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Photos, launching of IPR-ASEAN report with Geneva Network
Late post, photos last September 24, 2019, when the report "The importance of IPR for growth: reform agenda for ASEAN countries" was officially launched in Manila at Holiday Inn Makati. The report is...
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BWorld 371, Reform agenda for IPR in the ASEAN
* This is my column in BusinessWorld on September 24, 2019.Today, Sept. 24, a new report — “The importance of IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) in progress: reform agenda for ASEAN countries” — will...
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Photos before the launching of IPRI 2019, Manila
The International Property Rights Index (IPRI) 2019 was globally launched in Manila last October 16 in Manila. Some photos before the event.Below from left: _______, Vaughn Montes, Art Corpuz, Ed Gana,...
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BWorld 372, Energy leftism will plunge the Philippines into darkness
* My column in BusinessWorld last September 26, 2019.The continuing anti-coal paranoia of many leftist political groups and greenie environmentalists is largely based on emotion and alarmism, far away...
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Exports, FDI, Manufacturing, ICOR under Dutertenomics
A really good, wowie but short article -- only two paragraphs -- from my former teacher in UPSE, Dr. Emmanuel "Noel" de Dios here, "Four figures in search of commentary" published in BusinessWorld last...
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BWorld 373, CITIRA, IPR and investments
* My article in BusinessWorld on October 01, 2019.Among the contentious bills in Congress now is the proposed Corporate Income Tax and Incentives Rationalization Act (CITIRA), formerly the TRABAHO...
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Photos, IPRI 2019 launching in Manila, Oct. 16
Late post, here are some photos, courtesy of the Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) fb photos last October 16, 2019. The event was sponsored by the Property Rights Alliance (PRA), co-sponsored...
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BWorld 374, DoH budget and drug price control
* My column in BusinessWorld on October 03, 2019.The Philippines’ public health sector is not a “deprived” sector in terms of annual budget to fulfill various agencies’ functions and mandates. There...
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Photos, IPRI 2019 launching in KL, Oct. 19
Some of the photos when the International Property Rights Index (IPRI) 2019 was launched in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last October 19. It was during panel 2 of the Institute for Democracy and Economic...
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BWorld 375, Property rights and agrarian lefts
* My article in BusinessWorld on October 08, 2019.“CARP has instead effected a massive de-formalization of agriculture! Time to allow agriculture to march out of the informal into the formal sector. It...
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Energy 130, US crude oil and natgas production
https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=WCRFPUS2&f=Whttps://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=m_epl2_fpf_nus_mbbld&f=mThere, significant increases...
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BWorld 376, Coal use and GDP growth correlation
* My article in BusinessWorld on October 10, 2019.Among the tricks used by the anti-fossil fuel, anti-coal groups is to never recognize growth and economic modernization of countries that have relied...
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Climate Tricks 87, 'Man-made' CC causes less storms and more storms
The usual argument by climate alarmism movement is that less rain or more rain, less flood or more flood, less storms or more storms, they are all "proof" of man-made climate change (CC). So regardless...
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BWorld 377, Property rights and transportation bureaucracy
* My column in BusinessWorld on October 15, 2019.“In all countries where there is tolerable security, every man with common understanding will endeavour to employ whatever stock he can command, in...
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5 years ago in Hong Kong with LRI and Cathy
These two photos popped up in my fb feeds today, Memories 5 years ago, November 4, 2014. That day, the Lion Rock Institute held its Reading Club Salon 2014 at a hotel (I forget its name now) in Hong...
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BWorld 378, IPRI 2019 and banning brand
* My column in BusinessWorld on October 18, 2019.“Man… had still in himself the great foundation of property… when invention and arts had improved the conveniences of life, was perfectly his own, and...
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Hong Kong umbrella movement, 5 years ago
Another memories popped up on my fb feeds, our friends from the Lion Rock Institute (LRI) in Hong Kong toured us at the Admiralty to see the ongoing road occupation by thousands of people in the...
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BWorld 379, Energy security and fast growth
* This is my paper in BusinessWorld last October 22, 2019.KUALA LUMPUR — I came to the capital city of Malaysia to speak at the Liberalism Conference of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs...
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Photos, IPRI 2019 launching in Jakarta
Thanks again to the Center for Indonesian Policy Studies (CIPS) and Paramadina Public Policy Institute for co-hosting with the Property Rights Alliance (PRA) the launching of IPRI 2019, at the...
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BWorld 380, Prosperity and demography in Asia
* My article in BusinessWorld last October 24, 2019.“The man of system… is apt to be very wise in his own conceit; and is often so enamoured with the supposed beauty of his own ideal plan of...
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