There’s no question about it. If Senator Imee Marcos wants it, she’ll definitely get the Senate presidency. It’s hers for the asking. And her colleagues, in deference to the President, will make no issue out of it. On the other hand, Senator Imee may pass it up to avoid public censure. The Marcoses may be taken to task if she goes for the position since another close relative,…

Our country is at a crossroads, for better or for worse. Taxpayer’s rights are in the middle of it. I hope the incoming administration recognizes how these rights are being threatened. I have previously written in this space about the unbridled efforts of the Bureau of Internal Revenue to collect taxes even if these are not yet considered final and executory. The BIR has, in many cases,…

Humans are a strange species. Soon after we stopped dragging our knuckles and started walking upright, we have found pleasure jumping on the back of some other animal and racing to victory. From elephants to ostriches, if the beast was large enough to carry a human, we used it for sport racing and gambling. Native to Africa, ostriches were raced in sub-Saharan countries. The earliest known…

The robust 8.3 percent economic growth in the first quarter of 2022 is giving presumptive President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. a solid head start. He is not inheriting a weak economy. Rather, he is receiving a strong one—in fact the fastest-growing economy in East Asia—from outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte. There were clear signs that the Philippine economy was growing at a faster pace in the…