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Whisky and Liberty, Jules Maaten's farewell party
Last night, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) Philippines Country Director Jules Maaten conducted and hosted a "whisky workshop". My first time to attend such kind of activity as I am a...
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BWorld 58, INDCs and PH energy realities
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last Thursday.Energy poverty can kill today, not 30 or 100 years from now because of “man-made” warming or climate change. Dark streets at night because of...
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UP Libertad to be launched on May 20
The first and only free market student organization at the University of the Philippines, UP Libertad, will be launched this Friday, May 20, at UP NCPAG, Diliman, QC. There will be two lectures, one by...
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Energy 66, What companies receive FIT and by how much?
May 19, 2016.This is the subject of my letter to the National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) last Monday. TransCo is a government corporation that owns all the transmission assets of the...
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BWorld 59, Free trade and Norwegian salmon
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last May 19, 2016.Among the noticeable things when I buy in public markets is the presence of Norwegian salmon. Usually the salmon heads or salmon belly are...
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Business 360-35, Economic expansion in South Asia
* This is my article for this monthly magazine in Kathmandu, April 2016 issue.Economic expansion in South AsiaSouth Asian economies are a picture of high diversity in human and natural resources. While...
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Energy 67, Helios solar power in Cadiz City, Negros Occ.
I am from Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. Our house is not at the city proper but in a barrio along the national road, same barangay, about 3 kms. from the famous, biggest solar power plant in the...
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Domestic shipping modernization, an experience of 2GO's boat
Last Tuesday, May 24, I took a boat from Manila going to Bacolod. This is after nearly 2 decades of riding the plane when I go back to my province in Negros Occidental. I was surprisingly happy that I...
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BWorld 60, Classical liberal, neoliberal and anti-liberal
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last May 25, 2016.Political labels sometimes tend to create more confusion instead of clarifying things on philosophy and ideology. One reason for this is that...
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Energy 68, China's coal and Germany's renewables
Reposting two recent articles here. The first is a bit long, click the article if you want to see the full paper. Enjoy.------------Is China’s Use Of Coal Really Declining?David CampbellGlobal Warming...
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BWorld 61, 100 indicators better than GDP
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last May 26, 2016.Many people are getting impatient with gross domestic product (GDP) growth data, especially growth rates of 6% or higher, saying these numbers...
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Tax Cut 25, Presentation at Ateneo Ignite's Tax Exchange
I made this presentation at Ateneo more than two months ago. The 24-slides presentation is available at my slideshare account. I will show a few slides here.I got this photo from Mon Abrea, a famous...
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Duterte vs Media, Bernard Ong's analysis
I am reposting two analysis by a friend. Not much to add, just highlight the point that assassination and murder -- by corrupt or non-corrupt, sob or non-sob, media/politicians/NGOs/academics/church/...
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Energy 69, ACEF 2016 on wind power in Asia
Yesterday, I attended the first of the 5-days "Asia Clean Energy Forum 2016" held at the ADB headquarters in Ortigas. Main sponsors are the ADB, USAID, Korea Energy Agency, and World Resources...
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BWorld 62, Unemployment and underemployment data may be overstated
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last June 02, 2016.Based on the latest January 2016 labor force survey data by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), there were 2.47 million unemployed and...
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Pol. Ideology 67, Socialism and Venezuela
A friend said that my advocacy for “inviolable rights of the individual" means that one is detached from the rest of society and hence, he/she has no responsibility for the others, especially the less...
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Energy 70, ACEF 2016 on the ASEAN grid and Nordic electricity exchange
Last Monday afternoon during the Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) 2016 at the ADB, I attended the deep dive workshop on "Powering ASEAN: Can the Nordic Model Work?" The first speaker was Mr. Bambang...
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B360-36, GDP expansion in South Asia, 1995 - 2015
* This is my article in the business magazine in Kathmandu, May 2016 issue.GDP expansion in South Asia from 1995 to 2015Anywhere in the planet, the pursuit for faster and quicker economic growth by...
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BWorld 63, Can renewables only power the PH and Asian markets?
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last June 08, 2016.There is a belief that “renewables only” can supply all the power and electricity needs of the Philippines, or of the world. Because the sun...
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Energy 71, Roberto Verzola's rebuttal to my BWorld article on renewables
This is published in BusinessWorld today.100% renewable -- is it possible?By Roberto VerzolaExecutive Director, Center for Renewable Electricity Strategies (CREST)(This was written in response to Mr....
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