NEWS & ARTICLES

As the world prepares to observe another World Whistleblowers Day on June 23, 2024, it’s imperative to reflect on the evolving dynamics of corporate accountability and the indispensable role whistleblowers play in unveiling wrongdoing. Amidst deliberations concerning corporate governance and transparency, the Philippines finds itself at...

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...

We often assume that women, like men, are fully equipped and have the financial savvy to plan their personal and business finances. However, various studies have observed the reality that there is a gender gap in financial literacy that persists globally, and which poses challenges...

“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...

A plastic-free future really starts with us — in our homes, in our place of work, and wherever we conduct business like stores and factories. We have already read about plastic leaching into our groundwater, and we hope for plastic-free fish and food, in general. What...

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...

Panel Discussion on AI (L-R) MAP ICT Committee Co-Vice Chair TEDDY SUMULONG; IBM Consulting CTO for Hybrid Cloud Services in ASEAN and Distinguished Engineer SURESH ESWARAN; PWC New Zealand Partner and Asia Pacific Leader in Generative AI SCOTT MCLIVER; and Tableau Enterprise Account Executive CHARLES...

We all know the issues of the day: persistent inflation that affects customer spending, new technologies that disrupt how business gets done and how customers interact with brands, new products and services from new competitors, and a changing country demographic that challenges how we hire...

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...