Truth without fear
The TRIBUNE’s enduring motto — Without Fear or Favor — is more than a slogan. It is a professional covenant.
Jess Varela · · 3 min read
Daily TribuneThe TRIBUNE’s enduring motto — Without Fear or Favor — is more than a slogan. It is a professional covenant.
Jess Varela · · 3 min read
Applied to public budgeting, blockchain can create a continuous and verifiable record of how public funds move from appropriation to expenditure.
Jess Varela · · 4 min read
Consumption and services alone cannot sustain long-term economic development. A nation grows not merely by spending but by building.
Jess Varela · · 4 min read
A prompt ruling, even one that disappoints one side, at least provides a definitive framework within which institutions and citizens can move forward.
Jess Varela · · 4 min read
In uncertain times, trust becomes one of the rarest forms of currency.
Jess Varela · · 4 min read
For decades, the Philippines approached energy security largely through the logic of globalization: import what is needed, rely on international markets, and…
Jess Varela · · 3 min read
The survival of democratic institutions as respected pillars of governance depends on whether they can recover the qualities that once defined them.
Jess Varela · · 4 min read
The threat no longer originates from financial markets but from geopolitics — energy routes, shipping lanes, trade fragmentation, and the growing fragility of…
Jess Varela · · 4 min read
If burden-sharing is the principle, then reciprocity, not only in defense, but in economic survivability, should follow.
Jess Varela · · 3 min read
A joint venture cannot be entered into lightly. It must be structured not as a concession, but as a controlled and conditional engagement.
Jess Varela · · 3 min read