Mariculture in the West Phillippines Sea

Analysis and Opinion By Juana Pilipinas Despite being an archipelagic country with one of the world’s longest coastlines (36,289 km) and total territorial water area of 2.2M km, the Philippines (PH) has been suffering from fish shortage. About 60 percent of PH provinces and towns are near the coast and home to approximately 2 million … Continue reading →

Filed under Culture and Arts, Economy, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Being unfair is the secret to success

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Unfortunately, fairness in some cases doesn’t work well. It gives the disadvantaged reason to wail and weep rather than build, and it is a sure path to mediocrity. Fairness assures failure when applied to negate the 80/20 principle. The 80/20 principle says 20% of your people will produce 80% … Continue reading →

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Policy Making is Hard (PhilHealth Edition)

By Giancarlo Angulo Note: wrote this Aug 5 so I wasnt able to incorporate what is written in this piece: https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2024/08/12/2377262/awash-unused-funds Here’s your text with grammar and clarity improvements: Policy Making is Hard (PhilHealth Edition) The goal of society is to move things forward—understand, explain, and communicate for a better Philippines. One way to achieve … Continue reading →

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Is the Pink flame out? Or is it eternal?

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America The Leni Robredo Pink campaign in 2020 was awesome. It did everything but win. It was a volunteer effort. Honorable, bright, loud, inspiring. Was it just a flash in the pan? Is it still here? Is it for Leni Robredo alone or does it have lasting power if she … Continue reading →

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VAT on Philippine digital services? Lotsa luck!

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America I was curious about the forthcoming VAT on digital services. I used the Senate’s third reading of their bill for reference, which is available in PDF format: S. No. 2528 There are exclusions for education and banking services. The tax applies to domestic and foreign distributors of digital products … Continue reading →

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