By Augustus Caesar Esmeralda and Walter Panganiban The world we live in is volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous — changes happen rapidly; many things are […]
Category: Highlights
Building National and Community Resilience
Disaster resilience is everybody’s business. This includes legislative efforts to create the Department of Disaster Resilience. For such a critical piece of legislation, one that will undoubtedly impact all of us, we need to let our voices be heard. Because indeed, it is all about governance.
Keeping The Energy
As we move into a more digital world, our need for reliable energy becomes more evident. And it takes but a few minutes of power interruption to prove this point.
Rating Disaster Resilience of Hotels
Now that restrictions are slowly being lifted, and some semblance of normalcy is beginning to come back, what should hotel owners and management do to win back guests while also preparing for the next global disaster?
The Need for Better Risk Communication
A smart city is a resilient city where all stakeholders are able to communicate openly and share information that allows everybody to mitigate risks, prepare for hazards, and bounce back better.
Is the Philippines Corruption-Resilient?
We hear stories of corruption every year. We get bothered for a while and then we move on. And the cycle continues. Maybe we should look into our resilience against corruption and work on opportunities for improvement.
Access to Education Under the New Normal
Education plays a critical role in our development as a country. If we fail to make distance learning work under this new normal, we risk losing the gains we have achieved over the years.
The Challenge of Contact Tracing
A couple of months into this pandemic and with close to 160,000 confirmed cases, has the Philippines gotten the hang of contact tracing?
How Should a Resilient Pinoy Entrepreneur Carry On
At the heart of the resilient Filipino entrepreneur is the love for the family that inspires them to carry on. The question is how?