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'Like it is' column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer 2019
- January 31, 2019
Pork in a barrel
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- January 24, 2019
Are you scared or excited? (Part 2)
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- January 17, 2019
Are you scared or excited? (Part 1)
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- January 10, 2019
A top team
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- January 3, 2019
The Future (Part 2)
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- February 28, 2019
Healthcare without paper
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- February 21, 2019
Snails move faster
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- February 14, 2019
Saga of the towers
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- February 7, 2019
Don’t let your baby die
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'Like it is' column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer 2018
- January 25, 2018
DENGVAXIA: The facts (First of 2 parts)
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- January 18, 2018
Let’s find them
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- January 11, 2018
Sequel to “(not) coming home for christmas”
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- January 4, 2018
A stable growth in 2018 (Full Version)
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- February 22, 2018
Public Health Workers Deserve More
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- February 15, 2018
Everybody can join the TRAIN (Conclusion)
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- February 8, 2018
Everybody can join the TRAIN (Part 1)
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- February 1, 2018
DENGVAXIA: The facts (Conclusion)
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- March 29, 2018
Remove the economic restrictions
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- March 22, 2018
What sort of government?
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- March 15, 2018
Should we amend the Constitution?
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- March 8, 2018
Don’t be a luddite
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- March 2, 2018
How to build infrastructure
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- May 31, 2018
Needed: A Tough Guy
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- May 24, 2018
Keep the train rolling (Full version)
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- May 17, 2018
TRAIN 2: Let’s just get it done (Full version)
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- May 10, 2018
The time for promises is over
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- May 3, 2018
Priority emergency powers
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- June 28, 2018
75 trucks
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- June 21, 2018
Health is Wealth
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- June 14, 2018
Strictly limit NFA’s role
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- June 7, 2018
TRAIN is not to blame
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- July 26, 2018
Now there’ll be action
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- July 19, 2018
Let’s accept mental health
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- July 12, 2018
Vision to reality
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- July 5, 2018
Doldrums?
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- August 30, 2018
Why doesn’t it improve?
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- August 23, 2018
Doing something right?
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- August 16, 2018
Trabaho will reduce your taxes
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- August 9, 2018
They didn’t understand
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- August 2, 2018
Hope to reality
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- September 27, 2018
Make our better world even better
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- September 20, 2018
A balanced view
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- September 13, 2018
Can Congress act?
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- September 6, 2018
Caring for the elderly
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- October 25, 2018
The Philippines: Where It’s At— Economically
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- October 18, 2018
Bring Filipino scientists home
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- October 11, 2018
Unsung heroes
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- October 4, 2018
Teachers define our future
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- November 29, 2018
Let market forces prevail
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- November 22, 2018
Clark a new capital in the making?
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- November 15, 2018
It’s not as bad as it looks
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- November 8, 2018
The Problem is Poverty
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- November 1, 2018
The Philippines: Where It’s At – Politically
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- December 27, 2018
The Future (Part 1)
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- December 20, 2018
The cradle
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- December 13, 2018
Time to let go you’ve done your bit
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- December 6, 2018
Let’s split it
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'Like it is' column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer 2017
- January 26, 2017
One wins, one loses
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- January 19, 2017
Martial Law?
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- January 12, 2017
Do it all together
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- January 5, 2017
It’s the Brain
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- February 23, 2017
We can learn
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- February 16, 2017
The Philippines in an IT world
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- February 9, 2017
Who will trump Trump? (Conclusion)
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- February 2, 2017
Who will trump Trump? (Part 1)
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- April 27, 2017
More to learn
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- April 20, 2017
The next revolution (Conclusion)
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- April 13, 2017
The next revolution (First of two parts)
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- April 6, 2017
Tax Reforms now
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- June 29, 2017
An unnecessary regulation
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- June 22, 2017
Water, water everywhere
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- June 15, 2017
It’s better to work together
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- June 8, 2017
Think sensibly
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- June 1, 2017
Helping Others
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- July 27, 2017
Definitions
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- July 20, 2017
Horse and buggy or grab and uber?
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- July 13, 2017
A country’s honor
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- July 6, 2017
We need an holistic approach (1st of 2 parts)
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- August 31, 2017
One hour 40
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- August 24, 2017
Measurable goals (Conclusion)
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- August 17, 2017
Measurable goals (Part 1)
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- August 10, 2017
The only one
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- August 3, 2017
23 years and not counting
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- September 28, 2017
Taxing sweetness
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- September 21, 2017
International perception versus domestic reality (Full version)
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- September 14, 2017
Mother’s Love
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- September 7, 2017
Get in first
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- October 26, 2017
Attitude
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- October 19, 2017
You get what you pay for
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- October 12, 2017
Clogged courts and jails
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- October 5, 2017
My teacher my hero
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- November 30, 2017
Impatient about patience
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- November 23, 2017
More on tax
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- November 16, 2017
Taxes at the home stretch
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- November 9, 2017
Back again
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- November 2, 2017
It’s not only a weed
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- December 28, 2017
What I’d like to see in 2018
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- December 21, 2017
(Not) Home for Christmas
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- December 14, 2017
REVGOV: To be, or not to be (Full Version)
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- December 7, 2017
Do we want investors, or not?
