PLAYING the persecuted victim, after being portrayed as a bully and villain, turns the tables on critics and adversaries. It is a marketing technique like “rebranding” of a product or personality.Can a road rage incident caught on video turn an

The Philippines fell seven places to 94th out of 174 countries in the latest version of the Good Country Index (GCI), published by the government advisory firm Anholt & Co. The index measures how much each country contributes to the

A CHAPEL was converted into an intensive care unit for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients as hospitals struggled with a surge in infections in August 2021. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCASTHE Asian Development Bank (ADB) said the government needs to

REUTERSTHE PHILIPPINES and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are in the final stages of negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said.“We are almost there, and then we should be able to

PHILSTAR FILE PHOTOTHE Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said current methods of measuring child poverty tend to produce estimates on the low side, misleading policymakers responsible for resource-allocation decisions.“The stark divergence between standard poverty measures and our individual-level estimates