NEWS & ARTICLES

When the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Law was still a proposed bill, I attended a gathering of local business leaders with Senator Juan Miguel “Migz” F. Zubiri as guest speaker. His talk centered on the ARTA legislation that he authored and championed. To emphasize its...

Every day, Metro Manila (MM) reminds us of its structural vulnerabilities—not just through traffic congestion, urban flooding, and service fragmentation, but through the quiet inefficiencies that have become normal. These are not merely symptoms of poor project execution or under-investment in infrastructure. They reflect something...

As we commemorate National ICT Month, it is timely to reflect not just on the rapid advances in technology, but also on the pressing call for every business in the Philippines to place technology at the core of its strategy. Gone are the days when...

The Philippine government is striving for universal healthcare by implementing the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act, which automatically enrols all Filipinos in the National Health Insurance Program or PhilHealth. This Act aims to provide equitable access to quality and affordable healthcare services, with financial risk...

A new law, Republic Act (RA) No. 12199 or the “Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) System Act,” was signed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. last May 8, 2025. I’d like to share the key features of this new Law with fellow advocates working...

(Last of Two Parts) These teams stood out for their innovative use of data, problem-solving approach, and communication skills. The winning entry was particularly notable for how it visualized disparities in sectoral performance across regions and clearly linked these to poverty indices—offering insights that could...

(First of Two Parts)   Preparing students for the demands of an increasingly digital economy is a responsibility shared across sectors. Through the Academic Innovation Challenge (AIC), R.G. Manabat & Co. (KPMG in the Philippines) aims to contribute to this effort by encouraging students to...

Afraid and Indifferent In the days of imperialism and conquest, colonizers squashed the idea of Shared Prosperity (SP) because it could enable a restive people to launch a revolt. Likewise, royal dynasties and nobles, bent on keeping serfs under control, trampled on SP as an...

In the 1970s, a well-known government bank whose slogan was the “Bank on Wheels” ran ads showing its official alighting from an off-road vehicle parked in a remote and isolated place to talk to a farmer. The message conveyed by the ad was subliminal but...