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The legal topography in the country’s retail trade sector has become obscure with the promulgation of the Twelfth (12th) Regular Foreign Investment Negative List (RFINL) in the last month of President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s term of office, since it includes in its “No Foreign Equity”...

In 2018, I made a case for why the Philippines should invest in its nation branding. I said then that we needed one powerful enough to draw in more investors and create a positive impact on the economy and the lives of all Filipinos.  ...

This year’s most harrowing economic trend, following the accelerated rate of inflation, is the depreciation of the Philippine peso against the US dollar. The local currency hit ₱50 to $1 dollar in July 2022 and continued to depreciate, eventually dropping to ₱59 in September and...

The MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES (MAP) announced recently the selection of Mr. ISIDRO A. CONSUNJI, Chair and President of DMCI Holdings, Inc., as the recipient of the “MAP Management Man of the Year 2022” award.   The “MAP Management Man of the Year” is an award that the MAP...

The past 60 years in Philippine modern data communications is a curious study on how advances in technology have changed the fabric of Filipino lives. While giant strides have been made to empower people to communicate, it is a case of why having too much...

“Focus on what matters” isn’t only a phrase that applies to maintaining a proper work-life balance or just bettering your life in general.  This phrase is also the key to improving our tax administration.   Under the 2021 BIR Annual Report (the latest as of...

A broken supply chain will kill you, your business, and your country:  In March of 2021 before there was a supply of vaccines, I caught severe COVID and nearly died.  There was no ambulance, no hospital rooms, no medicines, and not enough health care support. ...

Last  November 8  to 13, 2022, the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summit was held in Cambodia with the theme “‘ASEAN A.C.T: Addressing Challenges Together,” underscoring ASEAN’s spirit of “Togetherness” as one community and the common will in its collective endeavor to address and overcome challenges...

A stunning 62% of Filipinos aspire to own a car, the survey for NEDA’s Ambisyon 2040 revealed. If the wish is realized, streets will be overwhelmed and traffic gridlock will be the norm, aside from worsening air pollution. There is little doubt that the great...