Primary healthcare needs sharp focus
The writer says efforts and strategic advancement is required to reinstate the importance and efficient working of primary health centres in the public health system.
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Marcos needs a new national economic strategy
The writer says that despite a plethora of foreign visits, where Mr. Marcos secured billions of investment pledges, there is still little sign that the Philippines is being taken…
The media must do more to protest oppressive laws like the Cyber Security Act
The writer says it is imperative that news outlets subject themselves to ever stronger, more exacting standards of journalism in order to remain credible.
Killing of three lawyers during Marcos’ term is one too many: Inquirer
The paper says that even as the new administration spurned the Duterte drug war killings, the killing of three lawyers—among scores of suspected drug users and other…
Cold War 2.0
The US and China coexist, if somewhat uneasily, in a multipolar world in which each side is deeply suspicious of and hostile to the world view of the other.
The country Nawaz Sharif is returning to is quite different to the one he left in 2019
When he returns, Mr Sharif will not only have to explain his absence, but also what his party plans to do to address the challenges Pakistan is facing.
The Asean Summit and Asean’s future
On the back of the high expectations toward Indonesia’s ASEAN chairmanship, the summit had to deal with the unresolved crisis in Myanmar and the heightening tension in the South…
Militarized eviction in Rempang
The paper says that the root cause of the unrest in Rempang is more profound and complicated than what those in Jakarta think.
Hiring children as domestic workers isn’t a favour to them, but a crime
The writer says our society, lawmakers and government must prioritise action on poverty alleviation, population control, free compulsory education and protecting children from…
Changing chessboard in global politics
The latest declaration by the G20 reflects a shift from the Western-dominated world order towards the interests of the Global South.