Two letters: on tourism and Jose Rizal
I sometimes receive thoughtful letters that help extend my column or suggest contrary ideas. I want to share two different letters below with my readers.
Jose Rizal’s ideals and ideas
Jose Rizal’s ideals were a product and composite of the teachings of what is known as the philosophy of Enlightenment. That stage of philosophy marked the dawn of the eighteenth century in Europe and continued to the 19th century.
Forex controls in the 1950s
The 1950s were an era of foreign exchange and import controls for the Philippines. This lasted for a solid one decade during which the country undertook to rehabilitate from the war and move toward political and economic independence. We could have built the nation better in those formative years.
Two pesos per dollar unsustainable after independence: Phl economic history
Philippine independence was on schedule to be delivered on July 4, 1946 just a few months after the end of the Second World War. The economy was vastly devastated by four years of Japanese occupation and the war for liberation which brought in further destruction.
History revised by BBM and JPE
Dumbfounded. That was what I was as I watched Part 1 of the interview by Bongbong Marcos (BBM) with former senator Juan Ponce Enrile (JPE).
Sainthood for the Talangpaz sisters
The sisters Dionisia and Cecilia Talangpaz y Pamintuan, in their lifetime, faced and overcame tremendous vicissitudes in their journey toward a life serving Christ.
Strong leader as miracle worker: Deng Xiaoping drilled down
In the early 1980s, the battle for the hearts and minds of China was raging between the Deng Xiaoping partisans who shared his vision of a market and an open economy and the Chen Yun partisans who clung to a planned and closed economy.
A dream of foreign education fulfilled
Sometime last month, an invitation from the Philippine American Economic Foundation’s 70th anniversary of the Fulbright program in the Philippines set me to think about my youth and the connection of economic development with foreign education.
The communist rebellion and our Republic
Intransigence and unreasonable demands of the communist negotiators have led to what appears to be a permanent break in the talks. The communists have lost a chance to put closure to a long civil conflict with the Republic of the Philippines since independence in 1946.
Urban squatting
In this piece I focus on giving a still picture of existing squatter settlements in Quezon City where the widest open land of prime value for the nation has been devalued by squatter settlements.
Historical roots of urban squatting
If there is any disheartening sight of poverty in the country, it is the growth and universal presence of unsightly urban squatting.
