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Philippines no longer a US lapdog, now a respectable ASEAN member and a REAL Asian nation

Posted on July 12, 2021 By Ramon Ortoll No Comments on Philippines no longer a US lapdog, now a respectable ASEAN member and a REAL Asian nation
Philippines no longer a US lapdog, now a respectable ASEAN member and a REAL Asian nation

The national artist for literature F. Sionil Jose cites Richard Javad Heydarian in “Our foreign policy”, his PhilSTAR piece . That’s probably due to both of them being Ilocano. On Javad’s part, he’s only part Ilocano so he’s no GI, but I digress. Jose, delves into the wisdom and pitfalls of abandoning the cozy embrace…

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Development, Economy

Yellowtards’ behaviour following PNoy’s death reminds Filipinos why they SHOULD NOT vote for their candidates

Posted on June 26, 2021 By Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment on Yellowtards’ behaviour following PNoy’s death reminds Filipinos why they SHOULD NOT vote for their candidates
Yellowtards’ behaviour following PNoy’s death reminds Filipinos why they SHOULD NOT vote for their candidates

The edification of Benigno C. Aquino III (PNoy) begins. My basic problem with the Yellowidiots is their holier-than-thou attitude and the hypocrisy that comes with it. I’ve experienced what it’s like to be gaslighted into believing that all of former President Ferdinand Marcos was bad. That was my political naiveté at its peak. But since…

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Economy, Politics

Platform or agenda to DISRUPT local governance status quo critical post-2022 to address persisting COVID-19 impact to ordinary Filipinos

Posted on June 24, 2021 By Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment on Platform or agenda to DISRUPT local governance status quo critical post-2022 to address persisting COVID-19 impact to ordinary Filipinos
Platform or agenda to DISRUPT local governance status quo critical post-2022 to address persisting COVID-19 impact to ordinary Filipinos

Devolution. This was the spirit in which Nene Pimentel authored the Local Government Code of 1991. Pimentel and Ruben Canoy were the leaders of the federal movement which was fledgling then. Since the movement couldn’t find legs to stand on, Pimentel decided that devolution was the next best option. The local government code was passed…

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Economy, Government

Opposition “economists” like Winnie Monsod sow doom and gloom in lead up to 2022

Posted on June 19, 2021 By Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment on Opposition “economists” like Winnie Monsod sow doom and gloom in lead up to 2022
Opposition “economists” like Winnie Monsod sow doom and gloom in lead up to 2022

If the fundamentals weren’t sound, as Winnie Monsod asserts in her Inquirer piece “So much for sound fundamentals”, we’d be worse off to begin with. Mareng Winnie attempts to dismiss even the smallest iota of optimism in the prognoses issued by the country’s economic managers saying these are all just coming from people whose job…

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Business, Economy, Money Talks

Key 2022 election issue is opening the economy and breaking the oligarchs’ stranglehold on infrastructure

Posted on June 18, 2021 By Ramon Ortoll 3 Comments on Key 2022 election issue is opening the economy and breaking the oligarchs’ stranglehold on infrastructure
Key 2022 election issue is opening the economy and breaking the oligarchs’ stranglehold on infrastructure

President Rodrigo Duterte hasn’t been able to make good on his promise of charter change but Congress is doing what it can in the time left before the President steps down on June 30, 2022. The Public Service Act is 85 years old. It is obsolete yet it is only now that this issue is…

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Development, Economy, Money Talks

Regard for China-Philippines relations should move on from the old Yellowtard and communist “bully” rhetoric

Posted on June 15, 2021 By Ramon Ortoll No Comments on Regard for China-Philippines relations should move on from the old Yellowtard and communist “bully” rhetoric
Regard for China-Philippines relations should move on from the old Yellowtard and communist “bully” rhetoric

Check out Richard Javad Heydarians’s most recent crybaby piece “Why are we bullied?” published on the Inquirer. Heydarian basically whines about “our President’s almost slavish comments vis-à-vis the Eastern bully, which has been creeping into our waters with increasing impunity.” He worries about the prospect (presumably as the 2022 elections loom closer and campaigning ramps…

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Economy, Politics

The UP School of Economics was USELESS when Filipinos needed its “expertise” the most

Posted on June 12, 2021June 12, 2021 By Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment on The UP School of Economics was USELESS when Filipinos needed its “expertise” the most
The UP School of Economics was USELESS when Filipinos needed its “expertise” the most

Here we go again — the infamous “sick man of Asia” label. A throwback to the Marcos era is all “economist” Winnie Monsod could come up with in her Inquirer piece “Why we are again the sick man of Asia”. You would think that the Opposition would be creative enough to come up with a…

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Business, Economy

“Old normal” NEVER coming back, industrial-scale digitisation critical

Posted on June 10, 2021 By Ramon Ortoll 2 Comments on “Old normal” NEVER coming back, industrial-scale digitisation critical
“Old normal” NEVER coming back, industrial-scale digitisation critical

The US reopening is a gamble that probably won’t pay off — not with the Indian variant becoming the dominant one soon enough. For one, it’s been confirmed that the virus is airborne. Second vaccines don’t prevent infection but mitigate a severe case of infection leading to hospitalization or death. Business Insider reports on “The…

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