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by Alex Magno - September 23, 2023 - 12:00am

Whoever might think of investing in rehabilitating the Manila International Airport so that it meets global standards must be watching events at the Subic Port very closely – and very nervously.

Plunder

by Alex Magno - September 21, 2023 - 12:00am

The underwater photos released by our Coast Guard showing crushed corals around the Rozul Reef and Escoda Shoal are shuddering.

Ungoverned

by Alex Magno - September 19, 2023 - 12:00am

The numbers shift daily as undermanned rescue teams desperately search for remains in the sea. One estimate puts the possible number of casualties at about 20,000 – a fifth of Derna’s population of a...

Importer

by Alex Magno - September 16, 2023 - 12:00am

We have overtaken China as the world’s biggest rice importer.

Sacrificed

by Alex Magno - September 14, 2023 - 12:00am

At the end of this useless controversy over rice price capping, our farmers will find themselves at the sacrificial table. As usual.

Shocked

by Alex Magno - September 12, 2023 - 12:00am

Some people have never learned. If you get the price wrong, you eventually get the supply wrong.

Funnier

by Alex Magno - September 9, 2023 - 12:00am

I have heard this story a hundred times – although it is probably apocryphal.

Spooked

by Alex Magno - September 7, 2023 - 12:00am

This is mind-boggling.

Capped

by Alex Magno - September 5, 2023 - 12:00am

tarting today, the price cap imposed on retail prices for rice comes into effect. I fear this bureaucratic measure will open a Pandora’s Box of endless trouble for our economy.

Indentured

by Alex Magno - September 2, 2023 - 12:00am

At times it seems customers of inefficient electricity cooperatives are in actuality indentured to the power distributors.

Sensibilities

by Alex Magno - August 31, 2023 - 12:00am

The debate over the Manila Bay reclamation projects is ultimately a clash of sensibilities.

Betrayal

by Alex Magno - August 29, 2023 - 12:00am

Seduced by populism, our lawmakers are about to wreak havoc on the private schools that educate half our students.

Undoable

by Alex Magno - August 26, 2023 - 12:00am

Asked by legislators if the price of rice will climb down to P20 per kilo before the end of the current presidential term, officials of the Department of Agriculture hewed and hawed.

Headwinds

by Alex Magno - August 24, 2023 - 12:00am

The Philippine economy, unfortunately, is not insulated from the rest of the global economy.

Spotty

by Alex Magno - August 22, 2023 - 12:00am

When the landmark Electricity Power Industry Reform Act was passed years ago, everyone expected introducing competition will result in lower power rates and more reliable energy supply for the country. The expectation...

Steady

by Alex Magno - August 19, 2023 - 12:00am

To no one’s surprise, the Monetary Board decided not to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. At least not at this time.

Frenemies

by Alex Magno - August 17, 2023 - 12:00am

Road access is the only thing standing in the way of Batangas taking off.

Tulaoc

by Alex Magno - August 15, 2023 - 12:00am

Our problem is not only how to ensure the year-round reliability of our fresh water supply but also how to keep it from submerging our homes.

Negligent

by Alex Magno - August 12, 2023 - 12:00am

While politicians were grandstanding about the floods that hit Bulacan and Pampanga provinces last week, San Miguel Corporation CEO Ramon Ang boarded his chopper and surveyed the affected areas for himself.

Willfulness

by Alex Magno - August 10, 2023 - 12:00am

Some of the reasons for the flooding in Bulacan and Pampanga are pretty banal.

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