning landslide, legal effects

On the night of Election Day, Nov. 5 in America, the political comeback of “fascist”…

Making sense of Trump’s triumph

Donald Trump did not win by a landslide. It only appears as if he did…

Updating economists

The Philippine Economic Society. Your truly is a grizzled, old economist. It was soon after…

Privilege as road to perdition

The sense of entitlement is real—and disgusting. Ours is a culture severely cleaved by consciousness…

Duterte’s biggest sin

The Senate hearing held last week confirmed what we have known all along. Former president…

‘Nanay’

That’s what we, the friends of her bunso, called her: and because that is what…

Duterte, Trump, and the question of ‘fascism’

This week, America is, once again, about to make history. Either it will elect its…

Reviving Bicol recovery plan

A proposal to put up a Bicol Rehabilitation and Recovery Fund (BRRF), with an initial…