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by Alex Magno - June 22, 2024 - 12:00am

If there ever was an award for The World’s Worst Regulator, our Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) would be a strong contender.

Escalation

by Alex Magno - June 20, 2024 - 12:00am

In this last skirmish, China Coast Guard vessels did not just hose down Philippine boats en route to delivering supplies to the Philippine Marines outpost aboard the BRP Sierra Madre.

Stagflation

by Alex Magno - June 18, 2024 - 12:00am

Presidential candidate and convicted felon Donald Trump promised to raise tariffs to pave the way for the elimination of all income taxes. The proposal was universally condemned by America’s most respected...

Implosion

by Alex Magno - June 15, 2024 - 12:00am

The commercial and financial sanctions imposed by the US-led alliance on Russia is finally starting to bite.

Messy

by Alex Magno - June 13, 2024 - 12:00am

There is such a thing as execution risk.

Rightwards

by Alex Magno - June 11, 2024 - 12:00am

The results of EU-wide elections for the European Parliament came as no surprise. Domestic elections had indicated a strong shift in voter preference for rightwing parties.

Giants

by Alex Magno - June 8, 2024 - 12:00am

In the digital world we find ourselves in, sovereign governments can only govern with the acquiescence of the tech giants.

Symmetrical

by Alex Magno - June 6, 2024 - 12:00am

We have returned to the geopolitics of the Cold War.

Indefatigable

by Alex Magno - June 4, 2024 - 12:00am

Volodymyr Zelensky is indefatigable in his diplomatic work.

Predictability

by Alex Magno - June 1, 2024 - 12:00am

Business, as we know, hates uncertainty and loves predictability. A clear path to the future helps enterprises plan longer term and work more productively.

Malfunctioning

by Alex Magno - May 30, 2024 - 12:00am

What needs to be done to get our legislators to liberate communities from malfunctioning electric cooperatives?

Shortchanged

by Alex Magno - May 28, 2024 - 12:00am

Our consumers are taking a beating from our prolonged bout with elevated inflation rates.

Punishment

by Alex Magno - May 25, 2024 - 12:00am

Beijing treats Taiwan the same way it treats its own citizens: without a shred of respect.

Hardliners

by Alex Magno - May 23, 2024 - 12:00am

Just as quickly as the news about the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi broke, it became stale.

Destabilizing

by Alex Magno - May 21, 2024 - 12:00am

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister are confirmed killed in a helicopter crash. This event produces much political uncertainty.

Axis

by Alex Magno - May 18, 2024 - 12:00am

There is a flood of articles in many journals speculating about the return of Cold War geopolitical dynamics. That return, I believe, is inevitable.

Disjointed

by Alex Magno - May 16, 2024 - 12:00am

This is the reason why governance in this country often appears to be a self-defeating exercise: agencies arrive at decisions from their respective rabbit holes without looking at the larger picture.

Waffling

by Alex Magno - May 14, 2024 - 12:00am

US President Joe Biden drew flak from all sides for suspending shipment of munitions to Israel as a way of showing displeasure over Tel Aviv’s decision to proceed with its ground operations at Rafah, Gaza’s...

Operational

by Alex Magno - May 11, 2024 - 12:00am

There is, it seems, more heat than earnestness in the discussion about possible arrangements to manage the competing territorial claims between the Philippines and China.

Audit

by Alex Magno - May 9, 2024 - 12:00am

A Senate hearing was called to look into allegations about a local pharmaceutical company employing multi-level marketing schemes to push its sales. The practice has been justly criticized as unethical – the...

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