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Welfarism 33, Janitor turned lawyer, self-reliance vs welfare-dependence
There is a nice and somehow sensational story this week about a former janitor at the Commission on Elections (Comelec), pursued law studies as a working student, and passed the Bar Exams, results were...
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BWorld 125, On the retail competition and open access (RCOA) and EPIRA
* This is my article in BusinessWorld on April 19, 2017.Electricity distribution, unlike generation, is defined as a “public utility” and hence, is granted as a monopoly right via congressional...
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China Watch 24, PH Defense Secretary's visit at Pagasa island
On April 21, 2017, PH Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and top officials of the AFP went to Pagasa island, near Subi Reef that CN has illegally occupied. I say "illegal" because the UN PCA (The...
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BWorld 126, Why mining is appropriate for certain areas and provinces
* This is my article in BusinessWorld on April 21, 2017.Biodiversity of living things is more common in the tropics compared to those in the northern and southern hemisphere. Geological diversity of...
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IPR and Innovation 35, Letter to WIPO on World IP Day
On April 28, 2017, the World Intellectual Property Day was celebrated. The Property Rights Alliance (PRA), publisher of the annual International Property Rights Index (IPRI), sent a letter last April...
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BWorld 127, Economic freedom in Asia means faster growth, lower prices
* This is my article in BusinessWorld on April 26, 2017.Thanks to its rapid economic growth, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is being looked up to by other economic blocs as it...
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Energy 94, Developing Asia's love affair with coal
Energy precedes development, not vice versa. Developing countries cannot sustain growth without cheap and stable energy supply. I am reposting some recent reports about efforts by many developing Asian...
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Drugs War 5, Kill-ambush-poison-bomb-you from PDu30
May tupak talaga ito. See his language:“And here’s the shocker: I will kill you. I will really kill you. And that’s why the rapporteur of the UN is here, investigating extrajudicial killing,” Duterte...
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BWorld 128, The quest for more stable and cheaper electricity in the ASEAN
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last April 28, 2017.High economic growth means high energy demand coming from stable supply and competitively priced energy, not unstable, intermittent, and...
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Drugs War 6, How PDu30 supporters justify his kill-ambush-poison-bomb policy
I have a fb debate with a physician-friend who supports PDu30's violent style in fighting the drugs war. See again PDu30 language last May 04, 2017: “I told them that once you get involved in drugs I...
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BWorld 129, Open pit mines and the DENR Secretary
* This is my article in BusinessWorld on May 02, 2017.Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary, Ms. Gina Lopez, created a stir with the issuance of DENR AO (Administrative...
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Energy 95, Al Gore's $15-T carbon tax racket
According to the bible of Al Gore, the UN and other groups/individuals, we should be guilty that we are riding cars, jeepneys, buses, motorcycles, airplanes, boats, other machines that use fossil...
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Seasteading means more rule of law, less government
There is a good presentation by Joe Quirk of the Seasteading Institute at Dubai Freeport Zone a few months ago, Pitch: SustainableFloating Free Zones in Dubai. Below are some photos from his...
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BWorld 130, Mobility of goods, capital, and people in Asia
* This is my article in BusinessWorld on May 09, 2017.One big issue that failed to land on front pages during the ASEAN Prosperity Summit last week is the creeping protectionism, not through rising...
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Mining 51, Gina Lopez, Roy Cimatu and rule of law
When Gina Lopez was finally rejected as DENR Secretary by the Commission on Appointments (CA), lots of conspiracy hypothesis were flying. And one thing I notice about these comments and opinions is...
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Over-Generalization, Over-Bedanization in the Duterte Cabinet
The term "Over-Generalization" is from my former Political Science teacher in UP Diliman in the 80s, Dr. Seguondo "Doy" Romero. He posted this in his fb wall few days ago:"My reading is that Duterte is...
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BWorld 131, Why the FiT-All is a burden to consumers
* This is my article in BusinessWorld yesterday.Last May 15, Transmission Corp. of the Philippines (Transco) presented at the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) its petition of Feed-in-Tariff Allowance...
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PDu30 Martial Law in Mindanao
This week, President Duterte who was in Russia when there was a big fight between the Armed Forces of the PH (AFP) and the Maute group of local terrorists, declared Martial Law for the entire Mindanao....
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BWorld 132, Global commodity prices, trade and growth
* This is my article in BusinessWorld yesterday.One of the beauties of free trade and global economic integration is that countries can benefit from low commodity prices as improvement in technology...
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IPR and Innovation 36, Plain packaging from tobacco and soon to soft drinks,...
I am reposting this good interview of my friend, PRA Exec. Director, Lorenzo Montanari, published in The Financial last May 29, 2017. State nannyism is wrong, there will be too much state intervention...
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