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How about a tycoon or CEO for president?

by Iris Gonzales - February 20, 2025 - 12:00am

When you sit down with some of the country’s tycoons and business executives, especially Filipino-Chinese businessmen, you will easily notice an air of frustration over our politics and politicians.

Vote for change

by Iris Gonzales - February 18, 2025 - 12:00am

The election circus is here; its caravans are painting the town red – wild, boisterous and full of cheers. The candidates and the crowd are excited, jubilant and happy but I’m anxious, disturbed...

Noble and outstanding

by Iris Gonzales - February 16, 2025 - 12:00am

Let me tell you about a man long gone but never forgotten.

Dignity

by Iris Gonzales - February 13, 2025 - 12:00am

There are a lot of things and services that many of our unfortunate fellow Filipinos do not have access to – from quality education to proper health care.

Forthwith means now, not four months later

by Iris Gonzales - February 11, 2025 - 12:00am

Remember that day when what seemed impossible happened?

Remembering RVO

by Iris Gonzales - February 9, 2025 - 12:00am

It’s been two years since the death of tycoon Roberto V. Ongpin or RVO, who died in 2023, cradled in the arms of his beloved Balesin.

Filipino students are dropping out of college

by Iris Gonzales - February 6, 2025 - 12:00am

Did you know that many of our Filipino youth are dropping out of college and instead opting to earn a living right away for their families?

‘A matter of national survival’

by Iris Gonzales - February 4, 2025 - 12:00am

There is no other way of putting this. No doubt, it is a matter of national survival.

Setbacks

by Iris Gonzales - February 2, 2025 - 12:00am

For two straight years now, the Philippine economy performed weaker than expected.

What’s next for Maharlika?

by Iris Gonzales - January 30, 2025 - 12:00am

Some tycoons get what they want; others have to roll with the punches, though this isn’t unique to the Marcos administration.

Maharlika, NGCP now a done deal

by Iris Gonzales - January 28, 2025 - 12:00am

And the deal is done.

Sleeping Beauty is awake

by Iris Gonzales - January 26, 2025 - 12:00am

I had the chance to listen to celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay when he met with the culinary community at the Newport Performing Arts Theater recently.

History repeats itself

by Iris Gonzales - January 23, 2025 - 12:00am

Those before us liked to say that we must study history so that we can learn from the mistakes of the past and heed the lessons as we move toward the future.

Fiscal discipline

by Iris Gonzales - January 21, 2025 - 12:00am

As Trump 2.0 begins, we can take a page from his plan to make the American government more efficient.

How much is Maharlika’s offer for NGCP?

by Iris Gonzales - January 19, 2025 - 12:00am

Just before 2024 came to a close, I wrote that Maharlika Investment Corp. acquisition of possibly a 10 percent stake in National Grid Corp. of the Philippines could happen as early as this month.

Make bicam talks transparent

by Iris Gonzales - January 16, 2025 - 12:00am

The 2026 budget is in, the 2025 budget is out. Zaldy Co’s post as chairman of the House committee on appropriations has been declared vaca

Concerned bankers

by Iris Gonzales - January 14, 2025 - 12:00am

They may talk about it only in whispers, perhaps careful not to piss off the powers-that-be, but I can tell you for sure that bankers aren’t happy with the Marcos administration’s move to reallocate their...

Bankers’ Night

by Iris Gonzales - January 12, 2025 - 12:00am

If, hypothetically, a bomb exploded at Fort San Antonio Abad last Friday or if the earth beneath it suddenly disappeared, the country’s banking community would surely collapse.

Guarding our bank savings

by Iris Gonzales - January 9, 2025 - 12:00am

We already knew as early as July that the Marcos administration was siphoning a significant amount of the funds of the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp., along with so-called idle funds from the Philippine Health...

Brace for impact

by Iris Gonzales - January 7, 2025 - 12:00am

Much has been said already about the 2025 budget, touted as the crookedest of all, but one glaring implication I’d like to stress is that it would set our country back, by at least a decade and possibly g...

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