Moving on from “It’s More Dysfunctional in the Philippines”
Tourism is an important sector for the Philippine economy. In 2015, the travel and tourism industry contributed 10.6% to the country’s GDP (wiki). It is as important a pillar as …
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Filipinos Who Changed Citizenship Still Have a Say on their Homeland
The OFW phenomenon has yielded some complicated situations. For example, there are Filipinos who have renounced their citizenship and become citizens of other countries. Yet they share some views and …
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The myth of ‘inclusive growth’ in the Philippines and why GDP alone does not matter
Why is there no inclusive growth in the Philippines? The critical component and measurement which goes a long way in explaining why no progress is being made, and inclusive growth …
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Are OFWs Greedy or Evil?
If you think my article criticizing Pinoy Pride is demeaning, try the idea of someone saying, in effect, the OFW is evil just by being one. A blogger recently gave …
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Teach me how to fish…not to dougie
First he called it a “pro-poor budgetâ€; now he calls it an “empowering national budgetâ€. Read in the papers that the President calls the PhP2.006 trillion national budget “…an instrument …
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Real advise for Filipinos desperately praying for jobs
Joblessness is indeed a big problem in the Philippines. It is Third World labour supply on steroids — an exceedingly pathetic situation that sees the economic value of Filipino labour …
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