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'Like it is' column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer 2016
- January 28, 2016
Aquino can do it Part 2 of 2
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- January 21, 2016
Aquino Can Do It PART 1 OF 2
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- January 14, 2016
In Support of Others
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- January 7, 2016
Let’s tell them now
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- February 25, 2016
A Good Beginning
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- February 18, 2016
Damn the Torpedoes
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- February 11, 2016
It’s All about Jobs
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- February 4, 2016
It’s Time (Full version)
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- March 31, 2016
Tying them down
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- March 24, 2016
The great debacle (Full version)
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- March 17, 2016
More than Reading and Writing (Full version)
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- March 10, 2016
Health for everyone
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- March 3, 2016
What choice will we have
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- April 28, 2016
The People’s Choice
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- April 21, 2016
A Different Voice
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- April 14, 2016
A night of jousting
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- April 7, 2016
Cut the Tape
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- May 26, 2016
Transition
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- May 19, 2016
A clean Philippines
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- May 12, 2016
A new era with President Duterte
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- May 5, 2016
What sort of President?
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- June 30, 2016
340 heads are better than one
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- June 23, 2016
Meetings just work
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- June 16, 2016
In Praise of…
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- June 9, 2016
Duterte for Business
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- June 2, 2016
Think sensibly, amend the labor code
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- July 28, 2016
Duterte’s SONA: Finally Beyond Promises
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- July 21, 2016
Intelligent trackways (Full version)
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- July 14, 2016
Makes you want to cry
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- July 7, 2016
A sensible annulment
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- August 25, 2016
Let’s treat women fairly
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- August 18, 2016
Who’s the Asian tiger?
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- August 11, 2016
Ban bans
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- August 4, 2016
Can We Afford Cleanliness?
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- September 29, 2016
October 22
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- September 22, 2016
They can be done
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- September 15, 2016
Action not words
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- September 8, 2016
It’s a crisis (Full version)
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- September 1, 2016
Tax changes are coming (Full version)
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- October 27, 2016
Meeting a promise (Full version)
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- October 20, 2016
Get business on board
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- October 12, 2016
Taxes up in smoke
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- November 24, 2016
Will they be done
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- November 17, 2016
Pragmatism wins (FULL VERSION)
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- November 10, 2016
Lessons to learn (Conclusion)
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- November 3, 2016
Lessons to learn
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- December 29, 2016
Time for reflection
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- December 22, 2016
It was about business
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- December 15, 2016
What does it take?
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- December 8, 2016
A clever strategy?
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- December 1, 2016
It’s not an SC decision
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'Like it is' column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer 2015
- April 30, 2015
Tolerance
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- April 23, 2015
Aquino can recover from his dropped ratings
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- April 16, 2015
A tax revolution
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- April 9, 2015
A lifetime of unhappiness
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- April 2, 2015
Primum nil nocere
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- June 25, 2015
Can We Expect Action? (First of 2 parts)
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- June 18, 2015
President Aquino Is Not Alone
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- June 11, 2015
On Quality of Life, Dying Gracefully
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- June 3, 2015
China – A Bully on the Block
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- July 30, 2015
Infrastructure Brings Communities Together
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- July 23, 2015
Corporate Responsibility
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- July 16, 2015
Into the lion’s den
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- July 9, 2015
Get angry
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- July 2, 2015
Can We Expect Action? (Conclusion)
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- August 26, 2015
The Sweetest Things in Life Are…
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- August 20, 2015
Let’s Develop the South
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- August 13, 2015
Manila’s not the only place (Full version)
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- August 6, 2015
An Appeal to the President
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- September 24, 2015
Take Time to Ponder
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- September 17, 2015
Lost in transition
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- September 10, 2015
China must respect others
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- September 3, 2015
The things I love about the Philippines
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- October 29, 2015
It can be win‐win
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- October 22, 2015
How to pay for lower taxes
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- October 15, 2015
Decide for the national good
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- October 8, 2015
Proud to be Filipino
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- October 1, 2015
We need to know why
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- November 26, 2015
Doing Business is a Hazard
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- November 19, 2015
Government monopolies don’t work
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- November 12, 2015
Give the Consumer a Break
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- November 5, 2015
Congress has almost done it
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- December 31, 2015
Political Madness
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- December 24, 2015
A Year Gone By
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- December 17, 2015
Credit where credit is due
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- December 10, 2015
Simplify, Simplify, Simplify
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- December 3, 2015
Some Final Good Acts
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