Another round of high FiT due to expensive wind-solar power
Cheaper electricity and stable energy supply are among the important components to have fast and sustainable economic growth.
On Jan. 17, the Philippine Electricity Market...
Let’s fix our trade statistics
There are many stories from the private sector about the unreliability of some export statistics. The latest was about the halving of banana exports...
It’s going to be a laughter-filled year
The Philippine Daily Inquirer called 2016 annus horribilis -- a horrible year, although the high profile public officials provided much comic relief with their...
No longer invited
The usual practice on invitations to request invitees for confirmation of attendance is intended to firm up the guest list and establish catering needs...
Counterfeit revolutions and factional struggles
Philippine politics is driven by the factional struggles over its rent-seeking system.
Rent-seeking is the non-market (primarily politically derived) extraction of surplus or profit. Economic...
The beauty contest: a rite of passage
It’s a political diversion -- to veer the collective consciousness away from the disquieting political noise, and the chilling possibility of a declaration of...
A memoir by Carmen Guerrero Nakpil
The iconic historian, journalist Carmen Guerrero Nakpil's first volume of an autobiographical trilogy series and memoir Myself, Elsewhere is a "must read." Having read...
45 goes to Washington
Several hours after this article's release, Donald John Trump would have been sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts as the 45th President of...
Refuge of scoundrels
To Samuel Johnson (born 1709; died 1784), poet, essayist and author of A Dictionary of the English Language (published in April, 1755), do we...
Let it flow
If the Duterte administration's 10-point Economic Plan was the road map, then we now have the beginnings of a road.
The Department of Trade and...
Putting a value on character
In their evaluation process for making loans, banks and other lending institutions look at the five "C"s of credit. Aside from Capacity, Capital, Collateral,...
Financial inclusion and financial stability
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) deserves a lot of credit for diligently aiming for financial inclusion in the Philippines. The BSP defines financial...