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DEMAND AND SUPPLY
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.”
Why aren’t we angry yet?
by Boo Chanco - August 21, 2026 - 12:00am
he Southwest Monsoon dumped 201.7 mm of rainfall in just five hours over Metro Manila on Aug. 17. With 138 mm falling in a two-hour window, widespread flooding hit major roads across Metro Manila.
An island of consumption
by Boo Chanco - August 19, 2026 - 12:00am
Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan observed that the economy is growing too slow.
Siyam-siyam
by Boo Chanco - August 17, 2026 - 12:00am
We have had about two weeks of almost non-stop rain even in the absence of a typhoon. In Tagalog, we call it siyam siyam.
Ancillary services
by Boo Chanco - August 14, 2026 - 12:00am
In a press briefing, Meralco’s Larry Fernandez, head of Utility Economics, explained that consumers will not feel the full impact of Meralco’s 59-centavo-per-kWh reduction because transmission charge...
Jobs, jobs, jobs
by Boo Chanco - August 12, 2026 - 12:00am
The statistics measuring employment and unemployment are often presented to seem better than they really are.
We’re in deep doo doo
by Boo Chanco - August 10, 2026 - 12:00am
Last Friday, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported some grim statistics showing that our GDP grew by only 2.3 percent year-on-year for Q2 2026, marking the weakest quarterly performance in 17 years...
Is ERC up to the job?
by Boo Chanco - August 7, 2026 - 12:00am
The incompetence of our government in regulating the power industry is a significant cause of our woes. While the current leadership of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has been trying hard to clean up...
Sweat and tears
by Boo Chanco - August 5, 2026 - 12:00am
Due to time zone differences, many of us have been losing sleep trying to catch the tennis matches of Alex Eala.
System loss charge
by Boo Chanco - August 3, 2026 - 12:00am
This big controversy over the system loss that power distribution utility companies are allowed to pass on to their customers reminds me of the many discussions we had on the issue during the old days at the Ministry...
State of our nation State of our nation
by Boo Chanco - July 31, 2026 - 12:00am
BBM’s fifth State of the Nation Address accurately recognized major economic anxieties like food inflation and job creation, allowing us to give him credit on problem recognition.
Impeachment
by Boo Chanco - July 29, 2026 - 12:00am
The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte is important for our democratic system. It allows us to make officials accountable, particularly in the handling of public funds and keeping the public trust...
Two choke points
by Boo Chanco - July 27, 2026 - 12:00am
A second energy supply nightmare is upon us. Iran’s Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf has just delivered the starkest ultimatum of this war: 
Labor productivity and wages
by Boo Chanco - July 24, 2026 - 12:00am
Calls for a suspension in the implementation of the minimum wage increase order have centered on the claim that there is a lack of productivity gains to support it.
Wages and food prices
by Boo Chanco - July 22, 2026 - 12:00am
Any discussion of the potential economic impact of the recently mandated minimum wage increases has shown how little our options are.
Tenacity
by Boo Chanco - July 20, 2026 - 12:00am
The dictionary defines tenacity as the quality of being persistent, resolute, and unwavering in the pursuit of a goal.
Middle class tax burden
by Boo Chanco - July 17, 2026 - 12:00am
My two US-based daughters made a side trip to Da Nang in Vietnam two weeks ago in the course of a balikbayan visit here.
Courting strongman rule
by Boo Chanco - July 15, 2026 - 12:00am
The BSP books I wrote about last Monday got me thinking about how our democratic system has survived 80 years of bad economic policies and governance. Some will call that resiliency, as one of the books did.
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