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Above the clouds

By Zsarlene B. Chua

NEVER IN MY LIFE have I dreamed of climbing a mountain but somehow I found myself climbing Luzon’s highest summit (and the country’s third highest) in late February during a junket promoting the newest pickup truck variant of a Japanese automotive manufacturer.

Ode to the Boatman

ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S first tourist attractions, the iconic Pagsanjan Falls, is one of the most memorable travel images of Philippine dating back to the 1970s.

Data: Mixed export, factory fortunes in January

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Huawei Mate 8 review

By Sam Gonzales

Is Huawei’s new flagship device competitive enough to join the big leagues? Check out this review. 

Binging on ads

See how much these 15 election candidates have spent so far on political advertising spots on TV network giant ABS-CBN.

Poe, Binay still tied at top spot, says latest survey of Pulse Asia

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES Senator Grace Poe and Vice-President Jejomar C. Binay are statistically tied at the top spot in the latest poll by the Pulse Asia Research, Inc., as commissioned by the ABS-CBN Corp., with the results showing a similar trend in an earlier survey conducted independently by the same polling outfit last week. Read the full story.

Philippines’ export performance

This is the country’s export performance as of September 2015. 

How the Philippines performs in WEF’s Energy Architecture

The Philippines’ ranking dropped though its scores improved in the World Economic Forum’s Energy Architecture Performance Index (EAPI) 2016. See more details on the WEF global ranking below.

Philippines among those with most women in leadership roles

According to the results of a Grant Thornton global survey, the Philippines has the highest number of senior leadership roles held by women. See how other countries performed. 

Numbering the super-rich

Consultancy Knight Frank’s Wealth Report 2016 shows that the global population of ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) has grown by 60% in the past decade and will increase by another 41% by 2025. Some 6,000 people fell out of the UHNWI bracket last year amid “slower economic growth and the more volatile financial climate,” the report said, but growth in emerging economies was faster. Here are the numbers of Southeast Asia’s UHNWIs over time, as well as a breakdown of the Philippine millionaire population, with projections to 2025. 

Headline inflation rates

Data source: Philippine Statistics Authority

Rosca on reading, writing, and revolution

By Robert J.A. Basilio, Jr.

Ninotchka Rosca doesn’t exactly consider herself a paragon of a literary artist.