MARLEN V. RONQUILLO
THE past three years have been the best times for the country’s oligarchs. Underneath the skin-deep anguish that they have to bear after every verbal lashing from President Rodrigo Duterte (and some beating at the exchanges, which will have a natural correction in due time), the reality delivered by their ledgers has been totally and unequivocally exhilarating. Record-breaking profits on top for limitless opportunities for more wealth pile-up.