Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has sought an investigation into the implications of a 17-percent reciprocal tariff imposed on the Philippines by the United States, the country’s largest export market. Gatchalian said it is important for the government to ascertain the potential impact of the...
In business school, one of the fundamental lessons is that the greater the risk you undertake, the higher the return you should anticipate. Government-issued bills, notes, and bonds represent essentially sovereign risk and are typically regarded as the safest instruments in the market, consequently...
Gordon MacDonald’s Ordering Your Private World , one of my all-time favorite books, insightfully reveals how we can inadvertently trap ourselves in a "golden cage." I first encountered this impactful work in the 1980s, yet its wisdom remains relevant today. It opened my eyes to the subtle ways in...
When Republic Act No. 11223 was enacted in February 2019, it was hailed as a landmark achievement in Philippine public health policy. Also known as the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act, the law carried the promise that every Filipino would have equitable access to quality and affordable health...
Senatorial candidate Ben Tulfo has called on business owners, particularly members of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), to take a stand against flawed practices and systems. Senatorial candidate Ben Tulfo Speaking at a press conference in Cagayan De Oro, Tulfo emphasized the...
Philippine Business Bank reported that its net income dipped to ₱1.8 billion last year from the ₱1.82 billion earned in 2024 as lower trading offset higher core earnings. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the bank said its interest income grew 14.4 percent to ₱10.6 billion in...
US President Donald Trump is tilting at windmills. Like it or not, his unexpected decision to hike US tariffs on imports is likely to be economically damaging in the long run. No one doubts that such a large US tariff increase is the biggest disruption in recent memory, given the pervasive...
Roughly 6,000 to 7,000-megawatt (MW) capacity ramp up is expected in the next two years, yet grid development is still stuck in the slow lane and woefully unprepared to handle the influx. Now, the government wants to pass the burden to power producers, especially the renewable energy (RE)...
Inspired by Holy Week, former Secretary of Health Jimmy Galvez Tan, “the Doctor of the Masses,” requested to interview me in his program on my "7 Last Words/Message” to my family. Dr. Jimmy is a very good friend, my mentor, and a resource teacher in Flor’s Garden in medicinal plants,...
From left to right: Light Fuels Retail Trade Manager, Dwight Christian Jonas Villon; Vice President and Head of Commercial Fuel Trade, Alvin Lato; First Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Atty. Constance Marie Lim, CPA; Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Brigitte...
BY Joel Dabao FINEX Foundation recently held the 1st JFINEX Summit, in partnership with JP Morgan Chase. The attendees were the top teams from the recently concluded Inter-Collegiate Finance Competition, also sponsored by JP Morgan Chase. It was a wonderful experience – both for the attendees,...
The country’s leading business executives are urging the Marcos administration to adopt a build-operate-transfer (BOT) scheme in the country’s grid infrastructure, which could be pivotal in making power more affordable and reliable. In a statement on Thursday, April 3, Makati Business...
