BUSINESSMEN are looking forward to President Rodrigo Duterte’s second state of the nation address (SONA) on Monday in anticipation of his policies and programs that will help achieve prosperity for the country. “We hope for expanding opportunities for dialogue to pursue key reform for taxes and the mining sector among others,” he said. I expect him to continue with his direction with tweaks along the way and as he sees fit. “The same with the endless peace talks with our Muslim brothers. After decades of peace talks, from one MNLF militant group, we now have at least five militant groups: MNLF, MILF, BIFF, Maute, AbuSayaff, etc.,” Yulo said.

Source: Manila Times July 24, 2017 05:26 UTC