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Rx for PhilHealth: A new chief

February 07, 2025
It just might be the shot in the arm that the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) needs to regain consciousness on the proper and efficient handling of funds from the premium payments of its 62.24 million members. On Tuesday, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. named Dr. Edwin Mercado president and chief executive officer of the state health insurance firm that, in recent months, has descended into chaos following several budget controversies, among them the zero subsidy
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Moving Into High Gear

A million new cars on the road? No, thanks

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Human Face

Older males in girls’ pregnancies

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Looking Back

RIPH: Readings in Philippine history

Ambeth R. Ocampo
Glimpses

The Rot Seeping Through

Jose Ma Montelibano
FLEA MARKET OF IDEAS

The costs of having wrong leaders

Joel Ruiz Butuyan
Safe Space

Parents need to catch up

Anna Cristina Tuazon
The Long View

Not friends, not partners, not even allies

Manuel L. Quezon III
QUESTION THE BOX

The true light of compassion

Inez Ponce de leon
Sharp Edges

Food price manipulation must end!

Jake J. Maderazo
No Free Lunch

Failed agriculture, failed state

Cielito F. Habito
On The Move

Saying goodbye to Yahoo

Segundo Eclar Romero
HORIZONS

Can the opposition unify?

Richard Heydarian
Kris-Crossing Mindanao

Bohol’s charms

Rufa Cagoco-Guiam
Gray Matters

Slowing down ‘budol’

Michael Lim Tan
With Due Respect

Trump’s limits on birthrights bad for PH

Artemio V. Panganiban
In the Pink of Health

Mother and child

Fatima Ignacio Gimenez
Undercurrent

Beyond appointing principals

Eleanor Pinugu
Public Lives

Modernity, ‘wokeness,’ and DEI

Randy David
Moments

Present, Lord!

Fr. Jerry M. Orbos SVD
Commentary

A year of snakes and ladders

Andrew Sheng
Young Blood

Notes on writing 

Nicole Tengco
Business Matters

Emerging startup trends in the Philippines

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Young Blood

‘Hoy, Pinoy ako!’

Chynna S. Ong
Commentary

A fleeting peace

Zahid Hussain
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