Category: Business

Economies of the Philippines and Russia share a common denominator

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Economies of the Philippines and Russia share a common denominator

With the Kremlin’s aggressive actions in addressing their grievances regarding Ukraine, numerous countries slapped sanctions against Russia. These economic sanctions imposed on Moscow are complex, where portions of the Russian economy in the sectors of agriculture, manufacturing, and services are being castigated. In addition, the aforementioned sanctions don’t only come from other foreign governments, but…

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Business, History

People who work 18 hours a day are stupid

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People who work 18 hours a day are stupid

Those who haven’t heard of the phrase “work smarter, not harder” are the sorts of people who habitually see heroism in working stupid hours. The underlying concepts applied when wrapping your head around why working 18 hours a day is stupid lies in the difference between the truly prosperous and the merely surviving. It is…

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Business, Economy, Lifestyle, Money Talks

Revising the 1987 Constitution could put an end to communist insurgencies in the Philippines

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Revising the 1987 Constitution could put an end to communist insurgencies in the Philippines

Issues regarding communist insurgencies in the Philippines are once again the talk of the town as the country prepares to elect its next chief executive. The current administration has been aggressive in addressing problems associated extreme leftist groups and their armed counterparts. Definitely, the next head of government would inherit these successes as the military…

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Business, Charter Change, Development, Economy

No justification for Pasig River Expressway (PAREX), project driven more by profit than by public good

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No justification for Pasig River Expressway (PAREX), project driven more by profit than by public good

The Pasig River Expressway has broken ground and the project has begun in earnest even with the growing opposition to it. The initial furor was over the design that the whole river would be covered by the length of the expressway which runs from east to west from Manila Bay to Laguna De Bay. As…

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Business, Development, Environment

Pharmally execs Linconn Ong, Mohit Dargani, and Twinkle Dargani should sue HYPOCRITE social media “experts” for libel

Posted on By Ramon Ortoll 12 Comments on Pharmally execs Linconn Ong, Mohit Dargani, and Twinkle Dargani should sue HYPOCRITE social media “experts” for libel
Pharmally execs Linconn Ong, Mohit Dargani, and Twinkle Dargani should sue HYPOCRITE social media “experts” for libel

I can’t think of the right words to describe this Tweet of blogger and “social media expert” Jane Uymatiao a.k.a. “Citizen Jane” a.k.a. “The Philippine Beat”. She suggests that anyone with a fancy car who runs a business and deals with the government is stealing Filipino taxpayers’ money. Those are serious allegations you are making…

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Business, Government

Century Peak Tests President Duterte’s Resolve on Reclamation Ban

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Century Peak Tests President Duterte’s Resolve on Reclamation Ban

It seems proponents of reclamation projects are out to test President Rodrigo Duterte’s resolve a few weeks after saying he had put a stop to such projects because of corruption. “You know, itong sa (this) Manila Bay na reclamation, thousands have applied but because of the corruption that I’ve heard early last year, there’s no more processing of papers,”…

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Business, Development, Government, Politics

The LIES surrounding Ninoy’s 1983 death and the Yellowtard oligarchs’ pillaging of the Philippine economy

Posted on By Ramon Ortoll 2 Comments on The LIES surrounding Ninoy’s 1983 death and the Yellowtard oligarchs’ pillaging of the Philippine economy
The LIES surrounding Ninoy’s 1983 death and the Yellowtard oligarchs’ pillaging of the Philippine economy

The Opposition continues to use the late former President Ferdinand Marcos as a scapegoat for the state of the Philippine economy. They refuse to acknowledge the validity of Marcos’s economic strategy from the beginning of his first term which was to focus on rebuilding infrastructure destroyed during World War II. After the declaration of martial…

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Business, Economy

Foreign Direct Investment in the Philippines – January through May 2021 report

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Foreign Direct Investment in the Philippines – January through May 2021 report

What is Foreign Direct Investment? Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as defined by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is “a category of cross-border investment in which an investor resident in one economy establishes a lasting interest in and a significant degree of influence over an enterprise resident in another economy. Ownership of 10…

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