
Middle-class burden: Earning more, yet never feeling secure
The goal is not just to earn more. The goal is to build a life where peace does not depend on the next paycheck.
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The goal is not just to earn more. The goal is to build a life where peace does not depend on the next paycheck.
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Foreign investors watching from Singapore, Tokyo, and Brussels do not parse the internal logic of Philippine factional politics. They see institutional…
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The danger is that the country becomes trapped in a cycle where politics consumes the national attention while governance and economic confidence suffer.
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The Philippines you love has become harder and harder to embrace because it is run by people who do not love it as much as you do.
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United States President Donald Trump said he had paused a planned attack against Iran on Tuesday, 19 May, as negotiations continued to end the…
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United Arab Emirates said a drone sparked a fire at its Barakah Nuclear Power Plant.
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Institutional foundations required for the country to govern itself are being swiftly eroded by the intense political rivalry between two powerful partisan…
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The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) extended its decline on Monday, falling 35.25 points or 0.59 percent to 5,941.52, as investors remained cautious…
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Seven multilateral development banks pledged to strengthen support for countries affected by the economic fallout from the ongoing Middle East conflict, citing…
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The survival of democratic institutions as respected pillars of governance depends on whether they can recover the qualities that once defined them.
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If you look at the Senate these days, what you see is not exactly an institution radiating gravitas. You see hyper-partisanship.
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As the old adage goes, the best laid plans will fail if executed by morons. And fail the plans did, in spectacular fashion.
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United States President Donald Trump’s state visit to China from 14 to 15 May resulted in a series of trade and investment commitments with…
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Men carrying rifles flooded stairwells as senators disappeared behind locked doors and whispered instructions.
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Before Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano can worry about being charged with obstruction of justice, he may first have to survive growing rumblings of a…
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'The Bundibugyo strain has no vaccine, no specific treatment.'
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While electricity consumption grew by about 140 percent from 2003 to 2024, transmission lines increased by only 11 percent.
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Trump still leaves the weapons deal hanging there, too. Missiles, rockets, billions of dollars.
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