Sustaining the Lead, Beating the Heat
By Diwa C. Guinigundo
Exactly 21 years ago, in a speech delivered on Dec. 5, 1996, then US Fed chairman Allan Greenspan used the term...
Kings over Jerusalem
By Amelia H. C. Ylagan
Herod the Great was named by the Senate as “King of the Jews,” with a tacit order for him to control the Jews, who...
Public interest over vested interest
By Jo-Ann Latuja-Diosana
Protect public interest over vested interest. This is our call as the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion bill (TRAIN) is nearing to be...
How to cure a toxic workplace
By Christopher Stephens
THE seemingly endless sexual misconduct allegations of recent weeks make it clear that too many businesses have profound and systemic deficiencies that...
Business community supports coal tax hike as milestone towards cheaper, cleaner electricity
Marlon Apanada
THE SENATE has recently approved the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) bill. This includes a coal excise tax increase from P10 per...
Why the WTO Argentina Ministerial means nothing for the Philippines
By Jemy Gatdula
The “bicycle theory of international trade” goes a little like this: think of trade as a bicycle; you keep peddling or you stop and...
Opportunity missed
By Luis V. Teodoro
Is jeepney “modernization” the answer to the Philippines’ land transportation woes? Or does the solution lie elsewhere? Will that scheme put in place a...
Sea song
By Maria Victoria Rufino
A flashback to the past is to dream of the sea. It offers a brief albeit refreshing interlude from the oppressive urban congestion and...
Stock information
By A. R. Samson
Insider information in the stock market should not only refer to illicit access to still undisclosed developments. It should also include lessons to be...
The Habito carbon tax distortion
Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
Very often, the purpose of government is to make cheap things become more expensive. It does this via high and multiple taxes, regulatory fees,...
Lessons from millennial corporate leaders
Benito L. Teehankee
In 2013, Time magazine called the millennials the “Me-Me-Me” generation and its cover declared that “millennials are lazy, entitled narcissists.” Not surprisingly, the age...
Much noise about black rock
Marvin A. Tort
There has been much noise in media lately regarding a certain black rock. In particular, there has been an effort to create the perception...