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THE GREATNESS OF PHILIPPINE BANKS
The pandemic has become a rare opportunity for banks to be good, and to upscale from being good to being simply great. Since banks are an invention of man, the pandemic is also an opportunity […]
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MANKIND’S FAILURE
A rather ponderously named Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR or simply the Panel) of the World Health Organization has called COVID-19 the 21st century’s Chernobyl moment—“not because a disease outbreak is like […]
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THE LORDS IN THE RING
In May next year, 50 million Filipinos will elect the next president of the Philippines. The candidates to succeed Rodrigo Roa Duterte are not exactly the best of the Filipino race. And judging by the […]
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THE TURNING POINT
Finally, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte gets himself vaccinated. The 76-year-old chief executive got the jab on Monday, May 3, with a dose of the now legendary Sinopharm vaccine. That is good news for two reasons. […]
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RAMON ANG’S BIG DREAMS
Three bouts with COVID convinced RSA about two things: One, life can be short and death can be sudden; you cannot bring wealth to your grave, “not even your wrist watch,” he smiles. Two, a […]