AS we leave behind a momentous 2015, it is as much a time to look ahead to the year to come as it is to reflect on what we experienced over the last 12 eventful months.
2016 will bring great changes for the Philippines. The most significant event to happen this coming year will be the national elections in May, and the country will undoubtedly experience other changes due to such things as the El Nino climate phenomenon – which, we have already been warned, will cause drought conditions across much of the country – the first implementation of trade and exchange provisions under the Asean economic community, and possibly, consequences of a ruling by the UN tribunal on the Philippines’ claim against China over the West Philippine Sea.
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