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Belgica papers 2, The unalienable rights of man and the govt's protection of...
Good political philosophy and governance papers by Atty. Belgica, reposting below.(This image from https://twitter.com/johnlockeingood/status/667959259594801152)The unalienable rights of man and the...
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BWorld 588, Addressing high inflation and tax leakage
* BusinessWorld, March 13, 2023.-------------In East Asia, only the Philippines and Japan sustained high inflation until January-February this year. Indonesia, Singapore, and Vietnam have generally...
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Covid 80, 3rd anniversary of lockdown
Belated post, but last March 16 was the 3rd anniversary of "two weeks to flatten the curve" in the Philippines and many countries. That day, all flights and boat trips, domestic and international were...
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BWorld 589, Sustained growth via stable and ample electricity
* BusinessWorld March 20, 2023.-----------------The Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) is holding a big conference, the Philippine Electric Power Industry Forum (PEPIF)...
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"Self rated poverty" as mediocre measurement
A paper last weekend by Dr. Mahar Mangahas, President of SWS.Dismal science, dismal research?By: Mahar Mangahas - April 01, 2023https://opinion.inquirer.net/162115/dismal-science-dismal-researchThe...
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BWorld 590, No energy transition happening, only RE addition to fossil fuels
* BusinessWorld March 22, 2023. -----------The Philippine Electric Power Industry Forum (PEPIF 2023) held this week on March 20 and 21 at the Diamond Hotel — sponsored by the Independent Electricity...
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Bank failures in the US, Europe partly due to DIE and ESG
Bank failures were partly or largely due to diversion of focus by banks to fetish for diversity, inclusivity, equality (DIE) plus environment and social governance (ESG). 1. Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)....
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BWorld 591, Devolution and rightsizing the bureaucracy
* BusinessWorld March 27, 2023.------------Among the good news in public finance so far this year is that the government has generated a budget surplus of P45.75 billion in January vs. a budget deficit...
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Belgica papers 3, Kingdom mindset and limited governments
Some theological basis of limited government as discussed by Atty. Belgica, reposting here.Meanwhile, good quote from Ronald Reagan. This image from...
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BWorld 592, On LBP-DBP merger and MUP pension reforms
* BusinessWorld March 29, 2023.-------------Yesterday, Department of Finance (DoF) Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno held a press briefing with the Malacañang press corps and shared his presentations in a...
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Deindustrialization 12, Bypassing the usefulness of fossil fuels, more on net...
A diagram of the usefulness of fossil fuels, lots of byproducts.AndWindfall Tax Leads To Job Losses At UK’s Largest Oil & Gas ProducerBy Julianne Geiger - Mar 09,...
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BWorld 593, Low power supply and Meralco distribution cost
* BusinessWorld April 3, 2023.-------------The big power blackouts in the Philippines started in 1990, when total power generation was 26.3 terawatt-hours (TWH; 1 TWH is equal to 1 million megawatts...
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Covid 81, Dr. Iggy Agbayani in my column
I checked my columns in BusinessWorld on health and lockdown economics , I realize that I mentioned or quoted Doc Iggy Agbayani 8x already. Reviewing them here.1. GDP contraction, CDC PH, and medicine...
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BWorld 594, Philippines to offer more investor returns than Europe
* BusinessWorld April 10, 2023. ------------After four months of Philippine inflation at 8% and above, dipped to 7.6% in March, a welcome development. But this is more of European level than East Asian...
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Energy 169, PH's WESM demographics
Some slides about the PH Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) presented by Mr. Robinson Descanzo of IEMOP, during the PH Electric Power Industry Forum (PEPIF) 2023 last March 20-21 at Diamond...
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BWorld 595, Cancer spending and the budget
* BusinessWorld April 12, 2023.-----------The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released today an update on causes of deaths in the Philippines for the period January-November 2022. I expanded the...
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Letter of Mr. Alfredo Non about Meralco
Letter to the editorApril 13, 2023 | 5:40 pmhttps://www.bworldonline.com/opinion/2023/04/13/516554/letter-to-the-editor-4/Response to Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.’s April 3 ‘My Cup of Liberty’ piece, “Low...
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BWorld 596, More on Meralco distribution charges and energy transition
* BusinessWorld April 17, 2023.------------At the onset, I want to recognize Alfredo J. Non, a former Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Commissioner who made some clarifications in his “Letter to the...
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BWorld 597, GDP expansion and an irrational lobby
* BusinessWorld, April 19, 2023.-------------Last week, the country’s economic team went to Washington DC to hold the Philippine Economic Briefing (PEB) and joined meetings with multilateral agencies...
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On de-dollarization trend among countries
See these recent reports on "de-dollarization":Saudi Arabia Says Open to Settling Trade in Other CurrenciesBy Abeer Abu Omar and Manus Cranny January 17,...
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