The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business
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.
Points of View & Perspectives
February, 2018
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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.
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14 January
Dr. Gerry Ortega’s 7-year Quest for Justice
We can only commiserate with the family of the late Palawan broadcaster and environmental advocate Dr. Gerry Ortega, in their quest for justice following the death of “Doc. Gerry” in the hands of still-unknown killers.
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14 January
TRAIN and Coke fetish
By Jun Ledesma Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez took the personal initiative to explain the impact of the landmark Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN).
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7 January
The Secret of Christmas
And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth. JOHN 1:14
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7 January
It was a good year
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 …