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Digital readiness paradigm
July 26, 2021by Orlando Oxales originally pblished in The Manila Standard “The technology is there but we must have the openness to learn.” When we hear the word “digital,” we instinctively imagine the realm of hi-tech gadgetry, smart phones, high-speed internet, the cloud, apps, databases, and all the online content we habitually log on to for work and entertainment. […]
Repeal the Onerous Tax Provision on Private Schools
June 26, 2021The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) released last June 11 what many thought would be a rectification of BIR Revenue Regulation No. 5-2021 that imposes an onerous 150% percent increase in tax on private schools instead of the regular 10 percent. Instead, what was released was merely a clarification on corporate tax computation. Despite the […]
Faster Vaccination Rollout: Critical to Economic Recovery
June 20, 2021In a senate hearing conducted last June 15, Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez bared the government’s P88.6 billion budget allocation for its COVID-19 vaccine procurement. According him, that would be enough to purchase 148 million doses in order to fully inoculate 70 million Filipinos or 100 percent of the country’s adult population, the fourth quarter target […]
Pushing for a Green Economy
April 25, 2021We stand with the private sector in their march towards a greener future not only for the country but for the planet. We must all be stewards of the environment.
Time to stop the bully of the region
April 12, 2021We must engage our strong allies against this threat to our national security. As citizens, it is our right to demand decisive action from the leadership of this administration.
Enhance our Digital Infrastructures by prioritizing the National Broadband Plan
January 28, 2021We can only emerge from the COVID-crisis as a competitive economy if we can keep up with an increasingly digitally driven global economy.
Invest in our digital potential
January 4, 2021by Orlando Oxales originally published in The Manila Standard “Government investments in strategic telecommunications infrastructure will promote an economic revival.” The safety restrictions on children and seniors in hotels, resorts and restaurants were a real holiday bummer. My family—and I am sure millions of families—had to adjust by doing online reunions. Thanks to technology, we managed to […]
The importance of middle-power states
December 21, 2020by Orlando Oxales originally published in The Manila Standard “The government must take a pro-active posture in alliance with its formidable network of like-minded states.” China was again criticized by the US military last week for snubbing the senior-level meetings connected to the Military Maritime Consultative Agreement on maritime safety. This is yet another confrontational rhetoric between […]
Digitalization is indispensable to recovery
December 14, 2020by Orlando Oxales originally published in The Manila Standard Just four months after the eight-agency Joint Memorandum Circular cut bureaucratic red tape for telecommunications towers, the Anti-Red Tape Authority reported that 9,373 permits have been given to three telecommunications players. After being plagued with a long and expensive gauntlet of national and local government permits, it took […]
Power spot market price spike anomaly?
October 26, 2020Given crisis conditions, we must be open to innovations that can flank the pandemic barriers and accelerate the cycle of economic growth.