Space technology has more practical uses than many would imagine. It’s easy to see space technology as something quite literally out of this world when...

AS WE MOVE ON and recover from the years impacted by the pandemic, we recognize the need for governments to deliver digitalized services, enable...

In the Philippines, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has adopted an outcomes-based education approach with the primary goal of developing key competencies among...

In my conversations with entrepreneurs, CEOs and Filipino businesspeople over the years, we often talk about their “secret sauce.” What is that one ingredient...

Paying a visit to relatives in a small provincial town is always an interesting experience if you are a columnist desperate to find a...

Article IV, Section 3 of Republic Act No. 11054 -- otherwise known as the Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) -- states that “the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region shall have a parliamentary form of government.” This is repeated in Article VIII, Section 1 on the Wali: “Consistent with a parliamentary form of government, there shall be a Wali who shall serve as the ceremonial head of the Bangsamoro Government.”

Psychology or the role of emotions in economic decisions is already accepted. We don’t always buy at the best price. Nor do we maximize...

Recent economic data show the structural weaknesses of the Philippine economy. In August, inflation accelerated to 6.4% pa from 5.7% pa in July, the highest...

THE YEAR 2020 was synonymous with the COVID-19 pandemic and the unprecedented crisis it brought across economic, social, and health dimensions; 2021, on the other hand, is already being associated with the promise of the next normal.

Last November, I wrote about the rise and fall of the National Steel Corp. (NSC). For those unaware, the Philippines was the second Asian nation...

I anguished over the creeping amnesia when it comes to our wrenching from the dictatorship 34 years ago. But Filipinos have no sense of history, my dear confidant and most patient mentor said. And Manong sent me a copy of Søren Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling, to re-read and ponder in my mature years what had perhaps gone over my head in my college Literature classes.

IN TERMS of evaluating a company’s performance, there’s no better number to look at than net income, or the “bottom line.” Even with the cash flow approach, another measure uses Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortizations (EBITDA). Companies use the bottom line for comparing one period with another, whether success so far is sustainable or whether it is declining. Others in dire straits with the bottom number embraced in parentheses check to see how much time is needed for a turnaround and what steps need to be taken.