A seat at an irrelevant table
The Security Council is supposed to be the cockpit of global peace. In reality, it is a room with five kings and 10 spectators.
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The Security Council is supposed to be the cockpit of global peace. In reality, it is a room with five kings and 10 spectators.
The default will be to work longer hours, but inflation-hit earnings will be smaller than before.
The party actually proved something reassuring. In difficult times a nation must project confidence. You cannot run a country on sulking.
For heavily import-dependent economies, like the Philippines, the effect is amplified.
Belligerent states tend to respond to power and direct national interest, not to appeals from capitals facing internal crises.
While the immediate response is a show of ‘performative action,’ the gains are very small.
Some tried to frame Suntay’s ‘kabastusan’ as normal, as though vulgar objectificatiaon was just an ordinary part of public life that…
In other words, the projects were announced before the money was fully secured. Ambition alone does not build railways; efficiency does.
In the Office of the President alone, more than P4 billion to P4.5 billion can be realigned to provide assistance to overseas Filipino…
If the President really looked at how this economy runs, the first thing he would see is the supply chain.
The Iranian blockade of the Strait would penalize the country, which has only a short 30-day petroleum reserve.
The third window in July will be a reckoning, and it is time for our basketball leaders to match the players’ grit with administrative…
Transporting crude oil involves insurance, the premium for which has become very costly per stranded ship.
Economic managers must not delay the measures to provide aid to Filipino households and public transport drivers and operators who will be…
Faced with a global storm triggered by forces beyond our control, what other choice, pray tell, do we have?
The organizers —whether former congressman Mike Defensor or whoever else choreographed the event — may have believed they were protecting…
Kursch highlighted the ‘very close and unique partnership’ between President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which has been…
Something explodes in the West Philippine Sea — that’s the model. Missiles from ships you can’t see. Drones you can’t swat. Subs you can’t…
The Security Council is supposed to be the cockpit of global peace. In reality, it is a room with five kings and 10 spectators.
The default will be to work longer hours, but inflation-hit earnings will be smaller than before.
The party actually proved something reassuring. In difficult times a nation must project confidence. You cannot run a country on sulking.
For heavily import-dependent economies, like the Philippines, the effect is amplified.
Belligerent states tend to respond to power and direct national interest, not to appeals from capitals facing internal crises.
While the immediate response is a show of ‘performative action,’ the gains are very small.
Some tried to frame Suntay’s ‘kabastusan’ as normal, as though vulgar objectificatiaon was just an ordinary part of public life that…
In other words, the projects were announced before the money was fully secured. Ambition alone does not build railways; efficiency does.
In the Office of the President alone, more than P4 billion to P4.5 billion can be realigned to provide assistance to overseas Filipino…
If the President really looked at how this economy runs, the first thing he would see is the supply chain.
The Iranian blockade of the Strait would penalize the country, which has only a short 30-day petroleum reserve.
The third window in July will be a reckoning, and it is time for our basketball leaders to match the players’ grit with administrative…
Transporting crude oil involves insurance, the premium for which has become very costly per stranded ship.
Economic managers must not delay the measures to provide aid to Filipino households and public transport drivers and operators who will be…
Faced with a global storm triggered by forces beyond our control, what other choice, pray tell, do we have?
The organizers —whether former congressman Mike Defensor or whoever else choreographed the event — may have believed they were protecting…
Kursch highlighted the ‘very close and unique partnership’ between President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which has been…
Something explodes in the West Philippine Sea — that’s the model. Missiles from ships you can’t see. Drones you can’t swat. Subs you can’t…