Bernardo M. Villegas
Recent Articles
Land of the Rising Sun
published: Apr 30, 2013

Holy Priests
published: Apr 26, 2013

Answers to the Doubting Thomases
published: Apr 22, 2013

Filipino Smiles for the World
published: Apr 19, 2013

A Possible Road to Redemption
published: Apr 15, 2013

Full Heart
published: Apr 12, 2013

 
Featured Article
Vote No to RH Bill

            In the unlikely event that the RH Bill will be finally be put to a vote in the House of Representatives before the current session is over, every member of Congress  should vote a resounding NO TO THE RH BILL.  A law based on the assumption of the desirability of birth or population control is pure economic nonsense when all the kudos and praises being heaped on the Philippine economy by international organizations--both governmental and private--are citing the advantages of a growing and young population.  A recent report from Bloomberg (one of the leading business news agencies) was just headlined "Philippines Leads in Demographic Dividend of Supply of Young Workers."   The very bullish article about the Philippines--just echoing many others that have come out since the beginning of the current year--pointed out that the so-called demographic dividend from a rising supply of young workers is one reason Japan's second-largest shipbuilder expanded in the Philippines, where workers are on average half the age of its Japanese employees.   Chua Hak Bin, an economist in Singapore at Bank of America's Merrill Lynch division agrees:  "The Philippines is a 'standout' among countries set to benefit from a bigger labor pool, with its rate of economic expansion likely to rise as much as 1.5 percentage points higher during the next decade." 

   Featured Books
POSITIVE DIMENSIONS OF POPULATION GROWTH

       The historical trends, empirical findings, and policy updates are discussed in detail in the essays compiled in this book. The most convincing argument that supports the thesis of the book, i.e. that population growth is a poitive factor in attaining sustainable human development, is found in the foreword to the book, which is adopted from an article written by Mr. Roberto de Ocampo, former Finance Secretary of the Philippines and multi-awarded finance official in Asia. Thanks to the continuing growth of the Philippines population, Filipinos are in more than 100 countries all over the world, contributing much-needed foreign echange and purchasing power to the Philippine economy and fostering the human and spiritual development of the most diverse of peoples and cultures on this planet.

   Featured Video
Antigua Forum Interviews 2012

 An interview with Dr. Villegas about the PH economy in Antigua Forum, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, last January 2012. See Link: