Category: Stock Analysis
The lords of Philippine basketball are troubled
MARKUS SPISKE-UNSPLASH Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner Wilfrido “Willie” O. Marcial will soon meet with Shinji Semada, chairman of Japan’s B.League, and Kim Hee-ok, commissioner…
May Congress delimit through legislation the constitutional coverage of ‘public utilities’
TINGEY INJURY LAW-FIRM-UNSPLASH In its Article XII on National Economy and Patrimony, the 1987 Constitution provides in no uncertain terms that “No franchise, certificate, or…
The Bulacan Ecozone veto and Ben Diokno books
A number of important policies and events caught my attention last week. I will discuss three of them. PRESIDENTIAL VETO OF BULACAN ECOZONE BILLOne big…
Reflections of domestic tourists
RAWPIXEL White sand, blue skies, and waves … and people housed in rectangular boxes in a meeting. The beach became the default background in Zoom…
Curiouser and curiouser
BW FILE PHOTO One of the first acts done by Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. as President of the Republic of the Philippines was to veto an…
Reimagining ageing: Older persons as agents of development
DANIE FRANCO-UNSPLASH OLDER PERSONS are highly visible across Asia and the Pacific: they work in agricultural fields producing our food supplies, peddle their wares as…
Marcos Jr. faces a balancing act
Philippine Star/ KJ Rosales Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr. took his oath of office as the 17th president of the Philippines before Chief Justice Alexander…
Plastic-munching bacteria offer hope for recycling
OUR LAKES, rivers and oceans are increasingly clogged with plastic, plus trillions of microscopic fragments thereof, from all the useful and disturbingly durable products made…
Reminders and unwanted legacies
PIXABAY With only three weeks in office left, National Security Council (NSC) Adviser and Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) Vice-Chair Hermogenes Esperon ordered the National Telecommunications Commission…
Credit rating says a lot
PCH.VECTOR-FREEPIK Last Wednesday, the broadsheets reported that credit rating agencies (CRAs) are optimistic about the Philippines’ debt prospects, that the level would remain manageable. On…
How Catholicism lost political clout in the Philippines
PHILIPPINE STAR/ KRIZ JOHN ROSALES FOUR DECADES AGO, the Catholic Church inspired the movement that helped overthrow Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. Now, as the autocrat’s son…
How Catholicism lost political clout in the Philippines
FOUR DECADES AGO, the Catholic Church inspired the movement that helped overthrow Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. Now, as the autocrat’s son begins his own presidential term,…
A collective response to Russia’s war on global food security
TUAN ANH TRAN-UNSPLASH The global food crisis is hitting the Philippines, and it is hitting hard. Supply chains are being affected and retail prices are…
FDA and vaping
RAINIER RIDAO-UNSPLASH A global public health issue recently made its way to a US court. Vaping, which has gained popularity in recent years as an…
The Philippine National Railways in the supply chain equation
CRECENCIO I. CRUZ A press report stated that Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. would take over the Department of Agriculture (DA) upon his assumption of the Presidency…
Raising the bar
Promises of candidates usually compete with one another in a political campaign. After the oath-taking, it’s all about delivering on these. Unfortunately, it’s only the…
Don’t delay Cancer Assistance Fund guidelines
ANGIOLA HARRY-UNSPLASH In the past six months, my 67-year-old father-in-law has been experiencing drastic weight loss, weakness, continuous coughing and breathing difficulty. After a series…
Guidebook for the next administration
PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBAN (Part 1) The very first book I wrote as an economics educator at the start of the 1970s was entitled A Guide…
The lights are going out for crypto’s laser-eyed grifters
THERE aren’t many silver linings to be found in the cryptocurrency crash. People have lost money, often those who could least afford it. But one…
Mutuality of contracts and higher interest rates
PRESSFOTO-FREEPIK The Supreme Court has historically used the principle of mutuality of contracts as a lens to scrutinize interest-imposing clauses. This principle, found in Article…