The Philippines needs to gear up to exploit the US-China “trade war”!
A trade war between the United States and China presents a wealth of opportunity to the Philippines — if, of course, Filipinos are up to the challenge of seizing them. …
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Why are Chinese workers WORTH MORE than Filipino workers in the job market?
For all the noise about the growing number of Chinese workers flooding the Philippines, very few “activists” have raised this most important question of all. Why do Chinese workers attract …
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The late Henry Sy is NOT the bad guy in the story of Philippine poverty. FILIPINOS are.
Last we recall, the Philippines is propped up by overseas foreign workers (OFWs) to the tune of 10% of its economy and Filipino households down to the lower middle classes …
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China knows how things “work” in the Philippines
Indeed, the Chinese know how thing “work” in the Philippines. They have, after all, been prominent figures in Philippine industry since the Middle Ages. They know enough to fly above …
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Will IKEA be good for the Philippine economy?
Filipinos are excited about news that Swedish furniture retail giant IKEA will soon be opening in the Philippines. The question is, where will IKEA be sourcing its merchandise? “Activists” have …
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Filipino Twitter Titas shriek “The sky is falling!!” on prospect of Chinese telcos entering Philippine market
Self-described feminist and “accidental writer” Beth Angsioco in a tweet recently posed this question to the Titas of the Philippine Twitterverse… Will you subscribe to a Chinese telco? Throwing this …
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Filipinos need to get better at killing in order to prosper
The seeming aversion of Filipinos to large-scale infrastructure projects — the sorts needed to achieve the vast economies of scale needed to compete in the global market likely stems from …
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Basic principles of inflation explained for dummies
So-called “investigative” journalist Raissa Robles had a laugh at my Twitter post the other day about Philippine inflation. She wasn’t specific about why she thought I didn’t know what I …
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