Broader Look
The BusinessMirror provides readers with a broader look at the nation’s business in these challenging times. It covers not just economies or industries or companies or markets, but all the people and elements whose dynamics influence developments, movements and trends.
Episodes

Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
Table Tales Tuesdays:March 14, 2023
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
Welcome to Table Tales Tuesdays, a segment of the BusinessMirror’s BM Broader Look podcast that talks about agriculture and food.
Today’s episode puts a spotlight on the sagging trend of the Philippine banana industry. This is based on the stories written by BusinessMirror reporters Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas and Jovee Marie De La Cruz and the BusinessMirror Mindanao Bureau Chief Manuel Cayon.

Monday Mar 13, 2023
Business Mondays with BM: March 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Welcome to Business Mondays with BM, a segment of the BusinessMirror Broader Look podcast that tackles the performance of the Philippine stock market.
The Business Mondays with BM podcast is based on the Stock Market Outlook story written by BusinessMirror reporter VG Cabuag and comes out every Monday.

Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Breaktime Musings with BM: The Women of Binangonan, Rizal
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Welcome to a special episode of Breaktime Musings, a segment of the BusinessMirror’s BM Broader Look podcast, that talks about topics on the fringes of business and the economy.
On the International Day of Women, today’s podcast focuses on the women who participated in the livelihood training organized by the Gender and Development Office of the Municipality of Binangonan, Province of Rizal.
This episode is from the unpublished story of BusinessMirror Intern Aceelaine Duron of the University of Rizal System of Angono, Rizal.

Friday Feb 24, 2023
Food Safety Fridays: Who pays for food safety?
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Food safety is a shared responsibility. As consumers, we also have to do our share in ensuring that food sold and consumed is safe for everyone.
To know more, listen to the second episode of Food Safety Fridays which tackles the responsibilities of all stakeholders in ensuring food is safe for consumption.
Catch new episodes of the Food Safety Fridays series every last Friday of the month!
Music by OYStudio from Pixabay

Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Table Tales Tuesdays: February 21, 2023
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Welcome to Table Tales Tuesdays, a segment of the BusinessMirror’s BM Broader Look podcast that talks about agriculture and food.
Today’s episode focuses on the minimum access volume mechanism for sugar importation as covered by BusinessMirror Reporter Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas.

Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Breaktime Musings with BM: Allianz PNB Life Insurance Inc.
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Welcome to the BusinessMirror BM Broader Look Podcast.
Today, we’ll be talking about Allianz PNB Life Insurance Inc., the fastest growing life insurance company based on premium income for 2 years, with our special guest, Chief Marketing Officer & Head of Sustainability, Mr. Gino Riola.

Monday Feb 13, 2023
Business Mondays with BM: February 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
The Business Mondays with BM podcast is based on the Stock Market Outlook story written by BusinessMirror reporter VG Cabuag and comes out every Monday.
Today we podcast Week 7 of the stock market outlook for February 13, 2023, to February 15, 2023.

Friday Feb 10, 2023
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Welcome to another episode of Breaktime Musings, a segment of the BusinessMirror BM Broader Look podcast that tackles topics on the fringes of business and the economy.
Today’s podcast is the first of four episodes based on a story by writer and film critic Tito Genova Valiente that was published in the Philippine Graphic magazine on June 2, 2021.
Titled “The Mighty Words: Writers of Protest and Revolution,” Valiente’s story provides a good insight on Philippine literature and the Filipino labor movement.

Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Business Mondays with BM: February 06, 2023
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Welcome to Business Mondays with BM, a segment of the BusinessMirror Broader Look podcast that tackles the performance of the Philippine stock market.
The Business Mondays with BM podcast is based on the Stock Market Outlook story written by BusinessMirror reporter VG Cabuag and comes out every Monday.

Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Breaktime Musings: “Covering the essential Blas F. Ople”
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Welcome to Breaktime Musings, a segment of the BusinessMirror’s BM Broader Look podcast that features topics at the fringes of business.
Today we podcast the essay partly based on the remarks delivered by Butch Fernandez, BusinessMirror’s senior political reporter, at the February 3, 2022, “Blas Ople Forum on Philippine Overseas Employment: Past, Present and Future,” marking 95th birth anniversary of the late Labor Secretary and Senator Blas Ople.
Fernandez, a journalist, remembers how the former labor and foreign affairs secretary and Senate President remained a lifelong newspaperman at heart.
Titled “Covering the essential Blas F. Ople,” this essay by Butch Fernandez, which I will read for this podcast, was published in the February 2022 edition of the Philippine Graphic magazine.

Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Table Tales Tuesdays: January 31, 2023
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Welcome to Table Tales Tuesdays, a segment of the BusinessMirror’s BM Broader Look podcast that talks about agriculture and food.
Today’s episode tackles the issue of bananas based on the stories written by BusinessMirror Reporters Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas and Jovee Marie de la Cruz.

