First of a seriesPAX Silica may be the Philippines’ greatest industrial opportunity in half a century. Or another magnificently packaged rip-off where foreigners provide the technology, capital and decisions while Filipinos contribute the land, minerals, electricity, water and, naturally, cheap…

FOR several weeks, I have been committing what may qualify as heresy in Philippine politics. I have argued that our problem is not merely finding better presidents. It is building institutions that do not require an extraordinary president merely to…

LAST week, I argued that the Philippines possesses an abundance of politicians but practically no genuine political parties. This would merely be another amusing defect of Philippine democracy were it not for what I am proposing.I have long advocated replacing…