Category: Economy

PNoy’s speech should be shut down the minute he attacks the Supreme Court #SONA2014

July 28, 2014July 28, 2014 benign0 9 Comments

What further use to Filipinos is a president who had all but painted himself into a corner? That is essentially the way Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III will come across to the public today when he delivers his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to joint sessions of Philippine Congress. Rather than see…

Crime, Development, Economy, Government, Politics

Will PNoy surprise us for a change in his 5th State of the Nation Address #SONA2014 speech?

July 28, 2014 benign0 3 Comments

One thing we can credit to Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III is the consistency and predictability of his speeches. As such, most people can easily guess now what the President will be saying in his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) to be delivered to Congress on Monday July 28, 2014. There…

Crime, Development, Economy, Government, Media, Politics

‘Good faith’ was the farthest from the mind of BS Aquino when he came up with the #DAP!

July 18, 2014July 18, 2014 benign0 12 Comments

On one hand, Aquino apologists like to distract public opinion away from the “legalese” surrounding the debate around the manner with which the President used the DAP in order to highlight the nebulous notion of ‘good faith’. But then there is another camp (albeit the more intellectually-diligent amongst them) that invoke aspects of the law…

Crime, Economy, Government

DAP is the result of Noynoy Aquino’s lack of planning, lack of foresight and lack of vision

July 17, 2014July 17, 2014 Ilda 8 Comments

Nobody knew about the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) outside of Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino’s inner circle. Not even the members of Congress and the Senate knew the program existed until the President was forced to defend giving additional P50 million each to the Senators who convicted former Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona…

Crime, Development, Economy, Government, Politics

Why was PNoy DESPERATE to accelerate disbursment of public funds from 2011-2012?

July 14, 2014July 14, 2014 benign0 7 Comments

Indeed, it is too bad for the administration of Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III that their brainchild, the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), has been deemed unconstitutional by the Philippine Supreme Court. The DAP was conceived following a disastrous economic result in 2011 when the Philippine economy grew by only a little bit more…

Crime, Development, Economy, Government, Money Talks

Empowering Filipinos: why it hasn’t worked

July 14, 2014July 14, 2014 FallenAngel 9 Comments

Inclusive growth – that has become sort of a buzz word for the government of current Philippine president Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino. In fact, the definition BS Aquino has for it includes, “to empower citizens to become bona fide actors who productively contribute to nation building”. It sounds nice really, but the results up to…

Development, Economy, Lifestyle, Politics, Society

Financial Times Editor David Pilling confirms Philippine economy grew on back of Arroyo’s legacy

July 13, 2014 benign0 37 Comments

Where are we now? No one knows. We don’t know whether we are coming or going or how far we are in our journey to whatever was promised to the Filipino during President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III’s campaign. All we know for sure is that four years have passed since we elected ourselves a…

Development, Economy, Government, Media

From Third World to First: Singapore Elder Statesman Lee Kuan Yew’s insights on Filipinos

July 12, 2014 benign0 39 Comments

We take it for granted that material and accounts that provide priceless outsiders’ perspectives on the Philippines are so readily available for all to learn from but forget (1) how books are prohibitively expensive to most Filipinos and (2) how most Filipinos lack any inclination to read books to begin with. So it is worth…

Development, Economy, Government, Politics