With the midterm national and local elections just a year-and-a-half away, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is hard-pressed to come up with a credible and fail-safe automated election system (AES) to replace that of its controversial longtime technology provider, Smartmatic Philippines Inc. Unfortunately, recent developments do not bode well in that direction. On Dec. 14, the Comelec declared a failure in the bidding for the P18.8 billion contract on the Full/Automation System with Transparency Audit/Count that
Of the many titles of my good friend, Ricardo “Ricky” G. Abad (1946-2023), who passed away unexpectedly the day after Christmas, I am quite sure that “theater artist” will last the longest. My basis is the survey evidence that we Filipinos feel much prouder about our achievements in culture and the arts than of our achievements in science and education. The Ateneo de Manila University, where he was professor emeritus of sociology, memorialized him this week thus: “Remembering Ricky: Sociologist, Theatre Artist, and Teacher Extraordinaire,” (ateneo.edu, 1/2/2024). He was all of those, but I would give first billing to his theater,
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