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Amid elections, let’s talk about why we need health taxes now
Originally published in Business World Online Two weeks before the 2025 midterm elections, the political spotlight is understandably...
Apr 28


Another Supreme Court petition?
Originally published in Business World Online Perhaps at no other time in its history has the Supreme Court (SC) been embroiled in...
Apr 21


THE MARCOS FAMILY AND LUCIO TAN
Two separate stories have recently become headline news. The first is the story about how PMFTC, an affiliate of Philip Morris...
Jan 20, 2024


THE CO-CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT
It is regrettable that the news and commentaries regarding the “Co-Chairperson’s Report” have focused on the finding that “the percentage...
Jan 13, 2024


‘THERE’S THE RUB’
It is in memory of Conrad de Quiros that I title this commentary about the current Philippine economy, “There’s the rub.” The late Conrad...
Jan 9, 2024


PROTECTING HARD-WON REFORMS
Dec. 20, 2023 marks 11 years since the signing of the Sin Tax Reform Law, which, in my opinion, is the greatest health advocacy and the...
Dec 18, 2023
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