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The moronism in ‘ordering’ bus drivers and conductors to be paid fixed salaries

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The moronism in ‘ordering’ bus drivers and conductors to be paid fixed salaries

Why am I not surprised that the move of the Philippines’ Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to implement an order to change remuneration of the country’s public utility bus drivers from a commission-based payment scheme to a fixed-salary scheme fell flat on its face? DOLE Order Number 118-12 which mandates this transition supposedly had…

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Development, Government, Society

MMDA is living on a prayer instead of thinking about solving EDSA’s traffic problems

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MMDA is living on a prayer instead of thinking about solving EDSA’s traffic problems

It seems Filipino public servants are incapable of thinking outside the square when it comes to addressing the problems that plague the nation. Most of them rely on prayer to solve issues rather than apply science and technology — an approach that could actually yield permanent solutions. Take the case of the Chairman for Metro…

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Civics, Culture, Development, Government, Religion, Society

Jeepney Court: Why the Senate impeachment trial court is like the jeepney

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Jeepney Court: Why the Senate impeachment trial court is like the jeepney

The jeepney originally came into the public service for several clear reasons: (1) to address a post-war shortage of public mass transportation, (2) there was abundant raw material — surplus United States Army jeeps — for the product, and (3) Filipinos were not up to the task of rebuilding a systemised public transport infrastructure. Fast…

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Civics, Crime, Development, Government, Politics

Anne Curtis retires after overdelivering on an underpromise

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Anne Curtis retires after overdelivering on an underpromise

It’s just as well that starlet Anne Curtis went into a self-imposed “retirement” from singing even after scoring a successful concert tour billed “AnneBisyosa” (a play on the word ambisyosa which means “ambitious”). According to Curtis, she found the whole “singer-performer lifestyle” quite tiring, saying “If they were to ask me [to record an “AnneBisyosa”…

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Glitz and Glamour

Shutdown of the CCP ‘KULÔ’ exhibit proves the point Mideo Cruz makes in ‘Poleteismo’

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Shutdown of the CCP ‘KULÔ’ exhibit proves the point Mideo Cruz makes in ‘Poleteismo’

Seems to me artist Mideo Cruz succeeded in proving the point he wanted to make in his collage Poleteismo which was exhibited along with other works in the main gallery of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. In Poleteismo, Cruz depicted through a collection of images and artifacts representing celebrities, religious icons, and public personalities…

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Culture, Politics, Religion, Society

Brand Philippines: building an ethic of world-class innovation

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Brand Philippines: building an ethic of world-class innovation

When was the last time you’ve seen a truly innovative Filipino idea? That elusive water-powered car? Those fluorescent lights and karaoke machines supposedly invented by Filipinos? They certainly are out there – somewhere. But no one can quite ascertain if they are mere urban legend or objective fact. What does prevail, as the symbol of…

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Money Talks

Three fundamental roadblocks to improving Philippine public transport

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Three fundamental roadblocks to improving Philippine public transport

Solving the mass transport problem of large Philippine cities is one of those hard problems. Much of its hardness is accounted for by that inescapable fundamental nature of the poverty that defines the Filipino’s very existence — the Filipino’s habit of entering into commitments that they are inherently incapable of honouring. Such commitments are almost…

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Culture, Development, Economy, Lifestyle