Spending can be discretionary
By A. R. Samson
The costs of maintaining a certain lifestyle often fall in the realm of what economists call “discretionary spending.” This differentiates it from cost-of-living items...
Bye bye, Build Build Build?
By Romeo L. Bernardo
The Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) has been billed as the administration’s flagship legislation for achieving sustainable seven percent growth, generating investments...
Brother against brother
By Amelia H. C. Ylagan
Dark beneath this white --
Thoughts curdle the mind;
I was lost, searching among ghosts.
Where have you been, my brother,
What springs have you tasted,
What mountains have...
Is the customer always right?
By A. R. Samson
All sales and marketing seminars preach the gospel that the customer is king. Companies die without him. He pays everyone’s salary, including the CEO’s....
Angara’s TRAIN of deception
By Karla Michelle Yu
Nakakaloko.
This is how I would choose to describe Sen. Sonny Angara’s version of the Tax Reform for Acceleration (TRAIN) committee report in the Senate.
The...
‘Ascend beyond the Bar Exam’
By Rafael Conejos
THE bus ride going to UST felt as though we were paratroopers in World War II. Some of us were dizzy from...
Corporatization of electric cooperatives can reduce system loss
By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
Three news reports published by BusinessWorld during the past few days indicated that the energy sector in the Philippines and its several neighbors is...
Sovereignty in the conduct of foreign relations
By Jemy Gatdula
Last week, US President Donald Trump gave his first ever address at the United Nations. And from the reaction that mainstream media gave, one...
Brothers under the skin
By Luis V. Teodoro
Some of President Rodrigo Duterte’s adherents and those opposed to him because they have a vision of an alternative State and future and the...
The correction that never happened
By Steve Brice
GLOBAL equity markets have gone without a 5% drawdown for more than a year and they haven’t suffered a 10% correction since...
Investors’ Shifting Sentiments
By Andrew J. Masigan
When you are inside looking in, situations tend to be muted or amplified, depending on which side you are on. I was never entirely...
‘In Memiriam’
By Marvin A. Tort
Tomorrow, Sept. 29, marks the 1st death anniversary of Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago. While in service, she had her fans, as well as her...