All lovers of Philippine literature need not continue to wonder whatever has happened to the yearly National Book Awards, a collaborative endeavor between the Manila Critics Circle and the National Book Development Board.
According to Financial Times writer Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in his article “The war on woke capitalism” in the paper’s May 29, 2022 Weekend issue, “Nearly half a century after the economist (i.e. Klaus Shwab) launched his Swiss gatherings for world leaders, executive and financiers, his belief that businesses should serve all their constituents equally seemed to have prevailed over the old notion that companies exist only to make profits for their owners.”