Business
ALPHALAND ON A ROLL
In the latest (2017) Forbes listing of the world’s 2,043 dollar billionaires, only 14 Filipinos made the grade, down from 20 in 2016. The 14 Philippine billionaires for this year are led by Henry Sy […]
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Government
DE LIMA DESTROYED
At 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, Leila de Lima, 57, married but separated, was ushered into her detention cell at the northern suburban Quezon City Camp Crame national headquarters of the Philippine National Police. By […]
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BANKING FOR THE POOR
Nestor “Nesting” Espenilla Jr. is the 11th governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas or central bank. He took over July 2 to begin a six-year term. A veteran banking regulator and an economist, Espenilla, […]
News
ISIS TERRORISM
“ISIS is here!”. That is the most important conclusion authorities have drawn from the ongoing siege in Marawi, 1,487 kms southwest of Manila. Marawi is an ancient Muslim-dominated lakeside settlement dating back to 1639. It […]
Government
HOW BANKS FIGHT ATM CRIME AND CORRUPTION
(The following is an edited version of the transcript of the Senate Banking Committee hearing on June 21, 2017, looking into the so-called hacking of BPI. Certain Tagalog words were translated into English whenever possible […]