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Lion Rock 20, Hong Kong's labor welfarism and rising unemployment
Another good article from Bill Stacey, former Chairman of the Lion Rock Institute (LRI) in Hong Kong. He observes that labor welfarism policies intended to protect labor actually discourages the hiring...
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The Kill list and drugs war
10+ murders a day since President Duterte came to office. Horrible. The dead can not defend themselves anymore if they were indeed drug pushers or addicts or innocent, patay na nga eh. I support Pres....
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BWorld 70, Wind power firms corner billions of FIT money
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last Wednesday.From an introductory price hike of 4.06 centavos/kWh of Feed In Tariff Allowance (FiT-All) in 2014, this subsidy scheme of guaranteed price for 20...
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Climate Tricks 55, Paris Deal vs scientific papers debunking the AGW hypothesis
In a special interview of former COMELEC Commissioner Christian Monsod by Rappler, he will likely say -- along with Climate Change Commission (CCC) officials, Tony la Vina, Sen. Legarda, etc. -- that...
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My UP Sapul friends
One of my student organizations in UP Diliman in the 80s was the UP Samahan sa Agham Pampulitika (UP Pol. Science Club). I shifted from BS Statistics to AB Political Science then AB Economics. While...
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BWorld 71, Free trade and higher income
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last Friday.Among the benefits of free trade, besides having tariffs as low as possible, if not zero, is higher income for the people. There are several ways by...
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Energy 74, Mindanao business opportunities via coal plants
* This is my article in SPARK by ADRi last July 4, 2016.The emergence of a first ever President of the Philippines coming from Mindanao has produced ample business opportunities to that big island and...
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Telcos, Pacquiao and China, by Dr. Jop Yap
Another nice commentary from a friend, Dr. Josef "Jop" Yap, former President of the PH Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and now a UPSE faculty member. He gave me permission to post this.The...
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BWorld 72, Economic integration and disruption
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last July 11, 2016.Three of the five themes of the first ever BusinessWorld Economic Forum on July 12 will be on economic integration, technological disruption,...
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The PH drugs war, part 2
President Duterte, I am supporting many of your economic, education, healthcare, agri, energy, etc. policies. But NOT extra judicial killings (EJKs) by the PNP and other state agencies. Or the lack...
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Welfarism 32, On forcing restaurants to give their excess food to charities
Sen. Bam Aquino is a bright legislator but from time to time, may churn out lousy bills. Like this one. Food donation can be done voluntarily, no need for legislation and national coercion with...
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BWorld 73, Transco and the big beneficiaries of feed in tariff
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last July 20, 2016.The Philippines’ expensive electricity prices in Asia -- second only to Japan -- was highlighted once again in a paper by The Lantau Group (TLG)...
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Climate Tricks 56, Using the CHR for climate harassment
There's a new development, unprecedented so far -- having the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) -- to accuse and harass multinational firms engaged in oil, cement, coal and mining.From The Guardian last...
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BWorld 74, Pres. Duterte's anti-corruption programs and Transparency Intl.
* This is my article in BusinessWorld Special Anniversary issue last Monday.---------The Duterte administration's anti-corruption plansCorruption takes place when a person has the power to dispense...
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Rule of law 27, Exchanges in July 2009
I stumbled upon these exchanges seven years ago in my fb account. I think I have not uploaded this before, so here it is.--------------Nonoy is writing an essay, "Rule of law, lawlessness of the State,...
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BWorld 75, How to profit from urban congestion
* This is my 2nd article in BusinessWorld special Anniversary issue last Monday.------------Worsening traffic congestion in Metro Manila and other big cities in the Philippines has led people to...
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Energy 75, the PH solar confederation, electric coops and Meralco
From the DOE website, some group photos showing some of the major players in the PH energy sector. Below, one solar group, the Confederation of Solar Developers of the PH, Inc. (CSDP).From left: DOE...
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Demography 26, Once again on the RH law
Four years ago, I wrote this paper in interaksyon and shared it in my fb wall with this note, "People are assets, not liabilities. Government should focus on promulgating the rule of law, not in...
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BWorld 76, Solar can never power the PH and Asia
* This is my 3rd article in the special issue, BusinessWorld Anniversary Report last July 25, 2016. Due to limited space, the table was not shown but the arguments and texts are retained.The rapid pace...
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PH drugs war 3, Murder culture + low-life mind is dangerous combination
A friend in fb, Jasmin Romero of ABS-CBN posted the other day this report.''I do not care. I really don’t care because I know na kapag iyang bangag na -- a user is always a pusher except you are the...
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