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Supply chain woes of SMEs NATHAN DUMLAO-UNSPLASH I had recently been in touch with women coffee farmers from Mindanao and they all had the same issues about logistics. From the rugged road of their town to Davao City, a small farmer is at a loss on...

In continuation of my article featured last Jan. 15, 2024, the second and final phase of crafting and executing a person’s Plan of Life involves the building of that person’s personal balanced scorecard. A big majority of strategic plans (whether country, government agencies, business and...

(IN PHOTO, L-R) MAP President Rene D. Almendras, MAP Governance Committee Chair and Emcee Ida C. Tiongson, HSBC Economist for ASEAN Aris Dacanay, Brain Trust, Inc. (BTI) Chair and Q&A Moderator Cielito F. Habito, and KPMG R.G. Manabat & Co. Vice Chair, COO and Head...

AS PART of my fellowship with the Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute, I had the rare opportunity to interact with Dr. Pamela Matson, an inter-disciplinary sustainability scientist and Dean of Stanford’s Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences from 2002-2017. This article focuses on what I learned from...

For decades now, the Philippines has been, no doubt, under dynastic governance. Political dynasties have dominated the country’s political milieu in most of its regions since the 1960s. Ateneo de Manila University Dean Ronald Mendoza defines political dynasty as a situation wherein members of the...

In the Philippines, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has adopted an outcomes-based education approach with the primary goal of developing key competencies among college students. Because of its mandate to “promote relevant and quality higher education,” CHED calls on higher education institutions to produce...

The title of Manila having the worst traffic in the world, conferred by a global traffic monitoring firm, is affirmation of a known fact that has greatly cost the economy and damaged the welfare of the people. The solution to the severe bus transportation problem...

The war in Ukraine is at a stalemate. Ukraine’s counter-offensive against Russian invading forces has stalled due to delays in military transfers from the US and NATO because of budgetary and replenishment issues. Russia and Ukraine have depleted their war stockpiles and absorbed terrible losses...