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Energy 43, My paper on climate change and cheaper electricity at EPDP Conf. 2016
My paper abstract has been accepted for presentation in an international energy conference here in Manila, January next year. Happy me :-)Then I can present in a conference why climate change is...
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IPR and Innovation 28, Recent IP development in Singapore
Of the 10 member-states of the ASEAN, Singapore is the most dynamic and most attractive in terms of trade, investments, finance, tourism and property rights protection, including intellectual property...
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Global warming hits the Arctic
I originally wrote this on March 17, 2011.The Arctic ice and those in Greenland is being watched by many climate alarmists as "catastrophically melting", which will result in rising sea level, flooding...
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Global belief in free market
I originally posted this on April 11, 2011. Updates below it.There is one interesting chart from The Economist daily chart, April 6th 2011. There is a disconnect, however, between the title, "Market...
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Migration 26, More countries should be created
As the world population increases, the number of countries should also expand. As people modernize and globalize, differentiation and specialization expand. But governments of each country always want...
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Energy 44, Position paper on DOE circular re mandatory CSP by DUs of their PSAs
The Department of Energy (DOE) conducted a public forum last week, October 06 at Intercon Hotel in Makati, for players and stakeholders in Luzon re its Circular mandating all distribution utilities...
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From Kyotoism to Paris climatism
On May 31, 2011, I made these observations:Kyotoism, the philosophy that the Kyoto Protocol (KP) of binding carbon emission reduction by many rich and industrialized countries will help "save the...
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10 years of blogging
Today is exactly the 10th year that I have started blogging. I created this blog on October 14, 2005, and this was my first post.Fun with Big GovernmentGovernment -- to govern, to referee.Also, to...
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AEC 16, SIU-HBS ASEAN Scenario Workshop in Bangkok
The other day, October 15, I was in Bangkok, Thailand, to participate in the "ASEAN Scenario Workshop", organized by the Siam Intelligence Unit (SIU) and the Heinrich Boll Stiftung (HBS). I brought...
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Philippine GDP growth projections until 2030
I originally posted this on May 31, 2011. My update below it....A friend in facebook gave this table, commented that Lackluster long-term outlook (accessible by registered users) from the Economist...
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Energy 45, Thailand's bright nights and nat gas power
When I went to Bangkok last week, my plane landed at midnight. I saw the huge, wide, extensive well-lighted areas of Thailand, even hundreds of kms. away from Bangkok proper. Very very few dark areas....
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Business 360-29, Low oil prices and energy development in South Asia
* This is my article in Business 360, a monthly magazine in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 2015 issue.Low oil prices and opportunities for energy development in South Asia Low world oil prices are seen...
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On Liberalizing Gun Ownership
In one of my various discussion groups in facebook last August 2011, there was an exchange on the necessity of having a gun in the house or not, as part of disaster preparedness -- against thieves and...
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BWorld 20, DOE Circular to raise electricity prices
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last October 21, 2015.IN MANY STATISTICS comparing electricity prices in Asia, Manila/Philippines often rank no. 2, next to Tokyo/Japan. Here is one such data. Of...
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IAF Alumni, Meet and Greet 2015 at FNF Manila
Last Thursday night, October 22, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) - PH Office hosted its annual reunion for alumni of the International Academy for Leadership (IAF), short courses and...
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CSOs and State 23, Financial education and Pidro Sing
To accumulate wealth and assets, to have sufficient resources for investments in the future, one must have savings, right?Yes, and to have sufficient savings, we must use the habit and formula,Income -...
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Business 360-30, Freedom to trade in South and East Asia
* This is my article in Business 360, published in Kathmandu, October 2015 issue.Freedom to Trade in South and East AsiaThe freedom to sell one’s extra output and services, and the freedom to buy other...
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Business Bureaucracy 10, WB's Doing Business 2016 Report
The World Bank (WB) recently released its Doing Business (DB) 2016 Report. Before discussing it, here are two previous DB 2010 and 2015 Reports.In DB 2009 Report, the Philippines ranked 141st out of...
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Transport Econ 16, Stratbase ADR Institute forum on Manila Transport Infra...
Solving, or worsening, the traffic congestion in Metro Manila and neighboring cities and provinces is a subject that seems to have created hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of "experts" on the...
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Energy 46, Dominance of coal power worldwide
Double talk is a perennial practice and characteristic of the "kill fossil fuels, save the planet" movement. They frequently jet-set to many countries and continents yearly on airplanes that run 100%...
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