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 […]

Spotlight

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 […]

Government

NEEDED YESTERDAY: A NEW MANILA AIRPORT

Government should now give SMC the final go-signal  to build its $15B aerotropolis in Bulacan north of Manila The crash-landing of XiamenAir Flight MF8667 at 11:56 p.m. midnight of Aug. 16, 2018 brought into sharp […]

Business

FILIPINO BILLIONAIRES

Forbes Magazine has listed the world’s billionaires for 2017. Included are 14 Filipino billionaires, ranked, worldwide, from 94th (Henry Sy with $12.7 billion estimated wealth) to 1795th (Roberto V. Ongpin with an estimated $1.1 billion […]