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  • Digital, food, green energy

    Digital, food, green energy

    By Antonio S. Lopez I was in Singapore for the Singapore Fintech Festival, Nov. 14-17, 2023.  Just like my recent visit to the headquarters of a couple of Chinese tech companies in Shenzhen, China, one […]

  • Shenzhen

    Shenzhen

    By Antonio S. Lopez On Nov. 8-11, 2023, I went to Shenzhen, by plane on Cathay Pacific from Manila to Hong Kong, and by car from Hong Kong to Shenzhen. After four days touring Shenzhen’s […]

  • ERB: The Bold Digital Visionary

    ERB: The Bold Digital Visionary

    When Edwin R. Bautista became CEO of UnionBank in 2018, he saw the future of the bank.  It had to go digital. UB must not only grow.  It must grow big.  It must not only […]

  • Journalism’s best, brightest, bravest, and biggest names

    Journalism’s best, brightest, bravest, and biggest names

    By Antonio S. Lopez The “MOPC Journalism Awards” have been a huge, stunning success. On Oct. 25, at the gala event attended by journalism’s best, brightest, bravest and biggest names, 11 individuals and three major […]

  • PH has the money to prosper amid wars in Ukraine and Gaza

    PH has the money to prosper amid wars in Ukraine and Gaza

    As mankind winds down the first quarter of the 21st century, the world is suddenly in the grip of two large regional wars –Ukraine-Russia and Israel-Hamas.  Both have the unpredictable potential of flaring into larger […]

  • Economies recover

    Economies recover

    Economic performance in the region is being shaped by both external and domestic developments. By the World Bank Growth   Most economies in developing East Asia and Pacific (EAP), other than several Pacific Island countries, […]

  • NGCP vows higher transmission capability as power demand growth doubles to 6.7%

    NGCP vows higher transmission capability as power demand growth doubles to 6.7%

    By Antonio S. Lopez In a series of hearings recently, senators took turns pummeling key officials and legal luminaries of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).   In three hearings on May 17, […]

  • Can the Philippines process business permits in just 10 to 15 minutes?

    Can the Philippines process business permits in just 10 to 15 minutes?

    By Tony Lopez Ten minutes. That is the commitment I was trying to wangle from Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and House Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on how long an investor can get a business […]