NEWS & ARTICLES

We are privileged to exist in an unparalleled era. Our concern for improving health conditions has led to many remarkable strides in science and technology that significantly enhanced life expectancy. These contributed to a unique phenomenon where five generations (according to the Pew Research Center...

[IN PHOTO, L-R] MAP Governor REX DRILON II; Vice President NOEL BONOAN; Treasurer CORRIE PURISIMA; Governor BENEDICTA DU-BALADAD; National Geographic Adventurer, Author, and Global Keynote Speaker ROB LILWALL; MAP Secretary KAREN BATUNGBACAL; and President RENE ALMENDRAS. Induction of New MAP Members (L-R) MAP Membership Committee...

In a column entitled “The journey of MSMEs: Are we there yet?,” I discussed the challenges that MSMEs — Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises — face in their entrepreneurial journey and proposed recommendations for policy makers. This follow-up will focus on Women-owned/led MSMEs (WMSMEs). On...

The Board of Investments (BOI) has approved a total of P1.16 trillion worth of investments for 2023, which marked not only a 59-percent growth from the previous year, but also a record high for the agency. For the year 2024, the BOI is eyeing to...

[IN PHOTO] (Seated, L-R) Ambassador of Lithuania to the Republic of Korea and to the Republic of the Philippines and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary H.E. Ričardas Šlepavičius; Ministry of Foreign Affairs External Economic Affairs and Economic Security Policy Department Head of Export and Investment Promotion...

(IN PHOTO, L-R) MAP President RENE ALMENDRAS, MAP Arts & Culture Committee Chair LORNA KAPUNAN, Silverlens Gallery Co-Gallery Directors ISA LORENZO and RACHEL RILLO, and MAP Secretary KAREN BATUNGBACAL. Induction of New MAP Members (L-R) MAP Health Committee Chair and Emcee RAC CAGURANGAN; JCV &...

I am so happy to have met an enlightened civil servant who shared his insights about climate change. After all, he is a Commissioner of the Climate Change Commission. Albert dela Cruz, Sr. is so interested in sharing his sci-entific explanations for climate adaptation. He...

(Second of two parts) This article continues the enumeration of 28 strategic objectives that will help make Dream Philippines 2046 happen. The first 15 were published here on April 15. 16. Greater attention to food security and sustainability Even if government gives priority to promoting...

Many economists think of scale and clustering as the only way to be food secure. Entrepreneurs tend to think differently. I was recently in Batanes where they seem to have no issues about food security. It is because they learned to deal with the scarcity...