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My good friends, Bart and Wads Wijnberg
Last week was a long holiday in the Philippines due to the All Saints Day then All Souls Day (Nov. 1 and 2). My father and mother have passed away, they were buried in our hometown, Cadiz City, Negros...
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BWorld 381, Airports, tourism and traffic: KL, Singapore, Jakarta, and Manila
* My article in BusinessWorld on October 29, 2019.The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) published its annual Tourism Highlights and the good news about the Philippines is that international...
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Catching up with Wan Saiful Wan Jan
After more than two years, I was able to see old friend Wan Saiful Wan Jan last October 21 at the KLIA. Me and Lorenzo Montanari of PRA were flying out of KLIA and going to Singapore that afternooon...
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BWorld 382, Energy matters ASEP, CELLS, INIR
* My column in BusinessWorld last October 31, 2019.Upon the invitation of the Ateneo School of Government, I attended the project launch of the Access to Sustainable Energy Program-Clean Energy Living...
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Photos, IPRI 2019 launching in Singapore
Late post, photos during the International Property Rights Index (IPRI) 2019 launching at Singapore Management University (SMU), School of Law, last October 22, 2019. The event was locally sponsored by...
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BWorld 383, Bureaucracy control and drug price control
* My article in BusinessWorld on November 05, 2019.Among the recent good news in the Philippines in terms of improving economic competitiveness is the big jump in its global ranking in the World Bank’s...
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Selected stockmarkets 3 years after the US Presidential elections 2016
The DJIA (US), Shanghai (China), Hang Seng (HK) and Dax (Germany) performance some three years after the US Presidential elections of 2016. The main lessons here: Trump is somehow good for the US...
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BWorld 384, Inflation and electricity prices
* My column in BusinessWorld last November 07, 2019.The good news about Philippines inflation is that we have declining rates, only 0.9% in September and 0.8% in October 2019. The bad news is that...
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Energy 131, Labor productivity by power sources
Good data here from a good article from WUWT, What’sgreen, employs ten times as many people as the “fossil fuel industry” and fake? by David Middleton, November 18, 2019. He showed these beautiful...
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BWorld 385, John Gokongwei and Q3 GDP
* This is my article in BusinessWorld on November 12, 2019. “Choose to be an entrepreneur because then you create value. Choose to be an entrepreneur because the products, services, and jobs you...
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Climate Tricks 88, Bullying the EIKE conference in Munich
Last week, November 19, I was surprised to read this from NTZ,Radicals Bully NH Munich Conference Center…Force Cancellation Of 13th Skeptic Climate Conference!By P Gosselin on 19. November...
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BWorld 386, Exports, manufacturing, and electricity
* My column in BusinessWorld last November 14, 2019.“Under a system of perfectly free commerce, each country naturally devotes its capital and labor to such employments as are most beneficial to each....
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Pol Ideology 77, On monopolies, M&A's and virtual government
These are some of the early notes and exchanges when we were starting the Minimal Government Movement in 2004-2005. Here are exchanges in April 2005 from three friends and me. The image below I got...
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BWorld 387, Agribusiness and corporate farming
* My article in BusinessWorld on November 19, 2019The good news about Philippines agriculture is that the average yield per hectare of many crops keeps rising, thanks to technological modernization....
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Farmers and tractors protest vs EU climate and env policies
So far four European countries are affected recently by farmers opposing certain agri, environment and climate policies -- Netherlands, Ireland, Germany, France.(1) Massive tractor protest leads to 700...
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BWorld 388, TAPP paper on power
* My article in BusinessWorld on November 21, 2019.“Power is a key component of any nation’s growth. Ensuring a balanced and reliable generation portfolio and a robust and responsive transmission and...
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Privatization 14, Notes in 2005
These are some of our exchanges on the subject in Minimal Government yahoogroups, Feb-March 2005. This chart is part of my ppt in one panel discussion in a conference in Hawaii in 2007.(1) Me: Is there...
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BWorld 389, Tourism, taxation and competition
* My column in BusinessWorld on November 26, 2019.The Philippines with 7,600+ islands and islets and 108 million population still has difficulty reaching $10 billion in tourism revenues, something that...
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Gold reserves, Russia and China stockpiling
Some interesting trend here, gold reserves in tonnes.The US is the world's leader, followed by Germany. But see the other trend... https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/gold-reservesIs this part of...
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BWorld 390, Vape control and brand control
* My article in BusinessWorld last November 26, 2019.“The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to...
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