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Darren M. de Jesus

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When the peso buys less

When the peso buys less

Higher rates can restrain inflation, but they can also increase borrowing costs for households and businesses, depending on their loan terms.

An electric future

An electric future

Battery fires present risks that must be managed. Encouraging EV purchases while leaving owners uncertain whether they can board a ferry undermines nationwide…

Insurance disclosures

Insurance disclosures

Applicants cannot decide that a medical consultation or diagnosis is unimportant when its disclosure is required.

Before the next flood

Before the next flood

Filipinos least able to recover live beside flood-prone creeks, beneath bridges or in makeshift houses that insurance companies would hesitate to cover.

Chilling effect

Chilling effect

Politics will always be a numbers game, but the rules for counting those numbers must not become another political weapon.

Third warning on school shootings

Third warning on school shootings

Enforcement must start with firearm owners. They must prove that their weapons are securely stored, inaccessible to minors and accounted for.

Our deadly seas

Our deadly seas

An Interferry study described the Philippines as the world’s worst country for ferry fatalities from 1966 to 2015.

Continuous learning when ‘walang pasok’

Continuous learning when ‘walang pasok’

We should never gamble with children’s safety, but neither should we quietly allow their education to disappear one suspended school day at a time.

School shootings

School shootings

The weakness is that our law does not create a specific offense for negligently allowing a minor to obtain a firearm.