NEWS & ARTICLES

It will be Women’s Month again and I cannot help but look back at our journey while promoting the brand and its ethos: great women. The meaning was a mouthful to say: Gender Responsive Economic Actions for the Transformation of Women. And that spelled an...

Congratulations to the World Bank for the Business-Ready Report which will be presented and shared globally on an annual basis.  I was reading the report and was amazed at the level of detail on the ten topics covered by it, particularly the factors in each...

Not many people refer to it as part of South Asia because India to many is a mystery. Many women directors, CEOs and entrepreneurs have put India in the back burner because they do not have the contacts, have never been to the sub-continent or...

Farmers are the backbone of our country’s food security aspirations. Assisting them, therefore, is not just warranted but expected. The only issue left unresolved is how best to accomplish the goal. Undoubtedly, one of the farmers’ urgent needs is affordable and accessible credit. During President...

When you hear of the terms AOC, DOC, DOCG, what comes to mind? French and Italian wines, cheese, and other produce that are priced at a premium. When you use the word “champagne” for any sparkling wine, be careful. “Champagne” can only be used for...

In the last quarter of 2024, the Philippine Daily Inquirer featured an excellent three-part article written by its columnist Michael Lim Ubac, which described the agonizing but courageous attempt by the Philippine National Police to transform itself under their Patrol Plan 2030 into “a highly...

As in the past, the Management Association of the Philippines’ (MAP) activities this year will be guided by a theme. For 2025, we will once again build on MAP’s legacy, its strengths, while forging forward to a relevant and progressive future. For MAP’s 75th Year,...

MVP Group Chair MANUEL V. PANGILINAN (6th from left) inducted recently the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) 2025 Board of Governors led by Maya Bank Chair ALFREDO “Al” S. PANLILIO (5th from left) as the 77th President of MAP. The other members of the MAP Board are (l-r):  MAP Governor MARIANNE “Maan” B. HONTIVEROS, Managing...

Last year brought significant challenges and developments for Philippine small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Access to financing remains an issue: banks only lent 4.52% of their loan portfolio to SMEs as of June 2024. In August and October, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reduced...