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BWorld 352, SONA and ICCC-13
* This is my column in BusinessWorld on July 23, 2019.Climate change is natural, nature-made and not man-made. It is cyclical — the warming-cooling-warming-cooling over the past 4.6 billion years of...
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Heartland's ICCC-13 photos
Washington DC -- The Heartland Institute's 13th International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC-13) was very successful yesterday. Huge audience, high caliber speakers and moderators, schedules...
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BWorld 353, SONA 2019: what was said and not said
* My column in BusinessWorld last July 25, 2019.SEOUL-INCHEON AIRPORT — An impressive new terminal greeted me here and it will definitely make many Filipinos wish that we have a similar airport soon....
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Lion Rock 29, Government does not create wealth
I am reposting portions of two good articles by a friend, Nick Smith, former Chairman of the Lion Rock Institute in Hong Kong. The image I got from the web (CTTO) and not part of his papers. Enjoy.(1)...
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BWorld 354, Airports, trains and buses
* This is my paper at the Economy section, BusinessWorld July 26, 2019.WASHINGTON, DC — It’s my first time to land at Washington Dulles International Airport from Manila via Seoul-Incheon airport. The...
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Climate Tricks 82, Polar ice melt, and grow
When I went to the US last week, I took Korean Air, so route is Manila - Incheon/Seoul - Washington DC Dulles airport. From Seoul to DC last July 24, our KE flight was to the right of Alaska and Bering...
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BWorld 355, No climate crisis
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last Tuesday, July 30, 2019.WASHINGTON, DC — The various presentations at the Heartland Institute’s 13th International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC-13) on...
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On gun shooting and gun ownership
First off, condolence to the families of people shot and murdered in El Paso, Texas (20 dead) and Dayton, Ohio (9 dead) today. Tragic indeed.On prohibiting gun ownership to civilians to "stop gun...
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BWorld 356, Infrastructure, mobility and liberty
* My article in BusinessWorld on August 01, 2019.WASHINGTON, DC — Among the notable views and experiences for people coming from less developed countries like the Philippines who go to rich countries...
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Climate Tricks 83, On Greenland ice melt alarmism
My lawyer-friend JB Baylon posted in my fb wall the other day this note and news report,“My friend Nonoy Oplas will say that this is a bunch of cow dung.”Greenland's ice sheet just lost 11 billion tons...
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IPR and Innovation 45, PH IPR courts, BOI-IPO, GII 2019
Some updates on IPR protection in the Philippines here. Private property is private property, physical or intellectual. They are not social or communal property.---------------(1) SC asked to designate...
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UPSEAA lecture 4, Johanna Chua
Last Thursday, another UP School of Economics Alumni Association (UPSEAA) boardroom lecture given by UPSE '94 Summa cum laude graduate Johanna Chua, now with Citibank.She delivered a fast, articulate,...
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BWorld 357, We need further FDI liberalization
* My column in BusinessWorld on August 06, 2019.Foreign direct investment (FDI) is important because the benefits to the destination economy are not limited to capital infusion but also technology...
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Climate Tricks 84, 97% climate consensus in Sicily
The UN, Al Gore, WWF, etc. repeatedly use the "97% consensus" by scientists of man-made warming. They should refer to themselves, 97-100% of folks like Al Gore, Obama, di Caprio, Prince Harry, Katy...
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BWorld 358, How government restricts energy development
* My column in BusinessWorld on August 08, 2019.In the first week of August this year, I saw seven energy-related stories in BusinessWorld Economy section alone:1. “SolGen appeals Supreme Court ruling...
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China Watch 38, China Army to attack HK protesters?
My admiration and respect to the brave people of Hong Kong for protesting the long arm of the China Communist Party over them. It started with the protest vs the CN-inspired extradition bill where...
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BWorld 359, Why is Philippines’ GDP growth decelerating?
* My column in BusinessWorld on August 13, 2019.The Philippines’ GDP growth over the past 18 years has a beautiful and not-so beautiful story. Accelerating from 2001 to 2015, then decelerating lately:...
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On India's N-East provinces, Kashmir
I've been to India (Mumbai only), Nepal and Bhutan and I just realized why India won't just grant independence to those provinces and regions on the N-East? These areas are isolated from India mainland...
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BWorld 360, Rule of law and property rights, Hong Kong vs China
* My column in BusinessWorld on August 15, 2019.“… the rules must apply to those who lay them down and those who apply — that is, to the government as well as the governed — and that nobody has the...
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Free trade 69, US-UK FTA
Among the advantages of Brexit. UK can have FTA with many countries outside the EU like the US and its former colonies in Asia like MY, SG, HK, ID. Trump and Bojo now in G7 meeting in France.But this...
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