Unpacking the Filipino Dream: Optimism meets reality
By Ron F. Jabal
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)’s latest research, “The Filipino Dream,” paints an inspiring picture of what gets Filipinos going: the aspirational dream of financial...
The Philippines and India at 75: From distant neighbors to vital Indo-Pacific partners
By Don McLain Gill
THE Philippines and India share deep cultural and civilizational relations spanning hundreds of years. However, both nations were faced with new strategic challenges following...
Gerasimov and China’s ‘Three Warfares’
By Jemy Gatdula
The Manchurian Candidate was a 1959 novel by Richard Condon (later made into a classic movie with Frank Sinatra) that involved a communist conspiracy...
Does Bitcoin at $100,000 signal a last laugh for HODLers?
By Lionel Laurent
WHAT is there to say with Bitcoin at $100,000 for those of us who thought $10,000 looked nuts. After 15 years of cryptocurrency boom-and-bust...
The case for lying to kids about Santa — from a philosopher
By Tom Whyman
I have a vivid memory of the moment I realized Santa didn’t exist. I was around six years old, it was the height of...
Philippine-Argentina trade and investment opportunities
By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
Last Tuesday, Dec. 10, I was lucky to meet Argentina’s top diplomat to the Philippines, Ambassador Ricardo Luis Bocalandro. Two officials joined him: the...
Premium pricing
By Tony Samson
CAN A REGULAR SERVICE or product be enhanced with upscale features and sold at a premium price? This has already been a tradition in...
The demographic dividend of the Philippines: Natural Family Planning
By Bernardo M. Villegas
It is the talk of the ASEAN community that the Philippines was able to reduce its Total Fertility Rate (TFR) from 2.7 babies per fertile woman in 2017 to 1.9 in 2022 as Dr. Jeoffrey Abalos reported in a publication of the Population Association of Singapore. There are all sorts of theories about what explains this dramatic drop to TFR below replacement rate (which is 2.1) in just five years.
Balance and transition in the Philippine energy sector
By Victor Andres C. Manhit
It is tempting to say that transitioning to renewable energy must be done at the soonest possible time, for the sake of the environment....
Petitioners statement against the defunding of social health insurance
We, the group that petitioned the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the transfer of PhilHealth (Philippine Health Insurance Corp.) funds to the National Government,...
With the right policies, the Philippines can unlock key supply chain opportunities as offshore...
By Liming Qiao
AS THE PHILIPPINES stands on the brink of unlocking its significant offshore wind power potential, there is a pressing need to understand the key...
The journey from the C suite to the B suite
By Ma. Aurora D. Geotina-Garcia
For companies seeking individuals to appoint as members of their Board of Directors, a common source is the pool of CEOs approaching retirement. Many...