Tag: public service

Is Leni Robredo really SINGLE-HANDEDLY on top of the Typhoon Odette relief effort?

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Is Leni Robredo really SINGLE-HANDEDLY on top of the Typhoon Odette relief effort?

If we are to believe Chief Yellowtard “economist” JC Punongbayan, presidential candidate and “vice president” Leni Robredo is the only person really on top of the relief operations surrounding the havoc wrought by Typhoon Ria (local codename “Odette”). Rappler and ABS-CBN say so, his fellow Yellowtards say so, and Robredo herself says so. So it…

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Government, Politics

Ping Lacson declares war on wasteful government spending and corruption

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Ping Lacson declares war on wasteful government spending and corruption

It would appear that the noose is getting tighter around the neck of Health Secretary Francisco Duque over the release of the latest COA report summarizing the glaring deficiencies in its compliance with government accounting standards as defined by the audit agency. GMA News Online reports that Sen. Panfilo Lacson has again called out Duque…

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Government

Reform of the Ph’s corrupt bureaucracy only possible if 1987 Charter is JUNKED

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Reform of the Ph’s corrupt bureaucracy only possible if 1987 Charter is JUNKED

In his Inquirer piece “Behind the durability of institutions”, Randy David speaks of public institutions which withstand the revolving door of leaders who come and go every Presidential election cycle. These are the constitutional offices with a fixed term, regardless of whoever is in power or the highest career bureaucrat in any department or agency…

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Government, Politics

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

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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 It is obsolete yet it is only now that this issue is…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

Dishonestly claiming its business was about “serving Filipinos” is #ABSCBN’s biggest crime

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Dishonestly claiming its business was about “serving Filipinos” is #ABSCBN’s biggest crime

It couldn’t have been better timing. With ABS-CBN blinking out from the airwaves and Filipinos on COVID-19 lockdown, a new and very promising normal for Filipinos is on hand. Cooped up within their homes, Filipinos will soon learn how to entertain themselves without the perverted “entertainment” shoved down their throats supposedly “in the service of…

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Media

Pasig City mayor Vico Sotto should just do his job without the fanfare and the grandstanding

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Pasig City mayor Vico Sotto should just do his job without the fanfare and the grandstanding

The whole debate surrounding Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto has nothing to do with the quality of his governance. That too, nonetheless, is debatable but is better off left to another article for another day. Here we will discuss the trouble with the disproportionate amount of media exposure Sotto is getting. Vico Sotto is making waves…

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Development, Glitz and Glamour, Government

The country we’ve made for ourselves: why we need an outsider’s perspective

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The country we’ve made for ourselves: why we need an outsider’s perspective

The following is a copy of the Foreword I wrote for my friend Ben Kritz’s new book Same Planet, Different World: An Outsider’s Inside View of the Philippines. You can download the book from Amazon here onto Kindle or any of a variety of apps also supported by Amazon. We in our clique of the…

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Civics, Development, Economy, Government, Money Talks, Politics, Society

Nancy Binay candidacy: Pinoy Political Success Is Relative

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Nancy Binay candidacy: Pinoy Political Success Is Relative

One child grows up to be Somebody that just loves to learn And another child grows up to be Somebody you’d just love to burn Mom loves the both of them You see it’s in the blood   Sly and the Family Stone. “Family Affair”   Dads will be dads and their little girls will…

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