Implement new monetary policies
ON JULY 10, 2018 Bangko Sentral was the subject of our column titled “BSP simply reacts; who not set policies in advance?” which discussed,...
BSP simply reacts; why not set policies in advance?
ON JULY 3, 2018, Nestor A. Espenilla, Jr. completed one year of his six-year term as governor of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and chairman of the Monetary Board.
When he assumed office last...
Water supply for Iloilo must be assured
ON DECEMBER 14, 2017, Iloilo City mayor Jose Espinosa III announced that he was not recognizing the current composition of the Board of Directors of the Metro Iloilo Water District...
Establishing a retirement haven or ‘golden village’
ILOILO City’s Mayor Joe Espinosa III reportedly invited investors to Iloilo during his recent trade mission to the US on a team-up with PHILCOMAN or the Philippine Council...
We need a new investment body
WE WROTE “We remember New York” on May 29, 2018 in connection with Iloilo City’s nine-day trade mission to New York from June 1 to 9, 2018 that included an...
For the keen-eyed investor
WE ARE writing this article today for the keen-eyed investor to look into the good prospects for further growth and expansion of Iloilo as a business destination.
To out-of-towners who visit Iloilo, we especially invite you to take a little tour of particular...
Land reform for Boracay ill-advised
ON MAY 30 President Rodrigo R. Duterte reiterated his plan to declare the entire island of Boracay as a land reform area and award it to...
We remember New York
A DELEGATION from Iloilo will “invade” New York on a nine-day “Iloilo City Trade Mission and Investment Forum.”
For the first time our Iloilo City government and the Philippine Council...
Even licensed nurses start as casuals?
LAST WEEK we wrote about doing away with casual employment by introducing to the workplace multi-purpose cooperatives organized under the Cooperative Code of the...
Let us do away with casuals now
IN OUR column of April 24, 2018 titled “Regular work for everyone”, we proposed to set up new service cooperatives and do away with the so-called “endo” or hiring of casual labor.
Now, we...