By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star A tempered sense of euphoria, spurred by developments in the US economy (the world’s largest, with gross domestic product at $16.245 trillion), qualifies the assessment that the global economy’s growth would pick up in 2014 and “finally overcome its hangover” from the 2008 financial-economic…
Day: January 11, 2014
Alarm bells for 2014
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld 2013 is past; 2014 is here. Ideally each New Year should be met with great enthusiasm, optimism and anticipation of good, if not better, things to come. Or so most of us can only hope. But the reality in this country is that injustice does not get righted nor…
Bunkhouse bunk
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld If the destruction wrought by typhoon Yolanda had a positive side, it was the opportunity it offered to rebuild the shattered communities of the Visayas into habitats that would not only provide poorer residents adequate shelter but also protect them from the calamities that regularly strike these…
Labor group seeks TRO on SSS premium hike
“Aquino is lying when he said the hike will result in greater benefits for members.”