‘CARMILITO FRANCISCO’ Archives
A win-win solution
By CARMILITO FRANCISCO CELLPHONES have become not just symbol of affluence, but necessary gadgets even for those who earn the minimum wage. It was in this context that the Philippine government, in 1995, decided to liberalize the industry by passing Public Telecommunications Policy Act, or Republic Act 7925. The law broke the monopoly as [...]
Helping the ‘golden goose’
IT seems the exporters have slowly felt the pinch of the appreciating peso. The banana industry in the Davao Region has sought the help of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to intervene so that the brunt caused by the strengthening peso on the exporters will be minimized. In a press statement, the Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters [...]