Watching over your credit reputation
By Genie Celini D. Nuevo
Reputation matters.
It could make or break one’s chances of availing a much needed financial life line.
In the financial industry, before a credit facility is...
A high carbon tax is irrational
By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
Political science masquerading as climate science insist that the gas that we humans and our animals exhale, the gas that is used by trees,...
Can We Spend, Spend, Spend?
By Weslene Uy
After a lengthy legislative exercise, the Senate released a Committee Report last month that consolidated 31 different bills on the Tax Reform for Acceleration...
‘Modernization’ for whom?
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
When once Philippine jeepneys were iconic testaments to Filipino ingenuity, resourcefulness and folk art, the erstwhile “King of the Road” is now derided by...
The SyCip Magic: passionate attentiveness to matters great and small
By Teresa S. Abesamis
There is no question that Washington Sycip was an awesomely great man who has made a great difference in people and institutions that were...
Learn to dance with the music
By Greg B. Macabenta
Paying a visit to relatives in a small provincial town is always an interesting experience if you are a columnist desperate to find a...
Inclusive business: Strategic Outcomes and Developmental Impact
By Niceto S. Poblador
Over the past several years, business has been playing an increasingly important role in poverty alleviation and social development through what are known as...
The rise of behavioral economics
By A. R. Samson
The Nobel Prize for economics in 2017 was given to Richard Thaler for the field of behavioral economics. His book Nudge propounded on the...
The Quintessential lifestyle
By Andrew J. Masigan
Thanks to the economic reforms established by the Aquino administration, the Philippines has metamorphosed from the region’s underperformer to its new economic tiger. From...
Dispelling some of the Philippines’ FDI fears
By Euben C. Paracuelles
FOREIGN direct investment (FDI) has received increased attention from locals in recent days after Senator Franklin Drilon from the opposition highlighted...
Uncreative distractions
By Emmanuel de Dios
“Will no one rid me of this turbulent cleric?”
Tradition says these were the words spoken openly (and likely in French) by England’s Henry II...
Mighty’s might
By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III
A most disturbing development that will affect revenue collection and even the credibility of the tax reform is the Department of Justice’s (DoJ) dismissal...