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The Politics of Business: an account of political persecution by Herminio Disini

May 20, 2021May 28, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 3 Comments

If you want to have an idea of how the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) was weaponized against the Marcos “cronies” you should read this book, The Politics of Business: How the Government Tried My Case Without Me, by none other than Herminio T. Disini. Disini begins with his origins in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur…

Business, Development

Why Lucio Tan gets to keep his loot while Manny Pacquiao’s all remain frozen

November 28, 2013 benign0 107 Comments

On one hand, the issue surrounding the tax evasion case the Philippines’ Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is raising against boxing champ Manny Pacquiao is pretty straightforward. The BIR had given Pacquiao two years to submit the documents required of him specific among them are original tax returns from the United States’s Internal Revenue Service…

Crime, Government

Philippine Government . . . You’re Fired!

May 6, 2012July 5, 2015 Virtual Vigilante 31 Comments

My advocacy is to reduce the Philippine Government (the â€œGovernmentâ€) 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 functionâ€”to serve the taxpayers. The…

Crime, Development, Environment, Government, Politics, Society