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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...
From e-sabong to e-games craze
by Iris Gonzales - January 5, 2025 - 12:00am
Electronic casinos continue to hit the jackpot, growing exponentially and, as predicted, have shaken tycoons operating traditional casino floors.
New year wish list for the country
by Iris Gonzales - January 2, 2025 - 12:00am
The so-called dead week after Christmas and before New Year is one of my favorite times of each year.
And that’s a wrap, 2024
by Iris Gonzales - December 31, 2024 - 12:00am
‘Twas a year of plot twists and lots of drama, no doubt a classic zarzuela, Philippine politics edition.
Maharlika eyes NGCP deal soon
by Iris Gonzales - December 29, 2024 - 12:00am
If Maharlika Investment Corp. the country’s first sovereign wealth fund, has its way, its investment in the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines could become a reality as early as January, the first month...
Home
by Iris Gonzales - December 26, 2024 - 12:00am
Christmas, more than any other occasion throughout the year, always brings Filipinos home – wherever or whatever home may be.
‘Most corrupt national budget’
by Iris Gonzales - December 24, 2024 - 12:00am
The good news is that, despite the festive holiday season – one of the longest celebrations in the world – there is public outrage over the audacious insertions and cuts in the 2025 budget.
Glory and gore
by Iris Gonzales - December 22, 2024 - 12:00am
Somewhere between Roxas Boulevard in Manila and the University of the Philippines Diliman campus in Quezon City, a giddy feeling came over me.
Tycoons, cadavers and a cutting-edge school
by Iris Gonzales - December 19, 2024 - 12:00am
A cold female cadaver is laid out almost grotesquely on the table, ready for dissection, as tycoons Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, Helen Yuchengco-Dee and Yvonne Yuchengco watched with wide-eyed awe while doctors...
Money heist
by Iris Gonzales - December 17, 2024 - 12:00am
What we’re seeing now is a jaw-dropping money heist involving our education and health care budgets.
‘Luxonomy’
by Iris Gonzales - December 15, 2024 - 12:00am
Many of our Southeast Asian neighbors, including Thailand and Vietnam, have beaten us in many areas – from manufacturing to technology.
Breakfast in Paris
by Iris Gonzales - December 12, 2024 - 12:00am
One can now leave Manila at night and be in Paris the next day, in time for a warm Parisian breakfast.
Can we eradicate corruption?
by Iris Gonzales - December 10, 2024 - 12:00am
Corruption is ultimately paid for by the poor, Pope Francis once said.
National Museum invokes right over Rizal’s ‘Mona Lisa’
by Iris Gonzales - December 8, 2024 - 12:00am
Our national hero Jose Rizal must be smiling in his grave.
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