Isabel Martinez

Staff Writer • SEA Edition

Isa is based in Manila. She covers Southeast Asia's and the Philippines' media, employment and work, policy and investments, and other sectors reshaping consumer life.

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23 May, 23

As Filipinos crave more for local java, Philippine coffee farms brew a plan

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11 May, 23

The Philippines is brimming with solar power, but its grid can’t take the heat

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27 Apr, 23

BPOs rode Manila to great success. Now they’re ditching it in droves

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03 Apr, 23

One of Asia’s most powerful tobacco lobbies has created a vapers’ paradise in the Philippines—for minors

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13 Mar, 23

Converge used fibre to disrupt a Globe-PLDT duopoly in the Philippines. It’s now using it as defense too

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27 Feb, 23

Ikea’s largest store has nailed the US$3B Filipino furniture market, hammering the craftsmen’s share

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08 Feb, 23

Globe CEO Ernest Cu on building a telco titan using startups and BPO expertise

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16 Jan, 23

Philippine seafarers are on a sinking ship. Billions of dollars will drown with them

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21 Dec, 22

GET’s e-buses can electrify Philippine transportation, but find fewer drivers and commuters aboard

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07 Dec, 22

Counterthesis: No Other Year for Plastics Initiative on how plastic recycling gets toxic

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16 Nov, 22

Philippines’ Mineski taps into mobile gamers as esports-only model hits a wall

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20 Oct, 22

The Philippines killed its salt industry. Now it’s trying to revive the trade

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10 Oct, 22

The uphill battle for startups to win over Filipino neighbourhood stores

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19 Sep, 22

Philippine edtech Edukasyon moves to charge users, but not everyone has internet… or money

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06 Sep, 22

Enough wind, water, and sun, but the Philippines needs more to shun coal

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15 Aug, 22

Why TikTok and an “unfair advantage” are key to a health app’s fix for the Philippines’ doctor crisis

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08 Aug, 22

Why chicken-loving Philippines is staring at a chicken crisis

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19 Jul, 22

Filipino TV giant ABS-CBN knows how not to die

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04 Jul, 22

No taxes, no offices: underground BPOs’ war for talent in the Philippines

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06 Jun, 22

E-wallets—Philippine election vote-buying weapon or key to trace fraud?

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18 May, 22

How Auro and artisanal chocolates can build the Philippines’ cacao empire

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