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

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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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Business, Economy, Money Talks

Yellowtard economic “experts” @JCPunongbayan, Ateneo alumna @znsuzara, and SHARON CUNETA comment on recent Ph economy data!

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“Economic experts” sprouted overnight after the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released its economic data the other day. The PSA numbers showed that the Philippines moved out of recession territory with GDP growth turning positive for the first time since its tumultuous plunge last year on the back of the first lockdown which effectively shutdown the…

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Economy, Media, Money Talks

Miracle in Tokyo on the back of strong gov’t and private sector support for our national athletes

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A miracle in Tokyo. That is how I am going to describe the campaign of the Philippine delegation at the 2020 Summer Olympics that is currently being held in Tokyo, Japan. For the first time since it began participating at the Olympic Games, the Philippine delegation has scored a major medal haul. So far, Filipino…

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Society

Manila “achievements” pimped into service for Isko Moreno 2022 presidential run, ultimately BETRAYS Manileño constituents

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You know it would come to the point that a puff piece praising Manila Mayor Isko Moreno would eventually be written. It was just a matter of time. In his PhilSTAR piece “The city of Manila acting like Singapore”, columnist Andrew Masigan describes Isko as a “transformative leader” gushing about how Moreno had “achieved more…

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Development, Politics

Prime Media Holdings Inc sets Romualdez clan up for a big piece of the broadcast media pie

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It appears that Leyte representative and House Majority Leader Ferdinand Martin Romualdez is now ready to expand his media empire from print to broadcast. The Philippine Stock Exchange had today reportedly “lifted the trading suspension of Prime Media Holdings Inc. (PRIM) after the company submitted the required comprehensive disclosure on backdoor listing.” Prime Media Holdings…

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Business, Media, Money Talks

Traditional Opposition REALLY worried as disastrous fiascos under Leni Robredo leadership strengthen’s Lacson-Sotto 2022 bid

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The Opposition appears egregiously divided among the ideological purists and the political pragmatists. Amang Rodriguez said politics is addition. How can the opposition win if they do not know how to add? John Nery’s column today, “Warning: Lacson”, comes on the heels of the latest public relations fiasco of Vice-President Leni Robredo which she herself…

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Politics

The COVID pandemic will not end any time soon. Time to learn a bit of mental toughness!

Posted on By Ramon Ortoll 3 Comments on The COVID pandemic will not end any time soon. Time to learn a bit of mental toughness!

The 21-45 demographic is 40M strong. These are the millennials who will be our future leaders and captains of industry. But with all their whining and ranting on social media, the future looks bleak. We’re seeing a breakdown in education, not only in the public school system but also in private educational institutions. Credentialism has…

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Society

Leni Robredo is leading history’s “most stupid” Philippine Opposition down a path to oblivion

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The true state of the Opposition is laid out today by former Ambassador Bobi Tiglao in his Manila Times piece “Philippine democracy is in trouble”. Tiglao writes about how today’s Opposition is “the most feeble, most stupid opposition ever in our history”. Among other aspects of the problem with the “opposition”, his indictment of the…

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