Category: Development

The DoTC Rocking Horse Complete’s Study to Make Metro Manila Commute Cost Efficient

July 4, 2013 P. Farol 6 Comments

“It’s fact of Filipino life that you never really know when or if you’re going to arrive at your destination after leaving the house.” — Said by some random stranger inside an MRT coach. What Public Transport System? Before getting into the DoTC’s recently completed World Bank funded (WB)-funded Philippine Transit Information Service (PTIS), I think…

Development, Uncategorized

Does Manila Really Need A Slogan?

June 26, 2013June 26, 2013 P. Farol 21 Comments

When it comes to changing things for the better, dilettantes masquerading as activists and self-professed experts will often prioritize creating superficial hype because of their profound lack of understanding and insight into what the real problems are. Case in point is Carlos Celdran and his brain-fart on Facebook where he proposes that “Manila needs a…

Development

President Noynoy Aquino claims sole credit for the new Laguindingan Airport in Cagayan de Oro

June 23, 2013June 23, 2013 benign0 56 Comments

Trust Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III to take credit yet again for a project progressed initially under the administration of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Despite undertaking a massive campaign to cancel key infrastructure projects initiated by Arroyo when he assumed office in 2010, the Aquino Administration has glided on the wind of many…

Development, Politics

The one and only CORRECT SOLUTION to the profound dysfunction that hobbles Philippine society’s march to prosperity

June 19, 2013June 25, 2013 benign0 27 Comments

[It is time we dug up and presented some of the most ancient scripture from GRP’s antiquity to demonstrate the unparalleled consistency and stability of the conceptual framework that underpins “getrealism”. GRP’s Solution Framework has withstood the test of time and remains the birghtest beacon of real hope in a society starved of insight to…

Culture, Development, Featured

Manila as the gates of hell? It’s the river Styx too!

June 18, 2013June 18, 2013 FallenAngel 27 Comments

I bet the outrage over Dan Brown’s description of Manila as the “gates of hell” in his book Inferno is still fresh in the minds of many Filipinos. They really should learn to react properly to any less than desirable description that foreigners have of Filipinos, whether true or not. If it’s true, do something…

Civics, Development, Lifestyle

Horrendous Manila traffic a normal thing for a people long accustomed to a hellish life

June 18, 2013November 27, 2022 benign0 70 Comments

On my comfy half-hour train ride going home from work, I sat amused while observing a steady line of tweets and Facebook updates streaming down my mobile phone — the poignant helpless anguished cries coming from poor souls lost in the wilderness Manila’s steaming traffic jungle. And here I was just 15 minutes ago fuming…

Civics, Development, Lifestyle

Pining for Manila’s Old Glory is a Sign of a Lack of Vision (Part Two)

June 16, 2013 P. Farol 6 Comments

I left off my previous post with a paragraph that had the sub-heading, “Without a Vision, Reviving Manila is a Lost Cause”. SOS Save Manila Bay’s woeful calls for “environmental” and “heritage” preservation is as shallow and meandering as the silted Pasig River that disgorges its black sewerage water into Manila bay. Why? It’s not…

Development, Economy, Environment

Philippine economic growth rate and credit rating upgrade not enough to keep unemployment down

June 14, 2013June 14, 2013 Ilda 22 Comments

If you want to know how the Philippine economy is doing, you will find it hard to get a straightforward answer from the mainstream media. There’s enough spin to counteract every piece of bad news out there to do your head in. It seems the Philippine government is doing its best to project an image…

Development, Economy, Media

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