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Building human capital—the acquisition of health, knowledge, skills and experience throughout a person’s life—is crucial for the present and future workforce to reach their full potential as productive members of society. This requires an urgent call for sustained multi-sectoral human capital investments as the Philippines...

(Conclusion) The challenge of artificial intelligence (AI) ethics is particularly pressing given the country’s history of social media manipulation during elections. The infamous Cambridge Analytica scandal, where AI was used to manipulate voter behavior through targeted misinformation, serves as a cautionary tale. As future elections...

(First of two parts) I remember scrolling through TikTok one lazy Sunday afternoon when I stumbled upon a video of Dr. Willie Ong, the beloved health guru, enthusiastically endorsing a male enhancement supplement. My first thought was, “Has he lost his mind?” As if that...

Many of us often lament being “poor.” I grew up in a rural town in Central Luzon, which was then at the center of the Huk movement. Despite that, I didn’t develop the thought that my town or the Philippines is poor. I owe that...

During the last academic term, after over 40 years of teaching, I noticed something remarkable—all my students’ term papers were written in impeccable English. This starkly contrasted to the usual mix of clarity and confusion I had come to expect. And yet, while the flawless...

“Regulate AI!” I often hear this call from well-meaning crusaders who fear that artificial intelligence (AI), a technology that was developed to help man, might end up controlling him. Strangely, the present screams for regulation worry me as much as the evils that AI can...

There is electricity in the seeming rarefied air of the Stanford University campus. Two mantras always come to mind as I walk in its expansive campus with verdant trees and temperate weather. One is, “Move fast and break things.” Serving as a vital cog in...

The race to find clean and sustainable energy has never been more relevant for the country than it is today. In the first quarter of 2024, the Philippines posted an economic growth of 5.7 percent. At the current rate we are going, it is projected...

The Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) has been pushing consistently for vital policy reforms to improve the global competitiveness of the Philippines and enable a sustainable business environment for both local and foreign investors. Leveraging the visit of the Lithuanian business delegation —headed by...