Five easy ways to use less water at home – and not just in a drought

With so much of the world suffering from drought, you might think your ability to help is minimal. But when you consider the average person in...

Blinken reaffirms US commitment to Mutual Defense Treaty

MANILA – United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday assured President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that the US would honor its decades-old commitment to the...

Parenting styles vary across the US

Most people agree that children should have enough to eat, not be sexually molested and never be punished in a way that requires medical treatment. But...

DOT to strengthen Filipino Brand of Service

MANILA – Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco bared Thursday the Department of Tourism (DOT)’s immediate plans to facilitate an interagency technical working group (TWG) which seeks to...

Inflation: why it’s happening and why interest rates are going up to combat it

Soaring prices have forced central banks in many developed countries to raise their interest rates in recent weeks. These organisations are in charge of attempts to...

Kenya election: four ways to better safeguard and defend democracy

More elections are being held than ever – but the number of questionable polls being held around the world is fuelling fears of a “global democratic...

The US is revisiting its trade relations with African countries: key issues on the table

Why it’s important to think about social media use as a form of dissociation, rather than addiction

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, I had an unfortunate Saturday routine. I would wake up in my studio apartment and immediately turn to...

PH detects 95 more cases of Omicron BA.5 subvariant

MANILA – The country has detected 95 additional cases of the Omicron BA.5 subvariant of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the Department of Health (DOH) reported Friday....

FVR icon of peace, patriotism: Manila archbishop

MANILA – Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula on Friday paid tribute to the good examples set by the administration of former president Fidel V. Ramos (FVR) in...