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Ostracize the crooks
by Boo Chanco - June 3, 2026 - 12:00am
There was this interesting article at The Washington Post last week about the alarming decline in the population of many countries. It cited a recent essay for The Financial Times by John Burn-Murdoch suggesting...
It’s available baseload, stupid!
by Boo Chanco - June 1, 2026 - 12:00am
The Secretary of Energy and the Chairman of the Energy Regulatory Commission are doing on-the-spot inspections of power plants in reaction to recent yellow and red alerts in the Luzon and Visayas grids. Congress...
Missionary electrification
by Boo Chanco - May 29, 2026 - 12:00am
Providing access to electricity in isolated rural areas is a laudable social development endeavor of the government. But it must be funded through the regular national budget.
Microgrids
by Boo Chanco - May 27, 2026 - 12:00am
All these yellow and red alerts, especially in the Visayas, tell us that in this era of renewable energy, particularly solar, we should seriously encourage microgrids.
Hormuz after July
by Boo Chanco - May 25, 2026 - 12:00am
If the Strait of Hormuz remains closed after July, our economy will hit a critical breaking point between early July and mid-August, industry experts say.
College education
by Boo Chanco - May 22, 2026 - 12:00am
How useful is a college diploma? According to The Economist, “A university degree no longer seems to offer much protection from joblessness.”
Political risk heightens
by Boo Chanco - May 20, 2026 - 12:00am
“The Philippines no longer feels like a government working for its people,” a Facebook meme declares. “It has evolved into a deeply organized syndicate protecting its own interests instead of serving...
Rooftop solar
by Boo Chanco - May 18, 2026 - 12:00am
Recent days have been oppressively humid and warm and as expected, the start of our “brownout season.
A 2002 column I wrote
by Boo Chanco - May 15, 2026 - 12:00am
One of the frustrations about writing a column that champions national progress is that nothing good ever happens. It is like shouting at the moon. No one really hears or listens.
Rotten tomatoes
by Boo Chanco - May 13, 2026 - 12:00am
It happens like clockwork every year. Farmers tearfully trash their harvests of tomatoes, cabbage and other vegetables because they can’t sell to recover the cost of planting. The price offered by...
Hard times
by Boo Chanco - May 11, 2026 - 12:00am
Our reality today is simple: our country is in deep doodoo.
Aerotropolis
by Boo Chanco - May 8, 2026 - 12:00am
One of the first official acts of BBM as President was the veto of the original Bulacan Airport City Special Economic Zone bill (HB 7575) in July 2022. The official justification cited substantial fiscal risks,...
Family-owned conglomerates
by Boo Chanco - May 6, 2026 - 12:00am
There is a Chinese saying that “Wealth does not pass three generations.” It is often attributed to Mencius, a Chinese philosopher whose original statement was, “The influence of a...
Weakening peso
by Boo Chanco - May 4, 2026 - 12:00am
Our economy is navigating a severe supply-side shock due to the Hormuz crisis.
Waive bank secrecy
by Boo Chanco - May 1, 2026 - 12:00am
So, it turns out that former senator Antonio Trillanes was right about the Duterte BPI Julia Vargas accounts and the significant amounts deposited there.
Dependence on remittances
by Boo Chanco - April 29, 2026 - 12:00am
Trump’s Iran war has thrown a double whammy on our economy, thanks to our over dependence on the Middle East for oil supply and on remittances from our overseas workers in the region.
Jet fuel
by Boo Chanco - April 27, 2026 - 12:00am
According to tracking data from services like Flight Aware and FlightRadar24, which track transponder-equipped aircraft, between 10,000 and 20,000 aircraft are in the air at any given moment...
Pax Silica
by Boo Chanco - April 24, 2026 - 12:00am
We keep missing the boat in attracting enough foreign manufacturing investments.
Hunger and Hormuz
by Boo Chanco - April 22, 2026 - 12:00am
The Strait of Hormuz had been open for just about a day when Iran announced its closure again, claiming US violations of their agreement.
Expensive medicines
by Boo Chanco - April 20, 2026 - 12:00am
With the Philippine population growth rate now below replacement level, we are on the path to become an aging society. That means we will have an increasing number of old people with a greater demand for health...
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