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Let visiting OFWs prolong Christmas this year

In years past, Christmas started as early as September, with Christmas lanterns and other yuletide decorations already appearing everywhere. Even Christmas songs were already playing in the airwaves as early as the first week of September. Full story

Emulating South Koreans in patriotism

Thinking Global Dr. Bernardo Villegas

In a recent trip to Seoul and other surrounding cities, delivering lectures in some universities, my attention was called to the way South Koreans would behave every time their national anthem was played. Everyone of them would sing with gusto and feeling.

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Avoiding Demographic winter in the Philippines

Thinking Global Dr. Bernardo Villegas

Among overseas Filipino workers, women still outnumber the men, except in the seafaring profession in which the preponderant majority are males.

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How did we get to where we are?

Business Matters Dr. Bernardo Villegas

In the whole of East Asia, the Philippines has one of the worst poverty conditions. Depending on how the poverty line is defined, some 30 to 40 percent of our 90 million population are living in dehumanizing poverty. Only Vietnam has a similar poverty index. How did we get to where we are?

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Saving Manny Pacquiao from politics

Thinking Global Dr. Bernardo Villegas

I have no doubts that to millions of OFWs everywhere, world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao is a source of great pride. He is acclaimed as the best boxer pound for pound in the whole world.

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Getting rich through agribusiness

Thinking Global Dr. Bernardo Villegas

Over the last ten years, there has been a significant improvement in rural and agricultural infrastructures.

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