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Fidel O. Abalos
Fidel O. Abalos
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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...
Missed opportunities
by Fidel O. Abalos - November 16, 2024 - 12:00am
Five years ago (June 28-29, 2019), Japan hosted for the first time in Osaka the G20 Summit. To those who may not be aware of it, G20 or Group of Twenty is an international forum for the governments and central bank...
POGOs: Pros and cons
by Fidel O. Abalos - July 20, 2024 - 12:00am
The discovery of illegal operations of POGOs in Bamban, Tarlac triggered an investigation in the Senate. And as it progresses, the clamor for a total ban of POGO operations in the country mounted. Though we are all...
Trivializing agriculture’s impact on GDP
by Fidel O. Abalos - February 24, 2024 - 12:00am
Too tiny a country, yet, the weather in the south is so different from that of the north.
Election: The economic  Consequences
by Fidel O. Abalos - November 4, 2023 - 12:00am
The day after the barangay election, supermarkets, department stores, restaurants and coffee shops were full. Inarguably, money flowed.
FDI & the restrictive economic provisions
by Fidel O. Abalos - March 25, 2023 - 12:00am
Two weeks ago, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas reported that the “net inflow of foreign direct investments into the country shrank from US$12 billion (in 2021) to US$9.2 billion (in 2022) or by 23%  due...
Rise in lending rates in 2023
by Fidel O. Abalos - January 21, 2023 - 12:00am
Last month (December 14, 2022), the US Federal Reserve raised its interest by 50 basis points.
Online platforms:  Boosting counterfeits  
by Fidel O. Abalos - December 31, 2022 - 12:00am
As the year ends, we can observe that “brick and mortar” stores (the traditional street-side business that offers products and services to its customers face-to-face in an office or store that the business...
Technologies that matter
by Fidel O. Abalos - November 12, 2022 - 12:00am
Today, disasters, whether man-made or natural, are just so prevalent and dominating. 
Revenge travel in Vietnam & Thailand
by Fidel O. Abalos - October 29, 2022 - 12:00am
The 5th Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants VisMin International Conference was held successfully in Vietnam and Thailand last week.
Oil production cut  
by Fidel O. Abalos - October 8, 2022 - 12:00am
This week (October 5, 2022), OPEC+ members (lead by Saudi Arabia and Russia) met in Vienna, Austria and agreed to reduce oil output by 1 million barrels per day.
POGOs must go?
by Fidel O. Abalos - October 1, 2022 - 12:00am
Triggered by a spate of kidnapping of Chinese nationals, there is a strong clamor from certain sectors and politicians about the operation of POGOs (or Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators) in the country recen...
Return or remote?  
by Fidel O. Abalos - September 24, 2022 - 12:00am
Two weeks ago, PEZA-registered BPOs/BPMs got an early Christmas gift from DOF Sec. Benjamin Diokno.
Oil price: Iran may just be the unlikely savior  
by Fidel O. Abalos - September 10, 2022 - 12:00am
With the US dollar getting stronger by the day, dollar-peso exchange rate breached P57 on September 5, 2022 and continued to display its strength until yesterday.
Revenge travel  
by Fidel O. Abalos - July 23, 2022 - 12:00am
We live in an era where etymologists and grammarians are collaborating to come up with new words or phrases that are politically appropriate.
Robotics for agriculture
by Fidel O. Abalos - July 16, 2022 - 12:00am
The emphasis on agriculture by the current administration is admirable. Known for its inefficiency and notoriety as one of the most corrupt departments, having the president taking it by the horns is certainly the...
Triple whammy  
by Fidel O. Abalos - June 25, 2022 - 12:00am
Nowadays, among professionals and businessmen, whether in the board room, coffee shops or barbershops, the dollar’s strength (hovering around P54 to a dollar), oil prices (over US$110 per barrel), the inevitable...
More jobs than workers = higher pays  
by Fidel O. Abalos - June 18, 2022 - 12:00am
A few weeks ago, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-7 approved another non-productivity related raise of P31 in the minimum wage.
Smart City isn’t about creating an oasis  
by Fidel O. Abalos - June 4, 2022 - 12:00am
Probably, in trying to impress their constituents or win elections, we hear local government executives harping about creating “smart cities” in their territories.
Move away from subsistence farming  
by Fidel O. Abalos - May 28, 2022 - 12:00am
More often, we only realize the gravity of an existential threat to humanity’s existence once a direct and obvious life threatening crisis pervades, like Russia’s invasion on Ukraine.
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