The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business
By Jun Ledesma We have seen the litany of achievements of Duterte administration. It dwarfed the entire six years of the Aquino regime. It could have done better except that it has to first fix a lot of damages wrought by an inept regime that has likewise institutionalized corruption and abetted crime the most horrific of it all – drug …
Points of View & Perspectives
January, 2018
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7 January
2018 prosperity not for all
By Ibon Foundation The new year seems to usher in more difficulties for Filipinos in accessing basic goods, public utilities, and services amid government’s exclusionary policies, research group IBON said.
December, 2017
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17 December
Duterte should look at suspicious GSIS deals
Something’s afoot at the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), and we fear that the hard-earned money of hundreds of thousands of our public schools teachers and government workers are now at risk.
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17 December
Free trade ‘took back seat’ under Duterte – trade expert
The free trade movement in the Philippines “took back seat” as the Duterte administration shifted the government focus to addressing the ills of society, according to a Philippine trade expert.
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10 December
Vaccine row shows need for independent FDA
We can only commiserate with former Health Secretary Janet Garin. The former Department of Health (DOH) head has become deeply mired in a major controversy surrounding the dengue vaccine Dengvaxia sold to the government by beleaguered France-based pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur.
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10 December
Terrorists
By Jun Ledesma They had it coming. Five Presidents offered the communist rebels and its armed militia peace but the settlements have not arrived into fruition.
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10 December
Sinag: PAL’s adopted majestic Philippine eagle
Davao City—Sinag – a Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) which hatched in captivity and adopted by flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) turned two years old last December 7.
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3 December
SOLGEN should disclose legal team earnings from Piatco case
Lawyer Lorenzo Gadon in his impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno alleged that Sereno failed to report her attorney’s fees and truthfully disclose her Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN) when she was first appointed to the Supreme Court.
November, 2017
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29 November
Regulations a key to unlock benefits of digital economy—PIDS
Digital economy is beneficial but it has to be regulated.
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19 November
Honeylet – Duterte’s not-so-secret weapon
Standing front and center with President Rodrigo Duterte during the successful and recently concluded 31st Association of Southeast Nations (Asean) Summit was Cielito “Honeylet” Salvador Avanceña, longtime partner of the President.