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Duterte achieved a lot during his term which is why CONTINUITY post-2022 is very important

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Duterte achieved a lot during his term which is why CONTINUITY post-2022 is very important

It was then incoming Secretary of Finance Carlos Dominguez who set the administration’s 0-10 point socio-economic agenda which was basically the key performance indicators (KPIs) set by the administration for what it expected to achieve by the time its term ended. I tend to disagree to the scores Inquirer columnist Peter Wallace laid out in…

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Development, Economy, Education

The UP School of Economics was USELESS when Filipinos needed its “expertise” the most

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The UP School of Economics was USELESS when Filipinos needed its “expertise” the most

Here we go again — the infamous “sick man of Asia” label. A throwback to the Marcos era is all “economist” Winnie Monsod could come up with in her Inquirer piece “Why we are again the sick man of Asia”. You would think that the Opposition would be creative enough to come up with a…

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Business, Economy