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Discussions continue in many parts of the country on the easing of mobility restrictions to reopen the economy, restore its health, and bring back jobs and the livelihood of many. However, economic recovery will only happen once public health is restored and for that to...

Recommendation 8.4 of the Corporate Governance (CG) Code for Publicly-Listed Companies (PLCs) recommends that a proper disclosure should be made of the policies and procedure in setting Board remunerations, thus: “The company should provide a clear disclosure of its policies and procedure for setting Board...

2020 may very well be the longest year any of us has ever experienced. Filipinos of all walks of life were faced with new adversities, many of which remain unresolved as we approach 2021’s halfway point. Nevertheless, changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic also...

Principle 5 of the Corporate Governance (CG) Code for Publicly-Listed Companies (PLCs) provides that “The Board should endeavor to exercise objective and independent judgment on all corporate affairs.” Recommendation 5.1 provides that “The Board should have at least three independent directors, or such number as...

Under the old Corporation Code, although Section 23 thereof provided for the doctrine of centralized management that vested directly in the Board of Directors all corporate powers, all corporate properties and all corporate business, nonetheless, the practice was more to the effect that the Board...

Granting Statutory Bases for Corporate Governance Principles and Best Practices The promulgation into law of the Revised Corporation Code of the Philippines saw the placing into statutory language, and therefore into a more permanent framework, many of the corporate governance principles and best-practices adopted by...

Under the aegis of “Building a Stronger Corporate Governance Framework,” the SEC, under Chairperson Herbosa, formally promulgated the Philippine Corporate Governance Blueprint 2015 that embodied the SEC’s corporate governance (CG) roadmap for the next five years that would see the adoption of a new Code...

As we edge to the one-year mark of COVID-19’s arrival on Philippine soil, we have reason to be cautiously optimistic. We followed in the global trend and have begun vaccinating healthcare professionals, and multiple deals with various providers are being finalized. Though this may indicate...

Occasional Poetry on the 500th year of the Circumnavigation of the World and the Arrival of Christianity in the Philippines (March 1521) The coronavirus – red-hot dots in man’s circle of life under a Copernican sun? Five centuries past, five ships ply oceans across cumulus,...