How easy is it to do business in the Philippines? Bill Luz

Private Sector Co-Chairman (outgoing), National Competitiveness Council, reaches out to the private sector to make things easier.

Slides here: https://artandfinance.net/2018/07/10/ease-of-doing-business-in-the-philippines-first-world-manila-podcast-15/

Spanish-Tagalog vocab: "el/la" - ang

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Too many malls or bad locations - why are there malls right on EDSA?

Sources/Links:

Adjusted mall hours effective in easing Edsa traffic

https://bit.ly/2KHJBQ4

Carmageddon as usual

https://bit.ly/2Nk9OTn

Six gov’t agencies set to move to New Clark City

https://bit.ly/2tQ0Jte

Spanish-Tagalog vocab: "ellas" - sila (babae)

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Despite plans to solve Metro Manila's infrastructure problem across different administrations, construction is often delayed. Find out why here.

Sources/Links:

Marking One Year of Build, Build, Build

https://bit.ly/2tEgW3P

President Duterte Inaugurates Aquino Admin’s Biggest Airport PPP Project

https://bit.ly/2Kmu9c1

How to build infrastructure

https://bit.ly/2MpyuZw

ROW problems delay infra projects

https://bit.ly/2yILEyE

Spanish-Tagalog vocab: "ellos" - sila (lalaki/lalaki at babae)

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More on what the Philippines can learn from Japan; a continuation from the "What the Philippines can learn from Japan" video, which you can watch here:

https://artandfinance.net/2018/06/14/what-the-philippines-can-learn-form-japan-first-world-manila-vlog-3/

Sources/further reading:

JICA: Cost of Metro Manila Traffic Now Costs P3.5B per day https://bit.ly/2I2GqNs

Spanish-Tagalog vocab: "vosotras" - kayo (babae)

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Originally titled "Rich Pinoys: Lazy, Selfish and Obnoxious?", I changed the title because I felt this was a better fit.

Sources/further reading:

Sobre la indolencia de los filipinos http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/sobre-la-indolencia-de-los-filipinos/html/4870d544-19c1-4319-a240-e4269802e6b3_11.html

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TRAIN - a product of compromise. But will it work?

Sources/ further reading:

Assessing TRAIN http://bworldonline.com/assessing-train/

Halting TRAIN ‘will do more harm than good’ http://bworldonline.com/halting-train-will-do-more-harm-than-good/

[OPINION] Higher inflation: Is TRAIN to blame? (Part 2) https://www.rappler.com/thought-leaders/203966-higher-inflation-is-train-to-blame-part-2

Diokno on high oil prices: We should be less of a crybaby https://bit.ly/2svnkKW

Palace: Duterte does not view Filipinos as ‘crybabies’

https://bit.ly/2LkBc1W

Marking one year of Build, Build, Build

http://bworldonline.com/marking-one-year-of-build-build-build/

Spanish-Tagalog Vocab: "vosotros" - kayo

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The Philippines dropped nine notches in a global competitivness survey. Can we ever fix this?

Sources/ further reading:

CNN article on Phil drop in competitiveness ranking http://cnnphilippines.com/business/2018/05/24/imd-philippines-world-competitiveness-2018.html

Rappler article on Phil drop in competitiveness ranking https://www.rappler.com/business/203241-world-competitive-yearbook-2018-philippines-worst-drop

Arangkada 2017 recommendations http://www.investphilippines.info/forum2017/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Arangkada-Philippines-Publication-2017-1.pdf

Marking One Year of Build Build Build http://bworldonline.com/marking-one-year-of-build-build-build/

Infrastructure: The Road Ahead http://bworldonline.com/infrastructure-road-ahead/

Spanish-Tagalog Vocab: "nosotros" - tayo

First World Manila - the brand that educates the Philippine public on economic, cultural and urban development issues! Mabuhay! ¡Viva!

I visited the Ronac Art Center in Greenhills a few days ago - it's a good example of how to make a profit from Filipino culture. Listen to learn more!

Pics of the Ronac Art Center: https://artandfinance.net/2018/05/22/can-you-make-money-promoting-filipino-culture-first-world-manila-podcast-8/

Spanish-Tagalog Vocab: "ella" - siya (babae)

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My thoughts on former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno's ouster, and a look at structural issues in our legal system. (Apologies for spending a few seconds trying to kill a mosquito.)

Sources:

Arangkada 2017 (proposed judicial reforms): https://bit.ly/2KplPER

In-depth investigation of Sereno ouster: https://bit.ly/2jYkYQ4

Sereno to appeal her ouster: https://bit.ly/2jVYqzB

Oped on the legal system: https://bit.ly/2L043ck

If you want to learn more about the PMA and stability in the Philppines, I highly recommend you read "Closer than Brothers" https://amzn.to/2IhkvY0

Spanish-Tagalog Vocab: "él" - siya (lalaki)

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Kris Aquino successfully sells aspiration across different Philippine social classes. I want to sell aspiration as well, a different kind of aspiration, so here are my quick thoughts as to what I (and you) can learn from her.

Spanish-Tagalog Vocab: "tú" - ikaw

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