YELLOW PAD By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III Just before President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. presented his State of the Nation Address (SONA), I received a text message from my politically irreverent friend, Boom Buencamino. He said:...
There is a growing consensus among economists and analysts that a potential Marcos presidency will significantly hurt the Philippine economy. This is driven by the fact that Marcos has an unclear economic platform based on...
In the past month, two landmark decisions in tobacco control have been made worldwide. On June 13, the Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the “competence and mandate to ensure...
Read MoreYELLOW PAD By Laurence Go The recently concluded Philippine elections saw the landslide win of Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., whose victory is historical for two reasons. First, while parts of the world have voted to reject candidates...
Read MoreYELLOW PAD By Filomeno Sta. Ana III “Disinformation, and lots of it over social media, was the predicted winner of the 2022 Philippines Presidential Elections.” The quotation comes from a news item published by the Asia Center...
Read MoreIn mid-2021, upon the suggestion of one of its senior fellows, Action for Economic Reforms (AER) decided to refresh the organization’s brand identity. The exercise coincided with AER’s 25th anniversary, but there were several...
Read MoreYELLOW PAD By Filomeno Sta. Ana III This is a sequel to the column “Walang imposible,” which I wrote on the eve of the elections (May 8) and which BusinessWorld published online on the same date. In that column, not only did I...
Read MoreLeni’s miting de avance (final campaign rally) was a fitting climax to a stunning, inspiring, dramatic, and earth-shaking campaign. All roads led to Ayala Avenue. One million people participated in the...
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Call for and Event Organizer for the 2nd COLLABDev National Assembly Action for Economic Reforms (AER), a civil society policy, advocacy and action think tank working on key issues around fiscal reforms, health measures,...
