This administration is so obsessed with achieving an upper middle income status for the Philippines, which President Marcos claims to be achieved this year.

The parody of UMIC and rising ‘self rated’ poor Pinoys

Back in 2022 when the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas was still pushing for the production and circulation of P1,000 polymer (plastic) bank notes, it had argued that the country would save P2.4 billion– from constantly printing paper notes whose life is 2.5 to 5 times shorter than those than plastic notes.

Immortalizing the peso in plastics

Preparations for running for the highest office in the land require much time, finances, manpower and network reach, which is why this early Prime Media is raising P531 million through private placement for nationwide broadcast expansion.

Romualdez preps for prexy run in 2028

Forensic science is the least attractive course or path that college students take. Why because of the numerous skills needed and training to continually undergo to be able to professionally practice it here. During the pandemic and the relentless war on drugs by the Duterte administration, the fact came to fore when only two forensic experts were overwhelmed by the job with all the cadavers to be studied as to the cause of their death.

Boosting forensic science in PH

In the past, old people always regarded the youth as being strong and healthy. They take pride in their sons and daughters being able to lift heavy loads, last for nights on end with little sleep and eat much (especially rice) as their source of stamina.

Being young no longer equates to good health

Everyone knows how difficult it is for college graduates to land corporate jobs because of either a mismatch in their acquired knowledge and the skills required by the companies or because of the preference of certain companies for only a few graduates of their select universities to choose from.

Luring students to technical vocation

I read through a story of Business World last October 25 where it said that real estate consultancy Knight Frank ranked Manila as the third cheapest place for prime office rental space in the Asia Pacific region. And I could only shudder at the thought of how prime office and residential spaces have become too out of reach for small and medium businesses and citizens.

Manila still 3rd cheapest for prime office rental in AsPac

When business leader– Sergio Ortiz- Luis Jr.-- president of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines– warned against requiring business to hire persons with disabilities through another law on top of the existing labor laws as one reason to drive away investors from our country, this smacked of greed and callousness of businessmen, who are being steeled by profits and the bottomline.

Profits steeled ECOP from humanitarian realities

Why is the Metro Manila Development Authority empowering itself to dictate how businesses operate, especially the malls and their tenants, during the  rush for the Christmas season.

Why interfere with business?

I know of several people who earn six figures– something I just dream about for all my working years– but after every paycheck their income just vanish into thin air and they are back, broke again.

How to avoid being broke after every paycheck

The Bare Truth column by OpinYon News columnist, Rose De La Cruz.

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