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Election 21, Duterte and the Australian, US Ambassadors' comment on rape joke
Here is one news report when the Australian Ambassador, then US Ambassador to the Philippines, briefly commented on that "rape joke" by Duterte. "US Ambassador Philip Goldberg echoed the statement...
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BWorld 55, FIT-All, renewables and elections 2016
* This is my article in BusinessWorld yesterday.The increase in feed in tariff-allowance (FIT-All) has been approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) recently. As a result, Meralco and all...
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Climate Tricks 52, Counting temp. change only from the end of LIA
This month proves to be the hottest month of the year almost always. Generally cloudless sky although there are days that the clouds would be staying for a few hours. The consolation is that this big...
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Drug Price Control 43, Mar Roxas and the Cheaper medicines law of 2008
During the 3rd and final Presidential debate last Sunday, Sec. Mar Roxas said, "Alam mo, Karen, sa kasaysayan ko, binangga ko mga malalaking interes. Pharmaceutical industry, cheaper medicine law,...
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BWorld 56, Thomas Hobbes, Saul Alinsky and Duterte
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last Thursday.An electoral exercise is a process of the changing and evolving function of the state, of local and national governments as key actors -- politicians...
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Energy 63, EPDP lecture on energy planning
Last Thursday, I went to UPSE to attend this lecture. Great one, as usual. Dir. Irma Exconde is a friend, a fellow UPSE-PDE alumni, her batch in 2002 was 4 years younger than mine.Dir. Tamang discussed...
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Labor Econ 17, On ending contractualization
Happy International Labor's Day.During the 3rd and final Presidential debate last April 24, 2016, all five candidates said they are opposed to contractualization of labor -- getting contracts for work...
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Some of my popular BWorld articles
When my column or article in BusinessWorld/Opinion appears online the night before publication, usually between 9:30 to 11:30 pm, I announce it via the 5 buttons in BWorld: fb like, fb share, twitter,...
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Energy 64, Comparing energy density of nuke, solar, wind, others
A technical but beautiful paper here from Wattsupwiththat (WUWT). The author is arguing for nuclear power mainly because of its huge energy density compared to all other energy sources, and much much...
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BWorld 57, Eric Hoffer, Machiavelli and Duterte
* This is my article in BusinessWorld yesterday.Mass movements and electoral mobs for “real change” promise the moon and the stars for the people, and many supporters are mobilized by that promise of...
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Telecom Oligopoly 4, Smart bro's inefficient service
Friday, 6am.I bought a Smart bro prepaid pocket wifi in late December 2015. Earlier it was good. Then about 3 week ago, April, I experienced service interruption despite having a load. I reported it to...
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Election 22, Is Du30 victory almost certain?
The SWS, Pulse Asia, and The Standard Poll, these 3 big survey firms say that based on their latest (until this week) surveys show that Duterte will win on Monday, May 9 general elections, getting...
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IPR and Innovation 34, When 95% of WHO's EML are off-patent
I am reposting this good article by a good friend, Philip. Enjoy.MAY 3 — Debates on how to improve healthcare in developing countries often start from the same premise: patents can potentially raise...
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Energy 65, World Bank's anti-coal drama
The World Bank religiously follows the "save the planet" marching order of the UN. Let there be more expensive and unstable electricity in developing countries so long as no cheap and stable energy...
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Election 23, Leni for VP, the Senatoriables
Only 2 main contenders for VP tomorrow. Leni Robredo ha.For the Senators, sure winners but I will still vote for them: Pangilinan, Osmena, Drilon. These 7 candidates will fight for slots 9-12. Will...
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Globalization and capitalist disruption
Many people who endlessly campaign for more labor protection, more capital regulations and restrictions, assume that big businesses will be there forever, that they have the "security of tenure" in...
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Winners and losers in the 2016 elections, by Dr. Jop Yap
A friend, Josef "Jop" Yap, former faculty member of the UP School of Economics (UPSE), then President of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and now back at UPSE, sent this to me. I...
View ArticlePol. Ideology 66, On institutions, constitutional monarchy and liberal...
Reposting another bright article from a friend, Wan Saiful, CEO of IDEAS in KL, Malaysia's first and only free market think tank. It is published today in The Star.---------------Defend our...
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Election 24, Generally peaceful and credible 2016 polls
Congratulations, COMELEC, for a generally peaceful, credible, and fast results elections 2016.Congratulations, unofficial President-Elect Rodrigo Duterte. The people have spoken, you got nearly 40% of...
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Lion Rock 19, Not enough capitalism in Hong Kong
A good article by Bill Stacey, former Chairman of Lion Rock Institute (LRI) in Hong Kong. Reposting here.Not enough capitalism!(Next Magazine, 2016/5/5, A002, Second Opinion, Bill Stacey)Hong Kong has...
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