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Sabah debacle: The Philippine ‘Teflon’ Government of President Noynoy Aquino

March 7, 2013March 7, 2013 benign0 9 Comments

You sometimes wonder how much of the foreign press is under the payroll of the Philippine and Malaysian governments considering the sort of slants they lend to the “reports” they publish about a region they presume to know… The Philippine government said Tuesday it had tried bring a peaceful end to the standoff by sending…

Civics, Culture, Government, Media, Religion

Aquino government claim to 7.1 percent GDP growth all hollow BS

November 29, 2012October 20, 2013 benign0 13 Comments

There are a lot of things that account for changes in a country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and even more that account for movements in the rate of change of that change. Certainly the the quality of the government may have something to do with where the GDP goes. But then who knows? Considering that…

Development, Economy, Politics