Category: Government

Anna Coren CNN interview: PNoy blames Arroyo but takes credit for her work again

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Anna Coren CNN interview: PNoy blames Arroyo but takes credit for her work again

The Philippines is such a happening place lately. First, the 45th meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Governors was recently held at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City. It was interesting to note that the Aquino government’s preparation for the event was to cover up what they obviously considered an…

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Development, Economy, Government, Politics

Philippine Government . . . You’re Fired!

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Philippine Government . . . You’re Fired!

My advocacy is to reduce the Philippine Government (the “Government”) to its bare essentials. That means I will do everything I can to minimize the taxes I pay the Government and to encourage every taxpayer, individual and/or corporate, to do the same until the Government relearns its sole purpose and function—to serve the taxpayers. The…

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Crime, Development, Environment, Government, Politics, Society

Tito Sotto threatens to stop funding for Ph government ad placements in CNN over pagpag feature

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Tito Sotto threatens to stop funding for Ph government ad placements in CNN over pagpag feature

Philippine Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III of Tito Vic and Sotto comedy fame in the yesteryears of Philippine cinema is apparently unhappy with with what he perceives to be a negative return on investment on the Philippine government’s ad placements in international news organisation Cable News Network (CNN). Sotto is reportedly convinced that CNN has…

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Development, Economy, Government, Media

Sign of the times: The Filipinos™ tease Times Square video, and how it relates to the modern Pinoy Zeitgeist

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Sign of the times: The Filipinos™ tease Times Square video, and how it relates to the modern Pinoy Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist is a German-derived word which can be translated as “spirit of the times” or “spirit of the age”. For this discourse, I intend to use the definition “the sign of the times”. Basically, this word depicts the prevailing climate in a society. Whether this refers to a moral, intellectual, social, economical, political, or cultural…

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Culture, Development, Government, Politics, Society

Unclogging the Commercial Bottlenecks

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Unclogging the Commercial Bottlenecks

Get Real Post blogger Ilda wrote an article about manufacturing as a potential economic driver for the Philippines. And as it turns out, economists tuned in to the Philippine economy has the same thing in mind. Filipino chipmakers must graduate to assembling iPads while churning out Oscar-winning animation to generate more jobs and sustain economic…

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Economy, Government, Money Talks, Society

Walls to hide poor from ADB are temporary, but walls that ring the enclaves of the Philippine elite are permanent

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Walls to hide poor from ADB are temporary, but walls that ring the enclaves of the Philippine elite are permanent

Most Filipinos are Third Class citizens in their own country. Consider this: Makati City and its prosperous cousins, Ortigas, Alabang, Greenhills, Fort Bonifacio, and Rockwell among others are world-class reality suspensions. If only we could put all of them in an island and make like another Singapore with the rest of the country treated as…

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Culture, Development, Government, Lifestyle, Society

Anti-virus software is the hi-tech equivalent of Catholic dogma

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Anti-virus software is the hi-tech equivalent of Catholic dogma

Do you ever get the feeling that sellers of computer anti-virus software are themselves engaged in the development of the very same viruses that wreak havoc over the world of information systems? Who’s to know anyway? It sounds like the perfect business model: concoct a poison and its antidote in your lab, release the poison…

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Government, Religion, Tech Talk

Corona Impeachment: things the prosecutors wish the public would forget

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Corona Impeachment: things the prosecutors wish the public would forget

The impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona is about to resume after a six-week break. Thanks to a few objective Senator Judges of the impeachment court who admonished the prosecution team for giving information that had not yet been introduced in court to the media, the prosecutors have been compelled to stay…

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Crime, Featured, Government, Media, Politics