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Under the aegis of 鈥淏uilding a Stronger Corporate Governance Framework,鈥� the SEC, under Chairperson Herbosa, formally promulgated the Philippine Corporate Governance Blueprint 2015 that embodied the SEC鈥檚 corporate governance (CG) roadmap for the next five years that would see the adoption of a new Code...

As we edge to the one-year mark of COVID-19鈥檚 arrival on Philippine soil, we have reason to be cautiously optimistic. We followed in the global trend and have begun vaccinating healthcare professionals, and multiple deals with various providers are being finalized. Though this may indicate...

Occasional Poetry on the 500th year of the Circumnavigation of the World and the Arrival of Christianity in the Philippines (March 1521) The coronavirus 鈥� red-hot dots in man鈥檚 circle of life under a Copernican sun? Five centuries past, five ships ply oceans across cumulus,...

2009 Revised CG Code: A Reactionary Approach When the Revised Code of Corporate Governance (RCCG) was issued by the SEC in June 2009, it changed the regulatory approach to the corporate governance reform by providing for a general administrative sanction clause for any violation of...

In November last year, the largest business and professional associations in the Philippines 鈥� collectively called the Philippine Business Group (PBG which includes the Management Association of the Philippines, sponsor of this column) signed a 鈥淐ovenant for Shared Prosperity鈥� by which it pledged to address...

The most profound effects of the Revised Corporation Code in the pursuit of the corporate governance (CG) reforms in the private corporate sector may be grouped into three areas, namely: First, the granting of statutory foundation to the CG principles and best-practices championed by the...

Friends ask me: Where do we invest post-COVID? Despite potential, agricultural export is stuck at around US$7 Billion (B). But agricultural imports are near US$11B or a trade deficit of US$4B. The Philippines I lags its ASEAN peers, most of which have trade surpluses. There...

They are omnipresent, quite inescapable, and 鈥� let鈥檚 face it 鈥� growing in number. As more people gain access to social media platforms and discover their voice and amass followers, influencers as we call them have exponentially increased digital content and, ultimately, changed the way...

鈥淯nprecedented鈥� is one word that we hear over and over again 鈥� unprecedented demands, challenges, threats, impacts, and the list goes on. Quoting the World Bank Group, what we are experiencing is 鈥渁n unprecedented crisis, with devastating health, economic, and social effects felt around the...