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COMMONSENSE
Free trade deal, a pipe dream
by Marichu A. Villanueva - August 2, 2023 - 12:00am
The Philippines and the European Union are resuming negotiations for a free trade agreement.
‘Mr. Transformer’
by Marichu A. Villanueva - July 31, 2023 - 12:00am
Mactan, Cebu – It is my first time ever since the pandemic to set foot again in this one of major bustling cities in the Philippines.
Comelec ‘wish’ list
by Marichu Villanueva - July 28, 2023 - 12:00am
The poll body will live up to its motto: One Mission, One Vision, One Commission, Comelec chairman Garcia enthused.
‘Transformative’
by Marichu A. Villanueva - July 26, 2023 - 12:00am
In very clear terms, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. remained consistent and steadfast to his beliefs on where and how to lead the country for the remaining five years of his term.
Grade of ‘A’ for continuity
by Marichu A. Villanueva - July 24, 2023 - 12:00am
A year and a month into office, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. renders his second state of the nation address today of the 19th Congress.
Worth his father’s pride
by Marichu A. Villanueva - July 21, 2023 - 12:00am
A day after the MIF Law was signed, Sen. Villar appealed to all concerned to give it a chance.
Of logos and sloganeering
by Marichu A. Villanueva - July 19, 2023 - 12:00am
Through the years of leadership changes that have taken place in our country, all presidents while holding office at Malacanang Palace have adopted their respective administration’s logo, slogan, or brand of...
Bills, bills, bills
by Marichu A. Villanueva - July 17, 2023 - 12:00am
Atotal of 20 legislative measures were adopted as common legislative agenda during the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council convened by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in Malacañang Palace...
Geo-tagging OFWs
by Marichu A. Villanueva - July 14, 2023 - 12:00am
Like many other economic sectors, our migrant labor industry has been hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic that reached our shores in March 2020. Thousands of our overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) lost their jobs...
Selling the Philippines
by Marichu A. Villanueva - July 12, 2023 - 12:00am
It is part of the job of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to travel to other countries on state and official visits as well as do obligatory trips in the international events where the Philippines...
‘Mahalin ang Pilipinas’
by Marichu A. Villanueva - July 10, 2023 - 12:00am
Inspite of the hue and cry over some “stock footages” featuring tourism attractions in other countries, the freshly launched country brand “Love the Philippines” of the Department of Tourism...
PBBM’s first year in office
by Marichu Villanueva - July 7, 2023 - 12:00am
Salceda asks PBBM take the bull by the horn, so to speak, to grapple the fiscal gap of the government before it goes wild and unwieldy.
One year after Duterte presidency
by Marichu A. Villanueva - July 5, 2023 - 12:00am
Last Saturday, another Philippine loan package coming from the Asian Development Bank was unveiled. It will finance the Davao Public Transport Modernization Project. President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos...
Love to ‘Love the Philippines’
by Marichu A. Villanueva - July 3, 2023 - 12:00am
Piqued by “pixel,” a furious Albay Rep. Joey Salceda is making hay on the rendition of Albay’s world famous Mt. Mayon in the freshly launched “Love the Philippines” tourism logo.
The greatest good
by Marichu A. Villanueva - June 30, 2023 - 12:00am
“All of these made the Philippine economy stand resilient,” Diokno enthused.
More bitter pills ahead
by Marichu A. Villanueva - June 28, 2023 - 12:00am
Set to mark the first year into office of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. this Friday, the administration’s economic team has been deep into finalizing various proposed bills that need...
Privatizing the NAIA
by Marichu A. Villanueva - June 26, 2023 - 12:00am
No need to mince words anymore.
‘Tight fiscal space’
by Marichu A. Villanueva - June 23, 2023 - 12:00am
Just how big is the allocation for MUP pension in the annual budget?
A laggard in the race
by Marichu A. Villanueva - June 21, 2023 - 12:00am
With the slew of so many structural reforms aimed at increasing the international competitiveness of our country’s goods and services, the Philippines still lagged and even fell from the ranking of attractiveness...
‘A’ as in Agriculture
by Marichu A. Villanueva - June 19, 2023 - 12:00am
With three generic conditions without any definite timelines, it would seem President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (PBBM) will not cede any time sooner his hold on the Department of Agriculture (DA)....
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