The Manila Times Opinion

27/06/2025

THE downside of, I wouldn’t call it fame, but more of getting a lot of attention on social media, is bashing.

THE downside of, I wouldn’t call it fame, but more of getting a lot of attention on social media, is bashing. And I’m not immune to this. I’ve had my fair or sometimes unfair share. It comes with the territory, which means it is a natural effect of a situation. More people take notice of what ...

27/06/2025

THE Office of the Vice President (OVP) calls the attention of the editorial and reportorial teams of The Manila Times regarding its misleading banner story published on June 26, 2025, titled: “Sara: Why would drug war victims’ families object?” The article falsely claimed that Vice President Sara Duterte “cannot understand why the families of the victims of the drug war oppose the petition of her father for interim release from the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying that his condition is now worsening.”

THE Office of the Vice President (OVP) calls the attention of the editorial and reportorial teams of The Manila Times regarding its misleading banner story published on June 26, 2025, titled: “Sara: Why would drug war victims’ families object?” The article falsely claimed that Vice President S...

27/06/2025

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut — The outbreak of a new war in the Middle East, together with a destructive tariff war, makes for a lethal combination in a sluggish world economy. Notwithstanding the possibility of a tentative ceasefire, the odds of imminent global recession have increased sharply.

27/06/2025

WITHOUT the use of prohibited drugs, alcohol or gambling, one may be an addict. A new wave of addictive behaviors is emerging.

27/06/2025

IDENTIFICATION technology is still trailing behind the rest of the world, where eyes, voice and facial recognition are already the standard.

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27/06/2025

THE City of Manila recently commemorated the 454th anniversary of its establishment as a Spanish colonial city on June 24.

THE City of Manila recently commemorated the 454th anniversary of its establishment as a Spanish colonial city on June 24. However, that is not the city’s “foundation day” because Manila existed long before the forces led by maestro de campo Martin de Goiti took possession of it in the name of...

27/06/2025

FIRST, I recommend reading Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan’s column in yesterday’s Inquirer, “Rethinking industrial policy for development.”

FIRST, I recommend reading Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan’s column in yesterday’s Inquirer, “Rethinking industrial policy for development.” I was shocked and overjoyed that we have a Cabinet-level economic planner who understands and embraces the need for serious industri...

27/06/2025

AT last, the rains are here, and the high temperatures of April and May have gone down. Manila is now an average of 2 degrees Celsius below Madrid.

AT last, the rains are here, and the high temperatures of April and May have gone down. Manila is now an average of 2 degrees Celsius below Madrid. Summer has taken hold of Europe, with the United Kingdom undergoing such unheard-of high temperatures that residents are now contemplating buying air-co...

27/06/2025

ON June 13, United States B-2 bombers bombed three major nuclear sites in Iran — Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan — and totally “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear capability, according to US President Donald Trump.

ON June 13, United States B-2 bombers bombed three major nuclear sites in Iran — Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan — and totally “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear capability, according to US President Donald Trump. Israel led the US strongest allies in applauding Trump’s unilateral strike; and overni...

27/06/2025

LEAKS from the US’ own intelligence services have debunked President Donald Trump’s boast that the 30,000-pound GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator “bunker buster” bombs on June 21 have “completely obliterated” Iran’s facilities that have been developing its nuclear bombs for decades.

27/06/2025

ECONOMIC inequality, disruptions during the Covid-19 pandemic and misinformation have slowed down global efforts to vaccinate children against deadly diseases, a new study by an international team of researchers and published in the Lancet journal has found.

Vaccination slowdown puts millions of children at risk

27/06/2025

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