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The ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement by the Philippine Senate last February may be the push that Philippine small and medium enterprises (SMEs) need to go global. The RCEP agreement covers one-third of the world’s population—roughly 30 percent of the world’s...

Despite the many studies from different countries on the benefits of board diversity — with at least 90 (and counting) all pointing to a correlation between more women on boards and companies’ better financial performance — there remains skepticism or hesitancy among organizations on adopting...

In my previous article, I discussed the concept of pre-populated tax return and how it can make paying taxes as easy as 1-2-3 using behavioral science. To recall, a pre-populated tax return is a tax return that the government fills in on behalf of the...

As the Philippine economy rebounds from the deepest COVID-induced recession among our neighbors, we now see GDP growth that so far looks the fastest. But that is not something to brag or get complacent about, as part of it is the “base effect”: it’s arithmetically...

One of the existing programs of the University of the Philippines (UP) is the Archipelagic and Ocean Studies Program, which is intended to underscore the country’s “archipelagic reality” as the basis for the formulation of developmental strategies. In line with this program, and in view...

As we go around different Shared Service Facilities (SSF) given as grants to communities around the country, our hearts are full just knowing that the poorest of the poor do get government assistance. What we lament, through, is the fact that the procurement laws of...

In the Chrism Mass last Holy Thursday, the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila (RCAM), Cardinal Jose Advincula, launched the Traslacion RCAM Road Map Project, the journey of renewal for the archdiocese, which he and his priests had been working on since October...

The world is indeed wild and feels like new, vastly different to what it was prior to COVID-19. Factors, such as skyrocketing inflation, the banking crises, supply chain disruptions, the new world disorder, digital acceleration, and climate change have made radical uncertainty certain. Business leaders...

When the disaster strikes, the first order of the day is to examine the numerous factors that may have triggered, worsened or diminished the effects of such catastrophic events. The objective is to keep a ‘stable’ perspective and not to add internal upheaval to an...