Today was my first time to commute to work since this lockdown started. I was nervous, of course, but I was amazed at the level of discipline demonstrated by everyone I met from home to office. Buses, jeepneys, and tricycles, strictly operating at limited capacity, put up plastic dividers to…

Online polls have become a very convenient and popular strategy for gathering data. After all, online survey forms are easy to create, with the help of free applications such as Google Forms and Survey Monkey. They do not require a sampling frame, which is almost impossible to obtain anyway. The…

There are at least three occasions in which Metro Manila cannot casually hide the poor in plain sight: local elections, national elections, and a global pandemic. While all are catastrophic in their own right, the virus and the lockdown have proven exceptionally disastrous for at least 4.5 …

The Eiffel Tower is dim in comparison to the Gilets jaunes or the yellow vests that have filled the streets of France for four weeks now. All romance has left Paris. …