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Philippines import’s annual performance

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Philippines’ misery index, pre- and post-1986

We present you this infographic to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the EDSA uprising. 

Foreign investment pledges by administration

Which president brought in the most foreign investments?

History through headlines: People Power Revolution

Below are front pages, news articles and comic strips of BusinessDay (the predecessor of BusinessWorld) published days leading to the People Power Revolution on February 25, 1986. 

How the Philippines ranks in the Social Progress Index

This infographic shows the ratings of Southeast Asian countries in Deloitte’s Social Progress Index. 

Remittances top 2015 goal

MONEY SENT HOME by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) rose to a record-high level in December that brought the full-year total well above a downward-revised official 4% estimate for 2015, according to the central bank.

In a statement, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said cash remittances totaled some $2.47 billion in December — the biggest inflows posted in any month and 4.9% more than the $2.354 billion seen a year prior.

Remittances traditionally peak every December as OFWs send money to their families for Christmas.

Betting on Mindanao

Building peace is just like clearing land mines.

Or so said Harriet Lamb, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the UK-based International Alert, one of the world’s leading peace-building organizations.

Coca-Cola reaps a big benefit from the word ‘zero’

By Noah Feldman

THINK YOU CAN trademark the word “zero”? If you’re Coca-Cola, you do.

Men face higher risk of cancers linked to oral sex

WASHINGTON — Men are twice as likely as women to get cancer of the mouth and throat linked to the human papillomavirus, or HPV, one of the most common sexually transmitted infections, researchers say.

Ms. Deeds

By Noel Vera

Movie Review
Joy
Directed by David O. Russell

Young and wild… and free?

By Johanna D. Poblete

Theater Review
Dog Sees God: Confessions
of a Teenage Blockhead

Automakers, Super Bowl ad stalwarts, buy less air time

THE SUPER BOWL was a little less sleek, sporty, and horsepowered this year. The portion of advertising time devoted to promoting cars and trucks during the pro football championship game — American TV’s most-watched event — was at the lowest level since 2010.