Engendering economic growth
AN EMPHASIS on infrastructural development as exemplified by the ‘build build build’ program is welcome.
By international standards, our overall economic situation as indicated by...
Inflation
Article VII Section 17 of the Constitution says that the President shall have control of all the executive departments, bureaus and offices.
Last month, President...
Press relations
ALL ORGANIZATIONS seek kind treatment from the press. Many individuals, especially those in showbusiness, also want favorable press coverage. Sportsmen, particularly these days where...
Meddling
Meddle - interfere or busy oneself unduly with something that is not one’s concern (The New Oxford American Dictionary)
No Meddling
It was reported last week...
Non-tariff barriers
NON-TARIFF barriers? What are these? It has to mean red tape. What does red tape mean? Red tape means corruption opportunities. And corruption opportunities...
Electricity supply
SOME MONTHS ago it was reported that Panay Electric Company (PECO) had applied to the Legislative Franchise Committee of the House of Representatives for...
Why is electricity so expensive?
AS EVERYONE has experienced, we are living in a time of serious inflation. Government statistics are annualized which tends to underestimate the rate of...
A fresh start
THE SUPREME Court meets today to consider the petition of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV which challenges the constitutionality of President Rodrigo Duterte’s proclamation voiding...
Seniority?
ON AUG. 25, Associate Justice Teresita J. Leonardo-De Castro was appointed Chief Justice. Five days later, the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) invited applications...
Tourism statistics
ACCORDING to the Department of Tourism (DOT), there were 4.3 million foreign visitors to the Philippines over the period January to July 2018. This...