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Never before in the last fifty (50) years has there been any disruption in the school system as compelling and life-changing! As a result of the pandemic, schools were closed and face-to-face classes were prohibited. The traditional academic fundamentals as well as the business of...

After more than a year of rolling out experimental drugs for emergency use to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the jury’s still out as to which vaccine brands are effective against the current Delta variant. Some of those who’ve been fully jabbed are still getting infected...

The world has gone green. TESLA and even Porsche has electric cars. Yet, in a country like ours, GREEN power is not getting enough push. Did you know it would take 200 permits to get a solar plant started? Now that’s real red tape. We...

An outstanding feature of the Revised Corporation Code of the Philippines (RCCP) is the formal institution within its corporate governance (CG) framework of “corporation whose business is vested with public interests.” Section 22 of the RCCP provides that the Board of Directors of the “following...

THE COMMUTE How many of your workers now commute using bicycles? Since we experienced MECQ, ECQ, GCQ and all kinds of lockdowns and limited public transportation, it has been a focus of many companies to look for solutions to employee mobility. Even SMEs, like ours,...

Our economy has been brought to its knees by COVID-19 since March 2020. It contracted last year by 9.6%. The country’s GDP shrank by 4.2% in the first quarter this year. 2Q results may turn out better, but with the Delta variant surging the world...

If we were still of that age, where droves of students write up their CVs and send out resumes, we would be very worried. One, where do you apply for work? In my younger days, schools would send your names to prospective employers (like hotels...

Recommendation 13.3 of the Corporate Governance (CG) Code for Publicly-Listed-Companies (PLCs) provides that “The Board should encourage active shareholder participation by making the result of the votes taken during the most recent Annual or Special Shareholders’ Meeting publicly available the next working day. In addition,...

Principle 13 of the Corporate Governance (CG) Code for Publicly-Listed-Companies (PLCs) provides that “The company should treat all shareholders fairly and equitably, and also recognize, protect and facilitate the exercise of their rights.” There are five (5) Recommendations under Principle 13, namely: (a) RECOMMENDATION 13.1:...