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DEMAND AND SUPPLY
Hot pandesal
by Boo Chanco - October 7, 2026 - 12:00am
The condo glut reminds me of hot pandesal.
Affordability
by Boo Chanco - October 5, 2026 - 12:00am
In the 2026 US midterm elections, “affordability” has evolved into a central political issue.
Digital sovereignty
by Boo Chanco - October 2, 2026 - 12:00am
It is hardly surprising that the DICT is struggling to get foreign-based social media platforms to comply with local regulations. Perhaps, this should be a prime topic in the ASEAN summit this month to produce a...
Housing program
by Boo Chanco - September 30, 2026 - 12:00am
No one honestly believed BBM’s housing program would be any better than his predecessors’.
Controlling social media
by Boo Chanco - September 28, 2026 - 12:00am
There were two rather disturbing pieces of news last week. 
Relapse
by Boo Chanco - September 25, 2026 - 12:00am
Unless things quiet down significantly in the Middle East by some miracle, the world will experience a relapse of the oil crisis and this time, it could be worse than the crisis early this year. Mas matindi...
Revising EPIRA
by Boo Chanco - September 23, 2026 - 12:00am
It has been 25 years since Congress enacted the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001.
Are we done with CARP?
by Boo Chanco - September 21, 2026 - 12:00am
Did the BBM administration quietly declare that our agrarian reform program is over?
Protecting ube
by Boo Chanco - September 18, 2026 - 12:00am
The Department of Agriculture has imposed an indefinite ban on the export of fresh ube to protect our planting materials amid booming global demand. It may have been too late or not enough.
Our coal dilemma
by Boo Chanco - September 16, 2026 - 12:00am
We have a serious power supply problem that makes potential investors flee.
DOE failure
by Boo Chanco - September 14, 2026 - 12:00am
Pity Energy Secretary Sharon Garin. She is from Iloilo and like the rest of Visayas, Iloilo has been suffering from power failures reminiscent of the great blackouts of the Cory era. And Secretary Garin seems unable...
What’s the real score?
by Boo Chanco - September 11, 2026 - 12:00am
Our government is telling us that the economy is not that bad, pointing out that international credit rating agencies have maintained our investment grade rating.
Expensive electricity
by Boo Chanco - September 9, 2026 - 12:00am
Our power system, the high cost of electricity and the unreliability of supply, are often cited as a primary deal breaker with potential foreign investors in our manufacturing sector. Even local investors have cited...
An outlier taipan
by Boo Chanco - September 7, 2026 - 12:00am
Over the past weeks, I have been writing about how our economic elites have preferred to invest in protected and rent-seeking industries rather than in basic industries that will make our economy internationally...
Why we need FDI
by Boo Chanco - September 4, 2026 - 12:00am
BSP Governor Eli Remolona Jr., in a Senate hearing last week, cited the need for the country to have more exports to bring in more dollars we need to buy the increasing amount of goods that we now import. Remittances...
‘Mayabang kasi tayo!’
by Boo Chanco - September 2, 2026 - 12:00am
“Medyo mahirap sabihin ito, Senator, pero mayabang tayo eh… may consumption culture.”
Focus on ancillary!
by Boo Chanco - August 31, 2026 - 12:00am
After all the brouhaha over systems losses being blamed for rising electricity bills, the best that our government can do is to offer to remove the 12 percent VAT on systems losses. That’s peanuts. Our government...
Sponge City
by Boo Chanco - August 28, 2026 - 12:00am
The floods we endured over the last two weeks elicited a hopeful press release from BBM.
Garbage fee
by Boo Chanco - August 26, 2026 - 12:00am
The City of Manila has implemented a steep increase of up to 1,200 percent in commercial garbage collection fees via City Ordinance 9151.
Lies, damn lies and statistics
by Boo Chanco - August 24, 2026 - 12:00am
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.”
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