Nick Joaquin’s A Heritage of Smallness
[Any major occasion in the Philippines is always a good time to re-visit this most seminal of Nick Joaquin’s works. It encapsulates the character of the Philippine Nation and remains …
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Annoyed by Anti-Monopoly Policy, PAL Puts Airport Plans on Hold
In a press briefing last week, Philippine Airlines (PAL) President and CEO Ramon S. Ang announced that the airline’s plans to construct a $6 billion airport as an alternative to …
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7.1% growth is not due to Aquinomics, it’s a continuation of GMA’s use of Keynesian Economics
It’s beginning to look at lot like Christmas. ‘Tis the season to be jolly. Filipinos are known for being a little too indulgent during the festive season. This could very …
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Solution to Manila flooding may involve more of living with it than protecting against it
Metro Manila is, by its very nature, a city vulnerable to flooding. Yet it has grown and developed into a monstrous megalopolis that, today, teeters on the brink of catastrophic …
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Pinoys give SOS another meaning
Haring habagat – this is the name that some people on Facebook are throwing around to call the latest series of torrential rains that has besieged Metro Manila. Habagat refers …
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Metro Manila flood control master planning in chronic catch up mode over the last two decades!
Perhaps in this instance rather than refer to Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III by his catchy first two initials, he should instead be referred to as the ‘BT’ …
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Could the Php 1.9 bn in flood control projects axed by Noynoy Aquino have saved Metro Manila from destruction?
The latest deluge to hit Metro Manila once again demonstrates the sorry state of preparedness of state emergency services in the Philippines and the woefully insufficient flood control infrastructure of …
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Flooding in Metro Manila: When will Filipinos get angry enough?
So Metro Manilans, I hear, are stuck in traffic and floods this weekend. Again. And what’s this I hear? Oh, outrage. But where was that outrage when the problem was …
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