The figure 1521 sums up the gentleman’s agreement made in July 2019: “Cayetano would serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives for the first 15 months of the 18th Congress while Velasco would succeed to serve for the remaining 21 months under a term-sharing agreement.” The change would occur in October 2020, and that is the reason the current Speaker has ruled that the “House of Representatives will try to finish deliberations on the proposed P4.506 trillion national budget for 2021 by the end of September.” 

Decoupling can actually be a strategy to mute the critics because experiential benefits will always win the day for a nation tired of complaints and not being able to see any good from all the work done.

There are people who operate a social media platform with a license to kill, spewing heat waves that are totally odious and foul, and yet it’s like staking one’s claim over a piece of meat that is bartered or paid as a business proposition of hitting people, creating a mess and hiding when confronted with facts.

One conducts surveys to uncover answers, evoke discussion, base decisions on objective information, compare results and rely on actionable information to put together strategies whether in business or in politics.

The tax therefore on online activities should be reconsidered to allow such economic activities to thrive in the short run, adjusting further to the movements of products and services as we get the ecosystems to mature and as we return to traditional or integrate the traditional to the new norm.

In the first month of lockdown the supply chain of Metro Manila was affected. This is the reality of our development — we are too Manila-centric that all funds are cornered by the region, and development is too centralized that is why in-migration has been too prevalent in NCR creating population density problems that can’t be absorbed. 

A timeout requested the health care workers (HCWs) should always be seriously considered in this pandemic. The government should listen and act for they are the very health providers fighting against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

Under such a state, a sharing economy is shaping up more and more not because it is mandated by government, but because such innovation has been adopted and patronized by consumers themselves. 

The CJ was guilty in the public arena and this background contributed to a decision that remains controversial to this day.

Today, we are made to choose: “Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert.”

It will not be 730 days of wrapping up. Yes, the legacy has to be defined and clearly communicated but the coming days could actually be the beginning of a new way of looking at things, possibly a new Philippines.

The key for 2022 is data analytics. A candidate with data rules, but a candidate who knows how to use data, wins.