Women entrepreneurs key to accelerating financial inclusion in the Philippines

By Riccardo Puliti
DURING a visit to Manila last year, I spent time with three inspiring women entrepreneurs, Bambi Sia, Jenny Yrasuegui, and Linda Moya. I was...

Corazon Aquino’s legacy

By Luis V. Teodoro
The family and friends of the late President Corazon Aquino marked her 90th birthday on Jan. 25. No one in government even mentioned it, but it would have been surprising if any one of them had done so.

Sanctions haven’t made clear what counts as ‘Russian oil’

By Julian Lee
EUROPEAN UNION sanctions on Russian oil are inching closer, with Germany, the bloc’s biggest economy, saying that it won’t oppose an embargo. But what is actually considered “Russian oil”?

Optimizing business recovery with court-mandated guidelines for notification in financial rehabilitation proceedings

By Wildy L. Pahayahay
Business organizations, like any other ventures, are not immune to the complexities of economic downturns that may be brought about by volatile market conditions,...

Why revert NIA from OP to DA

By Sally and Gerry Bulatao
Reverting the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) from the Office of the President (OP) to the Department of Agriculture (DA) is an important matter that may have, inadvertently, slipped out of the agenda for fine-tuning the country’s food security program. Should not the department charged with the production of a water-dependent crop have authority over the agency that ensures that such farms have enough water?

This nuclear arms race is worse than the last one

By Andreas Kluth AS LONG AS the pandemic rages, the world’s leaders are understandably preoccupied with the threat of disease. But there are other dangers...

No to ‘Cha-cha’ before the fiesta

By Marvin Tort
Congress should reconsider its plan to deliberate within the year any proposed changes to the 1987 Constitution, and then to later convene as a constituent assembly to amend the charter. The House leadership’s plan is to ratify any proposed charter changes in a plebiscite that can be held also during the May 2022 national and local elections.

Repeating history

By Luis V. Teodoro
There was hardly any question about it. The dominance of the Duterte “supermajority” in both houses of Congress made the one-year extension of martial...

No more ‘business as usual’ for electricity in the Philippines

By Eddie O’ Connor AS the economy in the Philippines continues to grow, energy demand races ahead. Recent analysis by the Asia Development Bank and...

Why having the President in charge of agriculture is a good thing

By Bernardo M. Villegas
After reading the very positive assessment of Philippine economic prospects in the coming five years from my long-term colleague, Jim Walker, I have been...

A 5% economy?

By Romeo L. Bernardo
I take no delight in having been right and was unsurprised when the disappointing second quarter gross domestic product (Q2 GDP) annual growth number...

Don’t let Trump fool you. US elections are fair and secure

By Mary Ellen Klas
MARICOPA County Supervisor Bill Gates appeared before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform in 2021 and told lawmakers that “as a Republican who...