A message of thanks
Yellow Pad By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III A statement I often hear from Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III is his recognition of the contribution of his predecessors and the previous administrations in providing the...
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Understanding rice tariffication
Yellow Pad By Laurence Go, Jessica Reyes Cantos, AJ Montesa, and Filomeno Sta. Ana III We are firm in defending and asserting the rice tariffication reform despite the current transitional problems that it faces in its...
Read More‘Life, death, and the best of us’
Yellow Pad By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III The title of this essay does not belong to me. It is Tony La Viña’s. It is the title of his Rappler essay (Jan. 6. 2016), which gave tribute to diverse people whose deaths gave...
Read MoreHigher alcohol taxes will improve population health and augment UHC funds
Yellow Pad By Dante Salvador Jr, Michael Mo, and Kim Sales Noncommunicable diseases have become the leading cause of death and illness in the Philippines. Alcohol consumption is associated with more than 10% of noncommunicable...
Read MoreLex Talionis: in a time of a shooting war
Yellow Pad By Soliman M. Santos, Jr. President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to give the New People’s Army (NPA) tit for tat” is notable on several levels. It is perhaps the first...
Read MoreLee Kuan Yew
Yellow Pad By Rayla Melchor Santos August 9 is the National Day of Singapore. On this day, Singapore commemorates its independence from Malaysia. Singapore is a most prosperous country, and, without a doubt, its founding...
Read MoreThe case for increasing alcohol taxes
Yellow Pad By Carlos Jacinto In one of the rare moments of this year’s State of the Nation Address where President Rodrigo Duterte followed the speech written for him, he mentioned that one of his priority measures for...
Read MoreDuterte’s misguided pronouncements on rice policy
Yellow Pad By AJ Montesa In a speech in Ilocos Sur on July 25, President Rodrigo R. Duterte strongly alluded to a suspension of the implementation of the Rice Tariffication Act of 2019. Duterte proposed a “happy...
Read MoreDrop the sedition charges
Yellow Pad Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III The filing of sedition charges against Vice-President Leni Robredo and 35 other individuals who are identified with the so-called “yellow opposition” is alarming. One can dismiss it as...
Read MoreThe last three years
Yellow Pad By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III As we enter the last half of Rodrigo Duterte’s term, economic policy-makers and policy-influencers look at the prospects of what reforms can still be done. The conventional thinking...
Read MoreRey Casambre: Peace warrior
Yellow Pad By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III As I was disembarking from a Manila-Taipei flight that had just landed at the Taoyuan airport, a co-passenger approached me and asked: “Aren’t you Men? Do you remember me?” I couldn’t...
Read MoreJapan’s Coast Guard diplomacy in Southeast Asia
Yellow Pad By Jay Tristan Tariella In light of recent regional maritime disputes involving China and the Philippines, Japan’s maritime strategy to calm tensions cannot be ignored. For Japan — which is dependent on the sea for...
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