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Thursday, June 19, 2025

An Independent View

Maharlika

THE NEWS of a proposed P250-billion wealth fund being ā€œpushed by allies of President Marcosā€ came as a surprise. The proposal is embodied via...

Macroeconomics

THAT OUR economy is expected to grow by 7.4 percent this year is good news. The challenge will be to facilitate a similarly high...

Power issues

THE MOVE to bring our concerns about the cost and reliability of electricity supply into the public domain via the House of Representatives energy...

Education management

IT IS A LONG time since we had a serious debate about our education system and how it can be improved. This was in...

K-12 review

IN JUNE of this year, incoming president BBM issued an instruction to his vice president and DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte-Carpio to review Republic Act...

Economic challenges, Part 2

THE DEPARTMENT of Transportation (DOTr) is seeking investors to take part in public-private partnership (PPP) projects. We hope these investors can be found. The PPP...

Economic challenges, Part 2

THE DEPARTMENT of Transportation (DOTr) is seeking investors to take part in public-private partnership (PPP) projects. We hope these investors can be found. The PPP...

Economic challenges

THE GOOD news is the creation of a formidably competent economic team. Its members, namely Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno, Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman, Bangko...

Curriculum congestion

FOR A LONG time, we have regularly been judged by international surveys as lagging behind other countries in terms of our educational achievement. The...

Old airports

DURING the presidential term of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, both Iloilo and Bacolod cities acquired new airports. What happened to the old airports? The old Iloilo City airport...