Month: August 2020

By Antonio S Lopez There is a feeling of unease and uncertainty in the air, almost a similar moment when the waves recede miles back into the ocean and suddenly, there is great calm and […]

Incredible incompetence and large-scale corruption.   This is the situation at the country’s leading health insurance agency, the state-run Philippine Health Insurance Corp. or PhilHealth.  The top management of PhilHealth appears to me like a bigtime […]

The world’s longest and strictest lockdown has produced the Philippines’ worst Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate in recorded history, a steep 16.5% nosedive in the second quarter of 2020.  The 16.5% drop is also […]