The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business
Even where the handful of presidential candidates insist on a list of platform topics principally designed to accentuate their strengths against the weaknesses of their rivals, throughout, the issue of the economy is necessarily central to any debate or agenda.
Points of View & Perspectives
February, 2016
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28 February
Phl badly needs better broadband services
The Arangkada Philippines Project (TAPP) recently launched a policy brief on Philippine broadband services, discussing challenges and solutions to improve fixed and wireless connectivity in the country.
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28 February
Panic gripping PNoy?
Latest talk in the political grapevine is that President Aquino is in panic. The cause of the panic is reportedly the impressive showing of vice presidential aspirant, Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., son and namesake of the former strongman.
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22 February
The need to cheat
Both the notorious cliques composed of the presidential kaklase and kabarilan had exactly the same fear. For the others, whether sycophant, suck-up or just plain vanilla kaibigan, it was nearly certain that there was a desperate need to resort to wholesale and massive cheating.
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22 February
The OFW threat and the agriculture initiative
It is disheartening to note that the government refuses to acknowledge the problem that is now hitting our overseas Filipino workers (OFW) in the Middle East, with the huge drop in crude oil prices. That precipitous decline in oil prices by almost 70 percent, from a high of over $100 a barrel, has already resulted in a host of financial …
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22 February
Mar Roxas is the ‘fittest’ candidate
The campaign team of presidential candidate, former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, may have stumbled upon the elusive answer to the question “how do we put our candidate ahead in the race?”
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14 February
Bangko Sentral action needed
There is a need for the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to have a watchful eye on certain activities of banks and investment houses due to their grave implications on the state of the economy. One of such activities is the unchecked collusion between some banks and investment houses and the companies that float bonds in the market for their …
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14 February
Stand up against large-scale mining, poll candidates urged
The next President of the Philippines must discontinue the Aquino administration’s mining liberalization policy that has resulted in destruction, poverty and armed attacks on mining-affected areas and done little for the economy, the local think tank IBON has said.
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7 February
The unsatisfied satisfied
If, indeed, the economy is on the upswing, the last five years under the self-described competent governance of Benigno Aquino III and his Cabinet, and with domestic-productivity numbers the highest ever, presumably founding the resplendent welfare Filipinos must now be enjoying, then why are voters condemning Aquino’s chosen to wallow in the darkest pits?
