Business Review

By Isa Jane D. Acabal POLICY EASING by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), tariffs imposed by the United States, and the ongoing flood control corruption scandal shaped the country’s financial markets in the third quarter, analysts said. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi), the country’s barometer for the stock market, closed at 5,953.46 in the third quarter, down by 18.1% from 7,272.65 in the same quarter last year. On the other hand, the peso appreciated by 3.9% t

By Nicomedes B. Alviar “WE NEED GOOD LEADERS!” Amidst the scandalous, systemic corruption in the government’s flood control projects involving mind-boggling trillions of pesos, and the resulting crisis in our bastardized institutions beginning with the Department of Public Works and Highways, and both Houses of Congress, we hear a louder and louder clamor for good leaders to replace the bad leaders who steal public money at the expense of lost property, crops, and lives becau

We used to wait by bridges and waiting sheds. We used to show up, even when it rained.