Oh, it was nothing
By A. R. Samson
No national trait is more endearing than modesty. It routinely attributes even clearly personal triumphs to sheer luck, divine intervention, and the support of...
TRAIN, inflation, and emerging DOE price control
By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
More countries are reporting their January 2018 inflation rate and it is becoming clearer that majority of them have reigned in the inflationary pressure...
Drink (tax) responsibly
By Madeiline Joy Aloria
The recently passed Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law raised excise taxes imposed on products such as sugar-sweetened beverages, cigarettes, and coal....
Barriers to entry for the third telecom
By Amelia H. C. Ylagan
Mobile phone subscriptions have reportedly reached 119 million when the total population is at 101 million, meaning a 117% penetration rate (many people have...
Emperor Xi’s China is done biding its time
By Tobin Harshaw
Bloomberg View
MAO ZEDONG once insisted that “the people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.”...
Divorce is a deadly killer!
By Jemy Gatdula
Pardon the quite unsubtle clickbait title. It is, to be clear, not meant to disrespect or make light of anybody’s circumstance. But two things:...
Decline and fall
By Luis V. Teodoro
President Rodrigo Duterte described the civilian-military mutiny known as the “People Power Revolution” that overthrew the Marcos terror regime 32 years ago as among...
A warm embrace
By A. R. Samson
Proper etiquette governs most corporate practices. As an example in the case of gift-giving -- is it okay to give something with a five-year...
Trump’s worst economic idea
By Bloomberg Editorial Board
DOES anyone, anywhere, support President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports?
As Bloomberg News recently reported, Trump...
Cobalt, batteries, and TRAIN
By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
Many people are enamored -- and rightly so -- with consumer electronics and gadgets like smartphones, iPads, laptops, and so on. Then, there is...
Getting constitutional governance right
By Benito L. Teehankee
Our legislators are busy discussing changing the Constitution -- again. Our lawmakers, often with prodding from Malacañang and special interest groups, think that the...
Get it done, then move on
By Marvin A. Tort
In many instances in our history, we appear to have stayed in place rather than having moved forward. In some cases, we even slid...