(From left) Times Chairman and CEO Dante ‘Klink’ Ang 2nd, Times President and COO Blanca Mercado, Times Columnist Stephen Cuunjieng, National Economic Development Authority Undersecretary for policy and planning Rosemarie Edillon, Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas Gov. Felipe Medalla and Times Columnist Ben Kritz pose for a photograph during the The Manila Times’ Midyear Economic Forum: The Financial Play at the Ascott Hotel in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIA