September 17, 2009
It was a hell of a story, a beautiful dream. But it was also a great and fatal illusion. The world economy was on a sustainable growth path – this was the opinion of the majority of managers and company owners, it was the view among bankers and economists. A high, growing, inflation-free growth of 4 – 5% per annum was possible, globally! Finally, major parts of the world population would leave poverty behind them. Read More
August 10, 2009
The Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC) recently launched a paper called “Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on the Philippines; Preparing to Rebuild Foreign Investment Flows†and outlined eight components of recommended strategy growth. Read More
June 11, 2009
The Philippines --- for more than a century --- has looked east, because at the end of the rainbow was the American Dream, the United States of America. More than 2.5 million Filipinos have settled in the US. The US has become the largest trading partner and the Philippines inherited the American political and legal system. Read More
January 08, 2009
Despite the general belief that the Philippines will largely be spared from the effects of the global economic crisis, I prepared a list of things (not in order of importance) that would be good to have in 2009 just in case the prevailing optimism is hit by realism. Read More
February 08, 2021
Major industry groups called on President Rodrigo Duterte to sign int... Read More
February 02, 2021
THE PHILIPPINES slipped two spots in a global corruption index releas... Read More
February 02, 2021
A huge reveral in economic performance to a 9.5 percent contraction l... Read More