CITIRA vs. EODB
The Philippines made remarkable progress in the ranking of the World Bank’s Doing Business (DB) 2020 Report, from ranking 124th rising by 29 notches and landing at […]
Paramount Barriers in Inclusive Growth: Time to Act
Poverty remains scandalously high at a third of rural residents, almost 18 million out of total poor of 21.6 million in 2015. The comparison is grim. […]
MAP Inaugural 2020
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary RAMON M. LOPEZ (5th from left) led the recent induction of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) Board […]
Offsetting Measures, Upsetting Measures
The tax reform is well underway, but just as it had in 2018, it hit a snag yet again. In fact, it hit the same snag […]
CITIRA vs. EODB
The Philippines made remarkable progress in the ranking of the World Bank’s Doing Business (DB) 2020 Report, from ranking 124th rising by 29 notches and landing at […]
Offsetting Measures, Upsetting Measures
The tax reform is well underway, but just as it had in 2018, it hit a snag yet again. In fact, it hit the same snag […]
STEM JOBS—new area for women careers Nitpicking the automotive sector
It has been said that STEM (Science Tech, Engineering and Math) jobs and careers are giving women 30% more income than the usual clerical jobs set […]
AGRI DEVELOPMENT: More than irrigation, post-harvest facilities and farm-to-market roads
Many politicians propose solving rural poverty via three areas: irrigation, post-harvest facilities and farm-to-market roads. I beg to differ. It is much more than that. Indeed, […]
Disqualifications of Directors of PHCs
The Revised CG Code adheres closely to the additional rules of disqualifications for directors of publicly-held companies (PHCs) as those found in the Original CG Code, […]
The China Issue – Impressions of a Military Mind
For the last five decades, the Philippines has fought the communist insurgency whose roots and foundations originated from Communist China. In spite of China’s shift to […]
Qualifications and Disqualifications of Directors
The Original CG Code provides for the following qualifications of directors for publicly-held companies (PHCs), thus: Qualifications of Directors Every director shall own at least one […]
Combination of Executive and Non-executive Directors
Section II(1)(A) of the Original CG Code has essentially been carried forward into the Revised CG Code which basically empowers the Board to reconstitute the “Composition […]
CG Code for PLCs: Principles-Based and Market-Disciplining in Character
The CG Code for Publicly-Listed Companies (PLCs) formally adopts the “comply or explain approach,” which combines voluntary compliance with mandatory disclosure, and which it defines as […]
Senatorial Candidates: Where is the Poverty Reduction Agenda?
The “masa” elects the senators. No matter how large the taxes you pay, your vote is just one. The scandalously high poverty incidence in the Philippines […]
THE RESPONSIBILITY AND THE BURDEN OF ELECTING LEADERS: Why it Matters
People often use ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’ interchangeably, but these ideas, though related, are not the same. Simply put, freedom is being able to make individual choices, […]
Rice Market: Patterns of Thailand and Vietnam Exports
2018 was an exacting time in the Philippines. There was a rice “crisis.” The government buffer stock agency – the National Food Authority (NFA) – failed […]
Choosing Our Senators
The MAP Research Project Several years ago, the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) embarked on a project to help Filipino voters make their choice for […]
How to Give China Pause in the South China Sea
Most of my friends are understandably very upset with China for its occupation of the entirety of the South China Sea (or West Philippine Sea, if […]
Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP) Revisited
The inefficient tax system in the Philippines imposed a very burdensome tax rate and high compliance cost to taxpayers. This, however, didn’t result to a high […]
THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF BUSINESS: Calling a Spade a Spade
There is widespread belief that business has a moral responsibility to serve the needs of society. This view is consistent with current thinking on Corporate Social […]
Multinational Hanjin Successor for a Peaceful South China Sea
A strategic rehabilitation of Hanjin Heavy Industry Corp. by a consortium of multinationals from around the world may be a major step towards a peaceful South […]
MAP Conference 2018
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