Comparing overall versus mining taxes per hectare of land
By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
A repeated argument by many sectors clamoring for suspension or closure or higher taxation of large mining projects is that the taxes, fees, and...
Renewables and energy security redux
By Viking Logarta
SENATOR Sherwin Gatchalian discussed his idea of energy security over breakfast with renewable energy advocates earlier this month. A controversial concept, much...
Dangers beyond Marawi
By Mario Antonio G. Lopez
The S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) of Nanyang Technological University of Singapore publishes the research findings of their fellows on various topics...
AWEN and its role in ASEAN
By Pacita U. Juan
It is a tall order to gather the needs of over 300 million women in ASEAN so that policy changes may be suggested to...
Life is beautiful
By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III
Twenty years ago, the film Life is Beautiful made its screen debut. In spite of being a non-Hollywood film, it became a commercial success....
A personal take on investment
By A. R. Samson
There are now TV programs and seminars focusing on personal investments. Their goal is to teach the novice the vocabulary and grammar of the...
Seventeen
By Raul V. Fabella
Roger Federer’s career boggles the mind.
His stay at the top of the tennis universe is unparalleled and his 19 Grand Slam titles will in...
Soul issues and business concerns
By Amelia H. C. Ylagan
The Arangkada Forum is the yearly culminating event of the Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce of the Philippines (JFC) for its Arangkada Philippines Project...
Justice for Kian, justice for all!
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
The cold-blooded murder of 17-year-old senior high school student, Kian Loyd delos Santos, by Caloocan police, in what President Rodrigo Roa Duterte loudly proclaims...
Preparing for the future
By A. R. Samson
There is a genre of literature called Science Fiction or, more currently, Speculative Fiction (SF). These stories portray scenarios where social or technological trends...
Competition law and the issue of relevant markets
By Jemy Gatdula
The transitory period set by the Philippine Competition Commission ended last Aug. 8. From thereon, as stated in the PCC’s Facebook account: “an existing...
Descent to Barbarism
By Luis V. Teodoro
The wanton killings by the police and their surrogate assassins that are the main, in fact the only, component of the brutal and misdirected...