Fighting fake news with fake news
By Greg B. Macabenta
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar recently announced the launching of a satellite network, ostensibly to deliver the news directly to the far-flung barangays. The objective:...
Overtaxed corporations?
By Christianne Mae C. Balili
In today’s business community, corporations abound and are still growing in number. In many cases, entrepreneurs opt to conduct business as a corporate entity...
The promise of change always turns into restoration and preservation
By Oscar P. Lagman, Jr.
“For one brief shining moment Filipinos from all walks of life set aside their walls of division and came together for a common purpose...
The Corporate Governance System for the GOCC sector compared with that for PHCs
By Cesar L. Villanueva
The GOCC (government-owned and controlled corporation) Governance Act formally defines “Board of Directors/Trustees” as “the governing body that exercises the corporate powers of a...
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...