Everyone in the financial horizon

IN MANY government documents, including the corporate charters of several government financial institutions, financial inclusion is a goal. Simply put, it is the goal of...

Be guarded against self-righteousness

GIVEN our strong tendency to fall into self-righteousness, everyday we should devise some kind of plan or strategy to protect ourselves from it. That...

‘Projects delayed, projects denied’

INDI lang ‘Justice delayed, justice denied” ang nagakatabo diri sa aton pungsod sa madamo nga kaso. Kon indi tungod kulang ang aton mga hwes kag...

Decongesting the capital region is doable

MANY OF YOU, perhaps, are wondering why I am developing Villar City south of Metro Manila. Some of you may be even skeptical about...

Political rice

THE SAMAHANG Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) is calling for the abolition of the National Food Authority (NFA). Reacting to reports that the NFA prefers to...

School buildings

CONSTITUTIONALLY, the State has the responsibility to “establish and maintain a system of free public education in the elementary and high school levels. Without...

The spirit more than the body

WE ARE composed of body and soul. But of the two, let’s see to it that we give utmost attention to the soul which...

Doctors to the Barrios

(By Dr. Joseph D. Lim and Dr. Kenneth Lester Lim, BS-MMG, DDM, MSc-OI) IT’S BEEN 20 years since Dr. Juan M. Flavier started the Doctors to the Barrio program in...

Marcial Bonifacio a.k.a. Ninoy Aquino

IT’S THE time of the year when the death of a Malaysian citizen, a certain Marcial Bonifacio, is celebrated as a public holiday in...

Another solid performance

AYALA Corporation’s core net income surged by 55% to P20.5B, driven by BPI, Ayala Land, and ACEN, lifting core earnings 38% beyond pre-COVID levels....