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Sugar shortage hocus-pocus

by Rey Gamboa - August 11, 2022 - 12:00am

A discussion on sugar, particularly the processed versions, almost always elicits in me mixed feelings of its actual beneficial role in modern life given the many unhealthy warnings linking it to obesity, diabetes,...

A reader’s view on the Malampaya story

by Rey Gamboa - November 30, 2021 - 12:00am

One of our readers, Napoleon T. Cabello, shares his views on the now-controversial sales of both Chevron and Shell Philippines Exploration’s interests in the Malampaya natural gas fields to Dennis Uy’s...

Readers raise concerns

by Rey Gamboa - September 10, 2020 - 12:00am

We give way to several readers of this column who voiced out their concerns on various topics we wrote about in previous weeks.

The climb to 95 and higher

by Rey Gamboa - November 5, 2019 - 12:00am

We’ve gotten greedier. Not that it means we’re losing our sense of reality.

Unminding traffic

by Rey Gamboa - January 18, 2018 - 12:00am

For those living in Metro Manila, the light traffic on EDSA during the weeks of Christmas and New Year was pleasantly surprising. This week, though, bad traffic has come back full force, as if with a veng...

Gunning for the ‘A’ grade

by Rey Gamboa - May 13, 2014 - 12:00am

The sovereign credit rating upgrade of Standard & Poor’s (S&P) granted to our country last week is indeed a spot of good news, a “gift” that almost coincides with the country’s Mother’s...

Financial freedom with OFW remittances

by Rey Gamboa - December 3, 2013 - 12:00am

There are a number of Filipinos who have worked abroad and come home to “retire” to some decent level of comfort and affluence.

When will ATM fraud end?

by Rey Gamboa - October 1, 2013 - 12:00am

ATM fraud is still prevalent, yet ATM users are in for a double-whammy.

The public welfare comes first

by Rey Gamboa - November 2, 2012 - 12:00am

The catch-up game in the insurance industry to hike paid-up capitalization may be wearing out small insurance companies that are having a hard time to comply with this most recent ruling of the Department of Finance,...

‘New’ Intramuros needed

by Rey Gamboa - October 30, 2012 - 12:00am

One can indeed get carried away by Intramuros.

27 Wonders of Intramuros

by Rey Gamboa - October 26, 2012 - 12:00am

This coming holiday, most Filipinos will be expecting guests from other countries who want to escape the cold winter in their part of the world or are simply looking forward to share the warm Christmas and New Year...

In search of a Pinoy 'Steve Jobs'

by Rey Gamboa - September 14, 2012 - 12:00am

“Why can’t the next Instagram or Google be Filipino?,” asked Manuel V. Pangilinan, chairman of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., the country’s largest telecommunications company to date,...

Sinking Doha ship

by Rey Gamboa - July 18, 2008 - 12:00am

Multi-billion dollar opportunity, anyone?

by Rey Gamboa - August 7, 2006 - 12:00am

This multi-billion dollar opportunity was within our grasp many years ago if we only did our homework and proceeded in earnest to develop and position the country as a retirees’ haven. In fact, many...

Not just wage hikes

by Rey Gamboa - July 7, 2006 - 12:00am

Next week, on July 11 to be exact, the minimum wage of Metro Manila workers will be increased by P25 per day to P350 (P300 as basic pay and P50 as cost of living allowance) for the non-agricultural working sector....

Holy smokes! Not again

by Rey Gamboa - November 3, 2003 - 12:00am

As the recently ratified Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003 – or more popularly known as the Anti-Smoking Law – moves full steam ahead, there is a cloud of concern and apprehension with regards to the fate...

Philippines not yet wowing them

by Rey Gamboa - October 27, 2003 - 12:00am

Long before the 9/11 incident, the Abu Sayyaf kidnappings, the SARS phenomena, the July 27 military mutiny at Oakwood, and the travel advisories against the Philippines, tourists traveling to this part of the world...

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