Gaetsaloe�s grand turnaround plan for BDC
Friday, October 16, 2015
Gaetsaloe
In the eyes of its youthful looking new managing director, Bashi Gaetsaloe, the expected return to profitability is evidence of the first fruits of an ambitious turnaround plan which targets doubling the corporation’s P3.6 billion balance sheet in five years.
When he took over the reigns at the government investment arm last year, BDC was a troubled entity weighed down by some subsidiaries that perennially bled losses.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...