Crossroads by Jonathan Dela Cruz
Let the vaccines in
"Be proactive and scour the entire planet to get hold of the much-needed vaccines by any legal means possible." ...
Locsin’s advisories
"The secretary shows how real diplomacy in our relations with the rest of the world should be undertaken." Foreign...
What C.R.E.A.T.E. creates
"What exactly does this plan provide?" Finally, Congress has passed the long-awaited and much needed tax incentives reform plan....
Stabs in the back
"Price controls have the net effect of stunting efforts to take our agricultural sector to the next level." President...
A balancing of interests
"This is a more progressive way of ensuring not just more pork at the table but more jobs and a...
Let sleeping dogs lie
"Why did Lorenzana even mount this high-profile operation?" Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana should consider sidelining whoever advised him to...
Hail to the chief
"The problem is that calls for unity can end up on slippery slopes." Last week, Joseph R. Biden was...
Our Dengvaxia moment
"The question of public acceptability lingers." The conflicting statements and reports being issued by administration officials on the government’s...
Still out in the cold
"It will be hard for our people to believe that we will be able to get even just the first...
Shattered
"In the US, demonization and blame throwing dominate." To say that America was shaken to the core, as our...
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