Rey Gamboa

Views about issues that affect our lives: business, governance, social changes, even politics.
Rey Gamboa, Philippine Star Columnist (BIZLINKS)

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#RiceInflation

It is not just a question of improving farm productivity and opening up new rice lands. The more pressing concern is climate change which affect the Philippines and also big rice producing and exporting countries like India, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

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also to ensure that the tens of billions of pesos allocated by law yearly have been put to productive use. Read BIZLINKS Rice @ https://t.co/k0TrToRNNC

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The Rice Competitive Enhancement Fund (RCEF), an offshoot of the Rice Tariffication Law of 2019, needs a comprehensive audit and report. We need to gauge its effectiveness and ...

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#RiceInflation https://t.co/k0TrToRNNC
The reason for the upward trend in rice prices was the earlier reaction of traders to a possible increase in rice importations, and recently, to alarming developments affecting both rice and corn exports from major grain producing countries.

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#RiceInflation

At a time when the country’s inflation levels are trending downwards to 4.7 percent last month after a high of 8.7 percent earlier in January, prices of rice, corn, vegetables, and certain foods that are a staple of many Filipinos’ diet are going the other way.

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#ResurgenceHotelOpenings
Tourism and gaming will definitely play bigger role in the medium term as the government’s current infrastructure projects involving airports and more expressways are completed.Expect more projects in popular tourism destinations like Palawan and Bohol.

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roads being newly built or under construction and with land values outside of Makati or BGC more competitively priced. Read BIZLINKS Hotels @ https://t.co/k0TrToRNNC

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Major hotel developers are considering other areas in Metro Manila like Mandaluyong, Pasig and Quezon City as new sites especially with an anticipated improvement in traffic mobility resulting from more ...

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The rationale behind the resurgence in new hotel construction and openings is largely based on foreseen strong economic growth making the Philippines a destination and haven for business rather than leisure or tourism.

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double the average of 930 rooms completed from 2019 to 2021. About 40 percent of the new rooms will be of a foreign brand. Read BIZLINKS Hotels @ https://t.co/k0TrToRNNC

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Real estate specialist Colliers Philippines stated that the ongoing and planned projects will add more than 2,500 hotel rooms a year just in the metro, almost ...

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#WaterCrisisEarlyWarning @ https://t.co/k0TrToRNNC

The establishment of a water department is a step to dictating a sense of reason and rhyme on how our country deals with the increasing water demand of more Filipinos. Read BIZLINKS Water Crisis @ https://t.co/k0TrToRNNC

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#WaterCrisisEarlyWarning

Poor waste management has also become the source of water pollution, where human waste thrown in canals and rivers breed waterborne diseases that affect the health of whole communities relying on underground aquifers for their water needs.

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has been batting to harmonize the planning and management of land, water, and coastal resources. Read BIZLINKS Water Crisis @ https://t.co/k0TrToRNNC

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Currently, the country’s water resource management system is fragmented, with no overarching governance system and the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)...

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#WaterCrisisEarlyWarning @ https://t.co/k0TrToRNNC

The Philippines shares no river sources with other countries, but provinces and regions do and potential conflicts may arise in determining the allocation of water to the different local government territories.

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a resource that is more precious than oil as a source of life and livelihood. Read BIZLINKS Water Crisis @ https://t.co/k0TrToRNNC

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A dedicated government office to oversee the management of water resources is an important move to create order in foreseen and anticipated disorders in managing Water, ...

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#IgnoringFoodSecurity

The President, or someone with truly a heart for Philippine agriculture and the country, has to work hard to see that farmlands, fisheries, orchards, poultries, and livestock farms teem with produce and become profitable to those who tend them.

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#IgnoringFoodSecurity

The Philippines is world’s single largest rice importer, and is therefore vulnerable to any significant curtailment of rice exports. The government needs to prioritize rice self-sufficiency focusing on raising our own rice production.