Category: Business

2022 presidentiables: political baggage and business friendliness as major criteria

May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 7 Comments

I was discussing with a friend on Messenger the other night about potential Presidential candidates and we narrowed it down to three probables in case Sara Duterte doesn’t run. It came down to Manila Mayor Isko Moreno, former Senator Bongbong Marcos (BBM), and convicted mutineer Antonio Trillanes. His preference was for Isko because Trillanes he…

Business, Politics

Go woke, go broke: ABS-CBN succumbs to cancel culture – breaks ties with CNTV

April 16, 2021April 17, 2021 benign0 5 Comments

Amid “heavy” social media “backlash” mostly from Yellowtards (the bloc within the Philippine Opposition rabidly loyal to the Aquino-Cojuangco clan), top Philippine media network ABS-CBN has reportedly “ended its partnership with Chinatown News TV (CNTV) and will no longer air the Mandarin-language newscast.” As expected, Yellowtard Netizens and “thought leaders” are now busy patting themselves…

Business, Media, Money Talks

March 1, 2020 was the start of the “new normal”

March 1, 2021 benign0 2 Comments

It’s been roughly 12 months since the world shut down. March 2020 is the month that divides the “pre-COVID” and “post-COVID” worlds. When we were in the midst of frantically putting up daily situation reporting to keep our executive management on top of a world changing by the day as the pandemic bore down upon…

Business, Environment, Lifestyle, Society

Facebook news outage won’t affect people looking for REAL info

February 20, 2021 benign0 1 Comment

By now, most would be aware of the storm kicked up by Facebook’s botched attempt to face off with the Australian Government. As Google began efforts to find middle ground in light of Australia following through on legislation that will require social media platforms to pay for exhibiting news content on its users’ feeds, Facebook…

Business, Media, Tech Talk

China Bank-Primark-SM Investments Issue gets Interesting

January 30, 2021January 30, 2021 ChinoF 2 Comments

It’s not often that I take interest in business news. But someone drew my attention to the fracas involving retail giant SM’s investment arm, which has the potential to blow up into something more. The great Amir Al Bahr wrote a while back about how China Bank’s DOSRI loans problems were sort of shrugged off…

Business, Crime

Parler demise sparks search for scarce ALTERNATIVES on the Internet

January 13, 2021January 16, 2021 benign0 12 Comments

People have gained a sudden appreciation of just how little in the way of alternatives there are on the Net following a disturbing collusion amongst the biggest Silicon Valley digital empires to silence US President Donald Trump and his followers. Nowhere has this problematic power been on display more than in the shutting down of…

Business, Tech Talk

SD Biosensor Mahilig MagPA-PAdrino sa Malacanang Connection?

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 P. Farol 2 Comments

Sobrang HINA naman nitong SD Biosensor at kailangan pa nitong gumamit ng PAPA as in PADRINO para makalusot ang mga palpak na walang kwentang mga COVID-19 test kits nito. Kita naman natin sa mga sunod-sunod kong mga post dito sa Get Real Philippines na kung sino sinong mga government functionaries ang tila sumusuporta sa pag-apruba…

Business

Vietnam’s VinFast zooms past Philippine home-grown car brands

September 19, 2020 zaxx 9 Comments

Like my recent GRP piece on Charice’s “Self-destruct Mode” which got as far as the Tonight with Boy Abunda show, this article is another lamentation. This time it’s over the Pinoy struggle to get into the automotive industry game, with that sad feeling of being left behind. If you’ve heard of Vin Diesel of the…

Business, Development, Technology