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Our Banana Chips for Your Computer Microchips

January 12, 2016January 12, 2016 - by zaxx - 36 Comments.

Some years ago, a Japanese visiting professor told a Physics professor of a Philippine university that was hoping to set up some local semiconductor research capability a rather condescending joke …

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Robin Padilla sickened by the Philippines, may leave for good!

September 12, 2014 - by benign0 - 25 Comments.

A-List Filipino actor Robin Padilla has reportedly expressed a desire to leave the Philippines for good. “Ayoko na sa Pilipinas, tol! Ayoko na dito. Sawang-sawa na ako sa Pilipinas. Saksakan …

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Filipinos see a better future in foreign war zones than in the Philippines

August 5, 2014 - by benign0 - 19 Comments.

You know a country has really sunk to an unprecedented depth of wretchedness when its own citizens would prefer to remain in a war zone over taking their chances on …

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Business 101: Stop wasting your breath BEGGING the ‘best and brightest’ to stay

July 9, 2014 - by benign0 - 12 Comments.

Take stock of the current political landscape today and one stark reality jumps out of the picture: There is no one great leader who stands out as one who possesses …

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Filipinos need to end their love affair with mediocrity and ‘pwede na yan’ mentality

July 9, 2014August 4, 2014 - by Ilda - 118 Comments.

My views are not very popular with Filipinos. I guess it’s partly my fault because I like posting topics that some might consider taboo and boring. But it’s not like …

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Philippine employment dilemma: Dumb down the jobs? Or smarten up the workforce?

July 6, 2014 - by benign0 - 11 Comments.

The Philippines is imprisoned by a deep systemic inability in its people to extricate themselves from poverty. It is a problem that is an outcome of (1) the sheer number …

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PAGASA mass exodus: Why are workers treated like crap in the Philippines?

June 5, 2014May 1, 2018 - by benign0 - 10 Comments.

Simple. Because there are so many of them. That’s a lesson in an Economics 101 course — the Law of Supply and Demand. When the enormous supply of a commodity …

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  • Jason on “Pwede na yan” is Tagalog for “better than nothing”Of course it can be solved by a sitting president
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