Monday Jan 30, 2023
Business Mondays with BM: January 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
The Business Mondays with BM podcast is based on the Stock Market Outlook story written by BusinessMirror reporter VG Cabuag and comes out every Monday.
Today we podcast Week 5 of the stock market outlook for January 30, 2023, to February 3, 2023.

Friday Jan 27, 2023
Food Safety Fridays: What is food safety and why it matters?
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Friday Jan 27, 2023
In this first episode of Food Safety Fridays, Dennis Estopace talked to Ziggy Felongco of Winrock International to discuss basic concepts and importance of food safety.
Did you know that tapioca pearls in your beloved milk tea or bubble tea are considered safety hazards in some countries? Find out more in this podcast!Catch new episodes of the Food Safety Fridays series every last Friday of the month!Music by OYStudio from Pixabay

Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Table Tales Tuesdays: January 24
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Today’s episode tackles the issue of onions based on the stories written by BusinessMirror reporters Jovee dela Cruz and Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas.

Monday Jan 23, 2023
Business Mondays with BM: January 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Welcome to Business Mondays with BM, a segment of the BusinessMirror Broader Look podcast that tackles the performance of the Philippine stock market.
The Business Mondays with BM podcast is based on the Stock Market Outlook story written by BusinessMirror reporter VG Cabuag and comes out every Monday.

Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Table Tales Tuesdays: December 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Today’s episode focuses on onion supply and prices based on the stories by BusinessMirror Reporter Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas.

Friday Nov 25, 2022
Breaktime Musings with BM: Tanaw Concert
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Welcome to Breaktime Musings with BM, a segment of the BusinessMirror Broader Look podcast that tackles topics on the fringes of business and economy.
Today we podcast the conversation between singer-songwriters Acel Bisa, Lougee Basabas and Hannah Romawac and Soundstrip Editor Edwin Sallan at the Empty Stomach Cafe and Lounge bar at the Bonifacio Global City.
The trio would join fellow Pinoy rock icons Aia de Leon, Barbie Almalbis and Kitchie Nadal on November 26, Saturday, at The Theatre at Solaire for a one-night concert titled “Tanaw.”

Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Table Tales Tuesdays: October 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Welcome to Table Tales Tuesdays, a segment of the BusinessMirror’s BM Broader Look podcast that talks about agriculture and food. Today's episode shows how the Philippines tackles avian influenza or bird flu.

Monday Oct 24, 2022
Business Mondays with BM: October 24, 2022
Monday Oct 24, 2022
Monday Oct 24, 2022
Welcome to Business Mondays with BM, a segment of the BusinessMirror Broader Look podcast that tackles the performance of the Philippine stock market. Today we podcast Week 43 of the stock market outlook for October 24, 2022, to October 28, 2022.

Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Table Tales Tuesdays: October 4, 2022
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Welcome to Table Tales Tuesdays, a segment of the BusinessMirror’s BM Broader Look podcast that talks about agriculture and food. Today’s episode focuses on issues raised by the United States on the Philippines’s policies on agricultural imports.

Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Table Tales Tuesdays: September 27, 2022
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Welcome to Table Tales Tuesdays, a segment of the BusinessMirror’s BM Broader Look podcast that talks about agriculture and food. Today’s episode would feature the story on rice imports by BusinessMirror reporter Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas.

Monday Sep 26, 2022
Business Mondays with BM: September 26, 2022
Monday Sep 26, 2022
Monday Sep 26, 2022
The Business Mondays is a segment of the BusinessMirror’s Broader Look podcast that tackles the performance of the Philippine stock market.

Monday Sep 19, 2022
Business Mondays with BM: September 19, 2022
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Monday Sep 19, 2022
The Business Mondays is a segment of the BusinessMirror’s Broader Look podcast that tackles the performance of the Philippine stock market.

Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Table Tales Tuesday: September 14, 2022
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Today’s episode would feature the story on the banana export based on the story by BusinessMirror reporter Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas.

Monday Sep 12, 2022
Business Mondays with BM: September 12, 2022
Monday Sep 12, 2022
Monday Sep 12, 2022
The Business Mondays is a segment of the BusinessMirror’s Broader Look podcast that tackles the performance of the Philippine stock market.

Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Table Tales Tuesdays: September 6, 2022
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Sufficiency and not security. This is the goal of the Sugar Regulatory Administration amid the continuing increase in the supply of the commodity and the decrease in production.
Today’s episode would look at the issue of sugar based on the stories by BusinessMirror reporter Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas.

Monday Sep 05, 2022
Business Mondays with BM: September 5, 2022
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Monday Sep 05, 2022
The Business Mondays is a segment of the BusinessMirror’s Broader Look podcast that tackles the performance of the Philippine stock market.

Wednesday Aug 24, 2022

Monday Aug 01, 2022
Business Mondays with BM: August 1, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
The Business Mondays is a segment of the BusinessMirror’s Broader Look podcast that tackles the performance of the Philippine stock market.

Monday Jul 11, 2022
Busines Mondays with BM: July 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
The Business Mondays is a segment of the BusinessMirror’s Broader Look podcast that tackles the performance of the Philippine stock market.