Every month, the Club conducts the MBC Forum to discuss a critical public policy issue or development. The full text or summaries of speeches delivered before the MBC Forum are being made available through this website starting with the 1981 meetings. Since 1981, the MBC has invited Heads of State, Cabinet Secretaries, Congressional leaders, Diplomats, and business executives to address its members.

August 22, 2001
Hon. Pantaleon D. Alvarez
Secretary, Department of Transportation and Communications
DOTC Action Plan

July 23, 2001
Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
President, Republic of the Philippines
State of the Nation Address at the Opening of the 1st Regular Session of the 12th Congress

July 18, 2001
Hon. Jose Isidro N. Camacho
Secretary, Department of Finance
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June 26, 2001
Hon. Leonardo Q. Montemayor
Secretary, Department of Agriculture
Challenges, Imperatives, and A Call For Partnership

May 4, 2001
Alfredo Benipayo
Chairman, Commission on Elections
COMELEC's State of Preparedness for the May 14, 2001 Elections

February 2, 2001
Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
President, Republic of the Philippines
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