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Our ‘bayanihan’ will propel business as a force for good
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March 18, 2024
Last November, on the occasion of Phinma’s 67th anniversary, we signed an agreement with De La Salle University’s (DLSU) Ramon V. del Rosario College of Business to build the Phinma-DLSU Center for Business and Society. I would like to think that we have become one...
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Shared prosperity as a Filipino way of life
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March 11, 2024
The Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) is determined to make a difference in the life of the nation. Among its five major pursuits in 2024 is Shared prosperity (SP), a deeply relevant aspiration in a country where 47 percent of families said they felt...
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The failed promise of trickle-down economics
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March 4, 2024
The Philippine economic development strategies have historically been focused on gross domestic product (GDP) growth, primarily through investment in infrastructure, big-ticket investment projects and showcase industrial ventures. While economic policy is the prime responsibility of government in most countries, in capitalistic economies like ours, the...
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Personal governance and Dream Philippines 2046
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February 26, 2024
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...
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Philippine political dynasties: Boon or bane?
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February 19, 2024
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...
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Slaying the Metro Manila traffic monster
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February 12, 2024
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...
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Relevant Leadership
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January 30, 2024
I thank MAP for inviting me to share my thoughts on this topic of relevant leadership. Allow me to share some ideas, as well as some stories on how we at Ayala apply this interpretation of relevant leadership.    Right off the bat, let me...
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Relevant leadership for a progressive Philippines
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January 23, 2024
A few years ago, I was invited by the big blue school in Katipunan to speak at the honors ceremony where the best and the brightest were being recognized. I decided to ask the honorees if success was their ultimate objective. The young, energetic and...
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Personal governance and Dream Philippines 2046
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January 15, 2024
In January 2022, former Finance Secretary Jesus Estanislao, together with a few colleagues, convened a group of almost 100 volunteers to share the idea of Dream Philippines. These included friends, colleagues, associates, senior citizens, retired senior government officials, young students and young professionals from different...
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