Too slow, too few
Each jeepney driver, for instance, assuming that they operate 300 days a year, shells out P135,000 in fuel taxes.
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EDITORIAL
Daily Tribune editorials — the newspaper's official position on current issues.
Flagrant foul
What made Estrada’s behavior truly uncalled for and beyond embarrassing is his background.
Will is sorely missing
With almost three million Filipinos unemployed, according to the latest figures, the hardship on households will worsen.
The world, in uncharted territory
Regardless of how long the war will last, its effects on Asia are already profound and will likely worsen with further escalation.
Severe crisis, weak response
The backlash from a long conflict will be felt most in the Asian region, which remains highly dependent on fossil fuels.
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.
What now, PBBM?
The default will be to work longer hours, but inflation-hit earnings will be smaller than before.
Let Madam party
The party actually proved something reassuring. In difficult times a nation must project confidence. You cannot run a country on sulking.
Insurance shock drives price surge
For heavily import-dependent economies, like the Philippines, the effect is amplified.
Global ambition vs domestic reality
Belligerent states tend to respond to power and direct national interest, not to appeals from capitals facing internal crises.
Firing blanks
While the immediate response is a show of ‘performative action,’ the gains are very small.
Beyond Suntay
Some tried to frame Suntay’s ‘kabastusan’ as normal, as though vulgar objectificatiaon was just an ordinary part of public life that…
Of trains, pains and promises
In other words, the projects were announced before the money was fully secured. Ambition alone does not build railways; efficiency does.
Somebody forgot he’s President
In the Office of the President alone, more than P4 billion to P4.5 billion can be realigned to provide assistance to overseas Filipino…
BBM’s genius day off
If the President really looked at how this economy runs, the first thing he would see is the supply chain.
Pinoys exposed, vulnerable
The Iranian blockade of the Strait would penalize the country, which has only a short 30-day petroleum reserve.
July reckoning
The third window in July will be a reckoning, and it is time for our basketball leaders to match the players’ grit with administrative…
Hang tight, rough ride ahead
Transporting crude oil involves insurance, the premium for which has become very costly per stranded ship.