NEWS & ARTICLES

Mean and Wicked Many of us will long remember how mean and wicked COVID 19 is. For one, it is insidious. Except for a few which acted with alacrity, most nations were caught with their pants down – blissfully unware of the serious situation in...

There is no turning back. This is the NEW NORMAL. We must accept it and get used to it and most of all, adjust our business, job or career to adapt to it. When the lockdown was announced for the National Capital Region (NCR), I...

Several observations can be gleaned from the recent poverty survey (2018), especially about two clusters of regions: “North” for Northern Luzon and “South” for Mindanao. On the average, in 2015, the North has half the poverty of the South, and lower than the national incidence....

The hurriedly implemented government imposed Lockdown – Quarantine to arrest the COVID-19 crisis has brought about unintended consequences. It has caused serious income loss not only to the business community but more importantly to the lower and economically vulnerable income groups, most of whom are...