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                    [ArticleID] => 1298578
                    [Title] => Why we do not learn
                    [Summary] => 

That astute social thinker, Rafael Alunan III, postulated the other week that we are hobbled by a learning disability. He cited the serious mistakes committed in the past and how we have not learned from them.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134336 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1315036 [AuthorName] => F. Sionil Jose [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 913183 [Title] => Let reason prevail in Manila Bay Reclamation Project [Summary] =>

This resistance to the Manila Bay Reclamation Project isn’t something new. Right after President Cory C. Aquino became president in 1986, former Bulletin president Nap Rama introduced me to a Chinese investor who had a similar reclamation plan but was impeded by similar emotional outbursts from people crying that “save our sunset” bovine ordure.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133540 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1790869 [AuthorName] => William M. Esposo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 786484 [Title] => CEO Forum to discuss challenges in BPO sector [Summary] =>

Projected to generate close to $20 billion in revenues by 2016, the offshoring and outsourcing (O&O) industry has become a key driver to Philippine economic growth.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 603452 [Title] => Divorce in RP? This is not part of our culture! [Summary] => I was up in the beautiful Mountain Pines Place in Kalugmanan, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon over the weekend for a three-day retreat with the Opus Dei. [DatePublished] => 2010-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 603242 [Title] => A war to destroy our Christian way of life [Summary] =>

Over the weekend, I was up in the beautiful Mountain Pines Place in Kalugmanan, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon for a three-day retreat with the Opus Dei.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 566123 [Title] => Vote your color [Summary] =>

As we get closer to election, family members seem to have divided views on their choice for president. In our case, my father (coming from his NAMFREL days) says that he is neutral.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134260 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1398871 [AuthorName] => Joey Concepcion [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 436304 [Title] => Peso seen dropping to 52 to a dollar [Summary] =>

The peso may weaken to as low as 52 to a dollar this year with the expected slowdown in dollar remittances from Filipinos abroad, according to a recent report on the Philippines by economist Bernie Villegas. Villegas said that for 2009, the yearend peso-dollar exchange rate could hit a range of 48 to 52:$1 as the global financial turmoil takes a toll on the economy.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 383538 [Title] => It’s Thailand’s turn to lose a billion dollars [Summary] => I remember back in the 80s, economist Bernie Villegas once related a story to our Business Economics class at the then CRC, about a question posed to the Thais by a trade mission of Pinoys. Remember that this was the height of Thailand’s attractiveness to foreign investors so it was but natural for a Pinoy to ask the Thai trade official, what is the secret of Thailand’s success in attracting foreign investments?
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 354859 [Title] => Thank you, John Gokongwei [Summary] => The brightest news several days ago that should have been emblazoned in the front pages of all our newspapers and greeted with hosannas in radio and television is John Gokongwei’s announcement that he was donating half of his fortune to philanthropy. He revealed this gladsome gift on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134336 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1352767 [AuthorName] => HINDSIGHT By F. Sionil Jose [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 253818 [Title] => The business of following a gut feelI [Summary] => One of my dear friends Ruth Velasco-Co – business wonder woman and proprietor of the successful Max Brenner Chocolate Bar, Haagen Dazs ice cream stores and the Oliver’s Sandwich restaurant chain – called me recently and invited me over to Max B in Greenbelt to try out her latest breakfast offerings.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133211 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704761 [AuthorName] => Rod Nepomuceno [SectionName] => Lifestyle Business [SectionUrl] => business-life [URL] => ) ) )
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