The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business
The President of our Republic did not show up for the second time in the already two Edsa People Power celebrations during his administration.
Points of View & Perspectives
March, 2018
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4 March
Moving forward the Edsa torch of peaceful change
The Philippines has showcased throughout the world, the return of democracy after a peaceful overthrow of the corrupt Marcos dictatorship. It has inspired similar action that dramatically collapsed the iron curtain and the breakdown of the Berlin Wall.
February, 2018
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25 February
DND and military brass clear Bong Go
Almost everyone was riveted to their TV set last Monday when Special Assistant to the President Secretary Christopher “Bong” Go faced the Senators as he boldly denied intervening in the procurement of two new Navy ships under the military’s modernization program.
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25 February
Senatoriables for a powerhouse team
The famous thinker and philosopher Peirre Teilhard de Chardin once said that “The universe, as we know it, is a joint product of the observer and the observed.”
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25 February
Last call for the BSP
Teaser: The Philippines is one of the economically well-founded emerging markets countries – therefore it gives reason to raise more than an eyebrow when the monetary policy plays with fire.
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19 February
U. S. tax reform generates global growth hope
Economic Spotlight By Peter Lundgreen Teaser: US President Trump got a tax reform as Christmas gift, but it remains a challenge for the financial markets to assess how much it will lift the GDP growth in 2018.
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19 February
The power of radio
First of all, yours truly is Gregorio Licaros Ill, grandson of former Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) governor, the late Gregorio Licaros, the common man from Meycauayan, Bulacan who crept from poverty to the helm of banking and finance power in Asia that began in the post-World War II era up to the golden age of the 80s.
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19 February
FVR recalls historic 1986 People Power that restored democracy in PH
A week before the nation celebrates the 32nd anniversary of People Power that restored freedom and democracy in the Philippines, former President Fidel V. Ramos, one of the key players in that historic event, cited on Wednesday the importance of unity to move the country forward.
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11 February
Unfair to Bong Go
The past week has seen the media cycle spit out pages, and innumerable minutes over TV and radio discussing the alleged intervention of Presidential Management Staff Head and Special Assistant to the President Secretary Christopher “Bong” Go in the selection of a weapons system supplier for the Navy.
January, 2018
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14 January
SMC airport, Megawide rail projects move up
Three unsolicited project proposals for rail, airport and flood control are expected to hurdle regulatory approval and rolled out early this year, having been identified as priority infrastructure projects, the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center said.
