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USA: 5% tax on immigrants’ remittances
by Fidel Abalos - May 17, 2025 - 12:00am
The phrase “uncertainties after uncertainty” best describes the situation we are in since several months ago.
Voters’ choice: Short revelry, long agony
by Fidel O Abalos - May 10, 2025 - 12:00am
In the past, huge vehicular and passenger traffic had been experienced on Christmases, Holy Weeks and All Souls’ Days.
US GDP down by 0.3%: What’s next?
by Fidel O Abalos - May 3, 2025 - 12:00am
The uncertainty brought about by Trump’s tariff is now bringing in results. Sadly, it isn’t good. The US economy shrank in the first quarter.
Housing glut or backlog?
by Fidel Abalos - April 26, 2025 - 12:00am
As the global trade or tariff war rages on, the uncertainty mounts. Sadly, it is driven solely by one person’s mood and rhetoric. Well, by the guy named Donald Trump.
Trade deficit or Trump’s narcissism?
by Fidel Abalos - April 12, 2025 - 12:00am
As Trump’s reciprocal tariffs were on a pause, the global stock market bounced back at once.
Trump’s tariff: Devoid of logic
by Fidel O. Abalos - April 5, 2025 - 12:00am
On April 2, Trump’s Liberation Day, he announced a sweeping tariff to all countries (allies and enemies alike) all over the globe. It is so sweeping that pundits felt that the pegged rates are totally devoid...
Digital nomads
by Fidel Abalos - March 29, 2025 - 12:00am
Talking about tourism, our usual pitches are in our traditional strengths like long stretches of beaches, world renowned Filipino hospitality and English proficiency.
Trumpcession
by Fidel O. Abalos - March 22, 2025 - 12:00am
Amid the chaos obtaining today, as usual, some people are again showing their craftiness by coming up with another word, “Trumpcession.
The only thing certain is uncertainty
by Fidel Abalos - March 15, 2025 - 12:00am
Though just in the other side of the hemisphere, the political realities in the USA affects every country in the world. That is why a very popular phrase remain relevant today. “When America sneezes, the...
Trade war may worsen food insecurity
by Fidel Abalos - March 8, 2025 - 12:00am
The Trump-instigated trade war elicited retaliation from its three largest trading partners in Canada, Mexico and China.
“Ukay-ukay” imports: The pros and cons
by Fidel Abalos - March 1, 2025 - 12:00am
About fifteen years ago (2010), there were some insinuations (should we say, proposal) to legalize the trade of “ukay-ukay” (second-hand garments and goods).
Lawmakers & the new breed of tax evaders
by Fidel O. Abalos - February 22, 2025 - 12:00am
Whenever lawmakers (both upper and lower house) conduct hearings, we wonder if it is, indeed, in aid of legislation or reelection.
Trade war: What to learn from it
by Fidel Abalos - February 8, 2025 - 12:00am
There is an old article from the New York Times that chronicled US President Donald Trump’s love for tariffs.
Are we still relevant to the USA?
by Fidel Abalos - January 25, 2025 - 12:00am
Buried in the euphoria out of a record-breaking Sinulog Festival 2025 was the reality that US President Donald Trump shall reign and rule the most powerful country on Earth. As the euphoria dies down, we have to...
Women entrepreneurs
by Fidel Abalos - January 18, 2025 - 12:00am
It is always heartwarming when well-meaning individuals go for initiatives that help the plight of the underprivileged.=
Tourism: Are festivals enough?
by Fidel O. Abalos - January 11, 2025 - 12:00am
There is no other place in the country where shifts in motifs and revelries are so quick and apparent. If you are keen enough, in Cebu, you can certainly observe that department stores, hotels and restaurants, among...
PPP-ULAP accord: Any progress?
by Fidel Abalos - January 4, 2025 - 12:00am
In 1990, the passage of Republic Act 6957 entitled, “An Act Authorizing the Financing, Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Infrastructure Projects by the Private Sector, and for other Purposes,”...
Income inequality
by Fidel Abalos - December 28, 2024 - 12:00am
Some Filipinos are wondering why on earth that the news outlets (both international and domestic) are harping about our country being among the fastest-growing and leading economies in Southeast Asia.
Rice cartel
by Fidel Abalos - December 14, 2024 - 12:00am
Earlier this week, at the second hearing of the House Quinta Comm, or the Murang Pagkain Supercommittee, the Philippine Statistics Authority presented annual demand-supply ratio for rice from 2018 to 2024.
Are human’s jobs still secure?
by Fidel Abalos - November 30, 2024 - 12:00am
Surely, as most techies maybe aware of, robotic process automation (RPA) or, simply, robotics, is so prevalent nowadays in all sectors of the economy of the developed countries in the world. 
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