Boasting an 85% membership rate or having roughly 94 million Filipinos as members, there is no question about how integrated the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. — more commonly known as PhilHealth — is in the lives of Filipinos.

The CREATE bill (Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Act) has drawn sharp criticism from some economists. A major if not principal criticism is about the accelerated reduction of the corporate income tax (CIT) from 30% to 25% in the very first year of the law’s implementation, if passed.

BULLYING BEHAVIOR in the workplace is now a legitimate management issue. No longer is the head-biting superior the role model for an effective boss. (I don’t get ulcers. I give them out.) Such boorish behavior is considered dysfunctional and likely to erode an organization’s credibility and bottom line. An exodus of talent, arising from a corporate culture of bullying, is a red mark on a company as an employer of choice.

Is there a place for malls in the post-COVID world? This question is relevant not only for the hundreds of mall operators across the country but more so for the thousands of merchants who conduct business inside malls.

There is enough evidence, anecdotal or formal research-based, that people who have obtained higher formal educational levels are likely to earn more than their...

THE ORCHESTRA has been employed often as paradigm for the effectiveness of organizations, including of course a performing group of musicians.

Following tradition, President Duterte released an Executive Order on Labor Day to somehow address the expressed needs of the country’s workers. As expected, most...

The recent resolution of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) requires the parties to the election protest of the loser, Bongbong Marcos, to comment on the PET’s recount of votes in the provinces of Camarines Sur, Iloilo, and Negros Oriental. The outcome of the recount in these provinces even increased the lead of Vice-President Robredo by an additional 14,285 votes. Thus, Vice-President Robredo’s over-all lead is now equivalent to 278,566 votes.

In the weeks that followed the passage of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN), some critics, well meaning or otherwise, have lambasted...

“Socialism with Chinese characteristics” is how the rulers of China describe their economic system. But most economists say it isn’t so much socialist as state capitalist.

The 3.5 million coconut farmers all over the Philippines can benefit significantly if the Lionheart Farms model can be replicated all over the Philippines in those 62 provinces growing this crop that has so much potential for product diversification.

THE discourse around fintech is generally future-focused, including in the Philippines. Founders will discuss how their solutions will change their particular sub-sector of fintech -- be it remittances or mobile payments -- while journalists will opine how these technologies will upend entire industries. Our collective gaze, in short, is firmly fixed toward the horizon ahead.