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                    [Title] => BBM: No agri policy?
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BBM said last week that for the longest time, we did not have an agriculture policy.

[DatePublished] => 2025-07-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136475 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2453830 [Title] => Indebtedness [Summary] =>

If Vice President Sara Duterte intends to sustain her verbal war of attrition against the Marcos administration, she should improve her grasp of fiscal policy issues.

[DatePublished] => 2025-06-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2448040 [Title] => PBBM’s Year 3 report card [Summary] =>

In my column last week, I wrote about  the disappointment and frustration many of us feel about PBBM’s performance. In particular, his seeming inaction/indifference towards the morbid state of corruption, the poor quality of our political leaders and his silence amid seismic global changes (e.g. the global trade war and Trump’s America First policy).

[DatePublished] => 2025-06-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136504 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1806379 [AuthorName] => Andrew J. Masigan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2447759 [Title] => ‘No plastic policy’ ipinatupad sa Tayabas City [Summary] =>

Opisyal nang ipatutupad sa lungsod ng Tayabas ang mahigpit na pagbabawal sa paggamit ng plastic simula noong Hunyo 1, 2025, bilang bahagi ng mas pinalakas na kampanya para sa panga­ngalaga ng kalikasan.

[DatePublished] => 2025-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1777680 [AuthorName] => Tony Sandoval [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2447016 [Title] => Misguided tax policy [Summary] =>

Last February, Congress, by a 190-4 vote, approved House Bill 11360 that aims to arrest declining excise tax collections and to combat the proliferation of illegal cigarettes and vape products by rationalizing the current taxation scheme.

[DatePublished] => 2025-05-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1805465 [AuthorName] => Mary Ann LL. Reyes [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2436018 [Title] => Red light, green light [Summary] =>

The Trump administration announced yet another surprising trade policy pivot, this time a sweeping tariff exemption on key tech imports.

[DatePublished] => 2025-04-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136412 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2430135 [Title] => Exemplar [Summary] =>

There is such a thing as responsible and ethical mining. 

[DatePublished] => 2025-03-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2429101 [Title] => The deception of an open-door policy [Summary] =>

“I was expecting to be moved to the day shift when I took this job,”

[DatePublished] => 2025-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136630 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1808343 [AuthorName] => Rey Elbo [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2428420 [Title] => Trump’s tariff wall is a break with the past [Summary] =>

Donald Trump’s return to the White House has ushered in a new era of American trade policy, one that represents a fundamental break from the past – including his own first term.

[DatePublished] => 2025-03-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136414 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1805293 [AuthorName] => Ian Bremmer [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2419322 [Title] => CERA seeks review of system loss policy [Summary] => The Cebu Electricity Rights Advocates (CERA) has called on the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to reassess the current system loss policy cap, citing its impact on rising electricity rates and overall business competitiveness in Cebu. [DatePublished] => 2025-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804802 [AuthorName] => Ehda M. Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => BBM: No agri policy?
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BBM said last week that for the longest time, we did not have an agriculture policy.

[DatePublished] => 2025-07-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136475 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2453830 [Title] => Indebtedness [Summary] =>

If Vice President Sara Duterte intends to sustain her verbal war of attrition against the Marcos administration, she should improve her grasp of fiscal policy issues.

[DatePublished] => 2025-06-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2448040 [Title] => PBBM’s Year 3 report card [Summary] =>

In my column last week, I wrote about  the disappointment and frustration many of us feel about PBBM’s performance. In particular, his seeming inaction/indifference towards the morbid state of corruption, the poor quality of our political leaders and his silence amid seismic global changes (e.g. the global trade war and Trump’s America First policy).

[DatePublished] => 2025-06-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136504 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1806379 [AuthorName] => Andrew J. Masigan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2447759 [Title] => ‘No plastic policy’ ipinatupad sa Tayabas City [Summary] =>

Opisyal nang ipatutupad sa lungsod ng Tayabas ang mahigpit na pagbabawal sa paggamit ng plastic simula noong Hunyo 1, 2025, bilang bahagi ng mas pinalakas na kampanya para sa panga­ngalaga ng kalikasan.

[DatePublished] => 2025-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1777680 [AuthorName] => Tony Sandoval [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2447016 [Title] => Misguided tax policy [Summary] =>

Last February, Congress, by a 190-4 vote, approved House Bill 11360 that aims to arrest declining excise tax collections and to combat the proliferation of illegal cigarettes and vape products by rationalizing the current taxation scheme.

[DatePublished] => 2025-05-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1805465 [AuthorName] => Mary Ann LL. Reyes [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2436018 [Title] => Red light, green light [Summary] =>

The Trump administration announced yet another surprising trade policy pivot, this time a sweeping tariff exemption on key tech imports.

[DatePublished] => 2025-04-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136412 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2430135 [Title] => Exemplar [Summary] =>

There is such a thing as responsible and ethical mining. 

[DatePublished] => 2025-03-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2429101 [Title] => The deception of an open-door policy [Summary] =>

“I was expecting to be moved to the day shift when I took this job,”

[DatePublished] => 2025-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136630 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1808343 [AuthorName] => Rey Elbo [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2428420 [Title] => Trump’s tariff wall is a break with the past [Summary] =>

Donald Trump’s return to the White House has ushered in a new era of American trade policy, one that represents a fundamental break from the past – including his own first term.

[DatePublished] => 2025-03-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136414 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1805293 [AuthorName] => Ian Bremmer [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2419322 [Title] => CERA seeks review of system loss policy [Summary] => The Cebu Electricity Rights Advocates (CERA) has called on the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to reassess the current system loss policy cap, citing its impact on rising electricity rates and overall business competitiveness in Cebu. [DatePublished] => 2025-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804802 [AuthorName] => Ehda M. Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) ) )
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