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DEMAND AND SUPPLY
Serious threat to BPO industry
by Boo Chanco - June 24, 2026 - 12:00am
The threats to the local industry that’s keeping millions of our young people profitably employed have been festering for some time now. One of these is the threat of AI on the voice part of our BPO industry....
Getting old before getting rich
by Boo Chanco - June 22, 2026 - 12:00am
Our country has just recorded a sharp drop in our fertility rate from seven children per woman in the 1960s to 1.7 today, below the replacement rate of 2.1.
The great Filipino dream
by Boo Chanco - June 19, 2026 - 12:00am
I remember writing about the great Filipino dream of going abroad a couple of decades ago based on a study made by market research firm Nielsen Philippines for Procter and Gamble.
Avoiding hunger
by Boo Chanco - June 17, 2026 - 12:00am
The prospect of masses of people going hungry can be politically dangerous for a government. Nothing fuels a violent revolt more than hunger.
Colonial hangover
by Boo Chanco - June 15, 2026 - 12:00am
The June 12 Independence Day holiday should have given many of us time to pause and wonder what went wrong over the past 80 years since we supposedly became independent from a colonial power. 
Calm before a storm?
by Boo Chanco - June 12, 2026 - 12:00am
International oil prices have surprisingly hovered in the low-to-mid $90s instead of skyrocketing despite the continued closure of Hormuz.
Robotics, AI and our future
by Boo Chanco - June 10, 2026 - 12:00am
There was disturbing news from abroad that could impact on the only two legs of our economy, OFWs and BPOs. Robotics and AI are very real threats we must prepare for, or we will face serious consequences in the near...
Are lawyers to blame?
by Boo Chanco - June 8, 2026 - 12:00am
Seeing graphs on social media showing the Philippines near the bottom in a list of ASEAN countries can be depressing.
Stealth taxation
by Boo Chanco - June 5, 2026 - 12:00am
Stealth refers to the act of moving or acting in a secretive or quiet manner to avoid detection. Stealth taxation is the manner by which a government imposes fees and charges that amounts to a virtual tax.
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.
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