Solon wants cost-benefit analysis of proposed charter amendments

MANILA – There is a need to perform a cost-benefit analysis in amending the Constitution in order to relax restrictions on foreign investments. House Minority Leader Marcelino...

Speaker pushes one-strike policy vs non-performing tax collectors

MANILA – House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Sunday said he would propose to Malacañang a “one-strike policy” against non-performing collectors of the Bureau of Internal Revenue and...

PH-Israel: Enhancing 65 years of friendship through innovation

MANILA – The Philippines and Israel celebrated 65 years of friendship on Sunday, marking an already warm and historic relations with increased interactions in the areas of agriculture,...

Road user tax eyed for elevated walkways, bike lanes

MANILA – A portion of the unutilized road users’ tax of PHP82.2 billion can be used to improve pedestrian mobility in crowded areas of Metro Manila and...

Ireland has lost almost all of its native forests – here’s how to bring them back

Despite its green image, Ireland has surprisingly little forest. Across Europe, nations average around 35% forest cover but in Ireland the figure is just 11%, one...

The American right has gone to war with ‘woke capitalism’ – here’s what they get wrong

Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor and likely future presidential contender, has opened up a new front in his party’s war on “woke capitalism”. He is proposing...

Niger is Africa’s fastest growing country – how to feed 25 million more people in 30 years

Niger, a landlocked country in the dry Sahel region of Africa, struggles to feed its 25 million people. It currently ranks 115th out of 121 countries...

China: why Beijing has decided this is the year to ‘unify’ with Taiwan

Ukraine: Beijing’s peace initiative offers glimpse at how China plans to win the war

Beijing’s “Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis” has now been officially released by the country’s foreign ministry, after being foreshadowed by China’s top...

Omagh police shooting: why attack comes at a difficult time in Northern Ireland

The shooting of a police officer in Omagh on Thursday evening is another horrific reminder that Northern Ireland remains a deeply and dangerously divided society. Though...