Category: Economy

Four questions PNoy should answer before he promises economic growth

December 7, 2011January 21, 2012 benign0 11 Comments

What’s going on with the economy? Don’t ask the President. He’s too busy delivering bloodsport to a bloodthirsty mob. Reporter and blogger Ellen Tordesillas raises some important questions in her latest article with regard to the shameful behaviour of Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III during a speech he delivered before the First National Criminal…

Economy, Money Talks

Is saving Hacienda Luisita from Agrarian Reform Noynoy Aquino’s real SINGULAR mission as President?

December 5, 2011December 5, 2011 benign0 28 Comments

Seems like the whole Hacienda Luisita issue is compromising the ability of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to render with professional dignity his duties as leader of the Filipino people. The fate of control over the vast estate by the Aquino-Cojuangco clan in the face of deadlines to fully implement the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program…

Economy, Government, Politics

Why ad agencies are paid the big bucks: Coca Cola and The OFW Project

December 3, 2011 benign0 26 Comments

Persuasion 101. Lay out a strong emotional context, extend sharp emotional hooks, feel the bite from the audience, reel in the catch, then flash the brand. This is the science that earns the ad agencies the big bucks. Using flashy moving visuals — and lots of money to cobble these into an “inspiring” video —…

Culture, Development, Economy, Media

The Latest Jaw-Dropping Stupidity from the Dept. of Tourism

November 30, 2011 BenK 23 Comments

Yesterday as I was browsing my Facebook wall, I followed a link posted by BlogWatch to a Philstar article about a plan by the Department of Tourism to launch a new â€˜country brandâ€™ next month. Since the last outcome of a DOT branding project was the catastrophically hilarious Pilipinas Kay Ganda, I found reason for…

Development, Economy, Government

Aquino-Cojuangco feudal clan: Too wealthy to fail?!

November 28, 2011June 24, 2013 benign0 27 Comments

Irony of ironies is how a mad rush to scratch a vindictive itch from the bite of the previous administration of former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has backfired badly against the the government of current President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. A bomb dropped by the Supreme Court on the long-festering row between the Aquino-Cojuangco feudal…

Development, Economy, Politics

Focus on retribution by the Aquino Government had undermined both the economy and institutional governance

November 26, 2011 benign0 15 Comments

Why the focus and circus around retribution while more pressing and forward-looking initiatives like growing the economy, for one, languish at the bottom of media hyping priorities? It could be because Filipinos are culturally predisposed to being retrospective rather than prospective in the way we think. Back in 2009 just as the campaign of then…

Crime, Culture, Economy, Government

President Noynoy Aquino and the instability he created is really bad for the economy

November 24, 2011July 27, 2013 Ilda 42 Comments

I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again. Philippine President Noynoy Aquino (PNoy) is bad for the economy. The incumbent president is not at all focused on building a solid financial system for the country despite predictions that the economic instability in Europe and the struggling economy of the United States of America could…

Development, Economy, Government, Politics

The Noynoy Aquino government is turning the Philippines into a vindictive society

November 20, 2011September 20, 2013 Ilda 270 Comments

There is a list of the alleged crimes of former Philippine President Gloria Arroyo (GMA) making its rounds on social networking sites like some kind of chain letter. The list comes with a photo of GMA in a wheelchair wearing her neck brace and facemask looking gaunt and distressed. The photo is obviously not a…

Crime, Culture, Economy, Government, Politics, Society

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