Category: Economy

The “wokes”: providing misleading answers to the wrong questions

February 1, 2022 The Unpopular Opinion 2 Comments

History points out how human civilizations and societies have evolved. From the simple hunter-gatherer groups of peoples to the extremely complicated and interconnected relationships built through globalization, humans have definitely found ways to persevere and achieve greater human development that would even leave our ancestors astonished. However, beyond these marvelous achievements of the human race,…

Civics, Economy, Politics, Society

Leni Robredo’s IMPOSSIBLE promise to regain public trust in government: Filipinos trust her LESS than President Duterte!

December 13, 2021 benign0 16 Comments

“Ibalik ang tiwala sa gobyerno,” (“Regain public trust in the government”) says Leni Robredo in her most recent campaign video where she lays out her plan to provide “jobs for all”. One wonders though. If Robredo’s pitch is to regain public trust in the Philippine Government, the question is, is she the right person to…

Economy, Politics

Revising the 1987 Constitution could put an end to communist insurgencies in the Philippines

November 16, 2021November 16, 2021 The Unpopular Opinion 9 Comments

Issues regarding communist insurgencies in the Philippines are once again the talk of the town as the country prepares to elect its next chief executive. The current administration has been aggressive in addressing problems associated extreme leftist groups and their armed counterparts. Definitely, the next head of government would inherit these successes as the military…

Business, Charter Change, Development, Economy

Leni Robredo’s “I am not corrupt” and “helping the poor” rhetoric an INSULT to Filipino voters

November 13, 2021August 31, 2022 benign0 5 Comments

A common defensive argument routinely issued by Leni Robredo’s Yellowtard supporters is that the “vice president” is “not corrupt”. Yes indeed, she is not that among many other things that she is not. That does not mean she will be a good leader, of course. In fact, there really is not much her camp is…

Economy, Politics, Society

Dole out campaigning: Be wary of skewed and distorted electoral promises that could damage the economy

November 2, 2021November 2, 2021 The Unpopular Opinion 3 Comments

The election season has started in the Philippines, with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) finalizing the list of candidates vying for various positions in the public office. While the aforementioned commission is performing its stipulated duties and powers afforded to it by the 1987 Constitution, candidates running for nationally-elected positions are creating their own platforms…

Economy, Government

Duterte’s cleanup of the mess Noynoy Aquino made of Ph-China relations should CONTINUE post 2022

October 26, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 6 Comments

The problem with the Opposition is they keep on making false claims. Joel Ruiz Butuyan, in his Inquirer piece “China and our next president”, writes; “We need to know what every candidate intends to do with the international Arbitral Award that our country won against China. Will our candidate continue the path of the Duterte…

Economy, History

Duterte achieved a lot during his term which is why CONTINUITY post-2022 is very important

October 21, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 18 Comments

It was then incoming Secretary of Finance Carlos Dominguez who set the administration’s 0-10 point socio-economic agenda which was basically the key performance indicators (KPIs) set by the administration for what it expected to achieve by the time its term ended. I tend to disagree to the scores Inquirer columnist Peter Wallace laid out in…

Development, Economy, Education

The LIES surrounding Ninoy’s 1983 death and the Yellowtard oligarchs’ pillaging of the Philippine economy

August 15, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 2 Comments

The Opposition continues to use the late former President Ferdinand Marcos as a scapegoat for the state of the Philippine economy. They refuse to acknowledge the validity of Marcos’s economic strategy from the beginning of his first term which was to focus on rebuilding infrastructure destroyed during World War II. After the declaration of martial…

Business, Economy

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