Rudy Romero
Cooperatives important tools for economic development
In 2017, the national government announced the establishment of a program to modernize the urban public transportation system. The program, called the Motor Vehicle...
Gov’t has no culture of command responsibility
The concept of command responsibility should be embedded in the governance of our country. It should replace the charge-me-first and kapit-tuko practices, which denigrate...
The Philippines’ principal economic goals
In any discussion of this country’s UMIC aspiration, population clearly cannot be left out of the picture.
In its desire to be accepted by the...
Uncoupling trade and industry from DTI
The time has come to uncouple DTI and create a Department of Trade to take care of external and domestic trade matters and a...
When barangay leaders fail the nation
The barangay is this country’s first line of defense against all threats to its stability and progress.
There are many thoughtful Filipinos who have always...
Making real estate sustainable
The nation’s biggest real estate developer has laid down the path to sustainable real estate development.
Abundant empirical evidence has shown that industries and companies...
Remembering Sixto K. Roxas
It is a great pity that Sixto Roxas was largely forgotten during the last years of his life. He was a giant in this...
Think of high poverty rate, not just GDP growth
"GDP growth is a single-digit number; poverty incidence involves millions of Filipinos"
Arguably, the most avidly-watched items in the business pages of newspapers and their...
