Business

GLORY DAYS WITH LANDOIL AND BASIC, WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE PHILIPPINES-CHINA EXPLORATION IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA OR SCS

By Jose de Venecia, Jr. Former Speaker of the House (Speech at Basic Energy Corporation’s 50th anniversary.  Basic  was founded in 1968, among the Philippines’ pioneer oil exploration firms and which discovered commercial oil in the […]

Spotlight

RICE, POVERTY, INSURGENCY

A VICIOUS CYCLE OF MISERY It is now abundantly clear that President Duterte’s No. 1 problem is not traffic, not drugs, not terrorists, and, not China, but food – the lack or the shortage of […]

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PHILIPPINE GROWTH INCREASINGLY PACED BY INVESTMENTS

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez says despite the restrained growth performance during the second quarter (when economic growth dived to just 6%), the Philippine economy remains one of the fastest growing in Asia. “This growth is […]

Ivy Digest

THE FIRST PRIMER ON PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION

There were 6.62 million arrivals in the Philippines last year. That’s an 11% increase from 2016. It is projected to grow up to 11 million by 2023. “A fast-growing economy, numerous attractive investment opportunities, improvements […]