• Mass stupidity (1)

    Mass stupidity (1)

    Filipino 15-year-olds are among the most stupid teeners on earth.  They cannot count beyond 20.  They cannot read.  If ever they can read, they don’t understand what they read.  They don’t know science, the how […]

  • The end of fossil fuels?

    The end of fossil fuels?

    Major Achievements of the COP28, according to its President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber: “A global goal to triple renewables and double energy efficiency. Declarations on agriculture, food and health. Many more oil and gas companies […]

  • GLOBAL TESTS FOR 15-YEAR-OLDS

    GLOBAL TESTS FOR 15-YEAR-OLDS

    The state of learning and equity in education By the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) PISA is a triennial survey of 15-year-old students around the world that assesses the extent to which they have […]

  • A success story

    A success story

    BBM IN 2023 By Tony Lopez Marcos Jr. has had a successful foreign policy.  The Philippines is a “friend to all, enemy to none”.   That means plainly, Manila is back under the cozy orbit of […]

  • Diokno to CEOs: PH economy fastest growing

    Diokno to CEOs: PH economy fastest growing

    By Antonio S. Lopez At the Nov. 25, 2023 22nd anniversary dinner of BizNewsAsia, Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno painted a bullish outlook for the economy.  The head of the economic team of President Marcos […]

  • 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 […]