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Welfarism 35, Healthcare is not personal/parental responsibility, only state...
The most socialistic sectors in society, that their services are not individual or parental or civil society responsibility but only state responsibility, are (1) education and (2) healthcare (HC)....
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BWorld 410, PSA, PCC and competition
* My column in BusinessWorld last February 11.The Philippines continues to be among the laggards in East Asia in attracting more foreign direct investments (FDI). Data from the UN Conference on Trade...
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Dr. Noel de Dios on ICOR under Duterte
Here is a good and factual assessment of the build-build-build and infra spending of the Duterte administration, from Dr. Emmanuel "Noel" de Dios of UPSE. Really cool paper,...
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BWorld 411, COVID-19, NCDs and ENDS
* My column in BusinessWorld last February 13.“How to make the fitting adjustment between individual independence and social control is a subject on which nearly everything remains to be done… To an...
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Dr. Raul Fabella on Pres. Lincoln and Duterte
Here is another great article from Dr. Raul Fabella of UPSE. The meme here I got from the web and not part of the original article....
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BWorld 412, Why PSALM and NEA should go
* My article in BusinessWorld last Tuesday, February 18.Recently there was a story on the huge debt of the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) because it could not collect P59...
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Projected electricity demand in March - Oct 2020
The projected weather phenomena starting March to October 2020 is shown below. The estimated temperature anomaly (deviation from the average) are as follows:March-July 2018: -0.6 to +0.5 C (cold to...
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BWorld 413, Poverty and Duterte BBB
* My column in BusinessWorld last Thursday, February 20.On Feb. 5, I attended the lecture by Dr. Dennis S. Mapa, National Statistician and head of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), and...
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Covid-19, Some reflections
Some random notes here about the ongoing Corona Virus Disease 2019 (CoVid-19), previously called novel CoVi (nCov).1. Many governments around the world seem to be busy with various mundane concerns...
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BWorld 414, GDP and electricity demand
* My article in BusinessWorld last Tuesday, February 24, 2020.Last week I attended three lectures. First the talk of Fritz Ocampo, Chief Investment Officer of Banco de Oro (BDO), titled “The...
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UPSEAA lecture 5, Iggy Sison and Del Monte pineapple farming
Last Thursday, I attended another UPSE Alumni Association (UPSEAA) Boardroom Lectures, the speaker was fellow UPSE alumni, Ignacio "Iggy" Sison, the Chief Corporate Officer of Del Monte Pacific Ltd...
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BWorld 415, World trade and the virus
* My article in BusinessWorld, February 27, 2020.The Philippines’ average merchandise trade deficit in 2018 was $3.6 billion a month, went down to $3.1 billion a month in 2019. The US and Japan remain...
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Energy 133, Oil prices decline with Covid scare
Over the last 10 years, we have generally stable world oil and gas prices since 2015 until today, with one price spike in gas in 2019. And world oil prices are falling fast in recent days, WTI now only...
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Asian stocks and the virus
Data as of last Friday, Feb. 20, 2020, markets.wsj.com. I was curious -- the year to date (ytd, ie from Jan. 1 to Feb 28) stocks, TH, ID and PH have worse performance than CN Shanghai, Shenzhen and...
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BWorld 416, Drug price control and the nanny state
* My article in BusinessWorld, March 3, 2020.Upon the prodding of the Department of Health (DoH) since last year, President Rodrigo R. Duterte issued Executive Order (EO) 104 last month imposing...
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Covid reflections, Part 2
When President Duterte declared a state of national health emergency last Monday, there were only 10 cases nationwide, today 30+ total. Then Albay Cong. Salceda proposed lockdown of entire Metro...
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BWorld 417, TNVS and transport competition
* My column in BusinessWorld on March 5, 2020.Technology- and app-based transport network vehicle service (TNVS) is cool. It is transparent between the passengers and service providers. Passengers know...
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Asian stocks and the virus, Part 2
As of today, the top 3 worst performing stockmarkets in Asia Pacific: (a) Last 52 weeks: TH, PH, ID; (b) Year to date (Ytd, Jan 1 to Mar 13): TH, JP, PH. TH being the worst affected is understandable...
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BWorld 418, Thank you, Metro Manila water concessionaires
* My article in BusinessWorld, May 10, 2020.In a speech before new appointees in Malacañang on Feb. 6, President Rodrigo Duterte blasted again the two Metro Manila water concessionaires. He said,...
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Weekend Fun 68, The virus test kit, by Duterte
This is exact quote from President Duterte's press con last Monday, March 9, 2020.It's like coming from a person with a case of dementia, hahaha.Then other people made a meme, poetry style:That same...
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