by Lito Banayo from MALAYA Now I believe Dona Gloria when she described the country as an “enchanted kingdom”. Truly, baligtad na ang mundo, as the Tagalogs would say. Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada was arrested because he “perjured” himself in describing Miguelito el Defensor as a liar who tried to convince him to lie about the [...]
by Artemio A. Dumlao Itogon, Benguet (April 30, 2009) – Virtually a can of worms opened, millions-worth of ghost reforestation projects stinks along the San Roque Multipurpose Dam-associated projects here. Payment of ghost reforestation projects and other livelihood program since 2006 had accordingly highlighted the “social engineering” packages of the controversial dam project. Itogon residents, [...]
by LITO BANAYO from MALAYA Marlowe Camello, who resides in the US, sent me this very poignant prayer from Fr. James Reuter, S.J. It is both prayer and story, about a young naval ensign who mysteriously died on board a Navy ship in 1995. Today I yield my space to Fr. Reuter: “Phillip Andrew A. [...]
The ‘seven curses’ of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Source: www.pcij.org Posted by Isa Lorenzo EVEN before she could deliver her eighth state of the nation address (SONA) this coming Monday, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has already been weighed and found wanting by over 80 former senior government officials. In their own take on the state of the nation [...]
MOST CORRUPTBy Artemio V. Panganiban Philippine Daily Inquirer 07/05/2008 “WE WILL WORK TO FIX THE CORRUPTION that has, unfortunately, long plagued our nation. We have been working to take control of the situation. Our efforts will include passing a comprehensive anti-corruption reform act in 2008.” Most corrupt in East Asia and the world. Media attributed [...]
Desperate Housewife? I Beg To Disagree by Adolfo Paglinawan Gloria Arroyo is really a Doctor of Economics. She is so incorrigible, first Asian economist kuno she started buying the election to circulate the currency that was not even hers but the farmers’. Second, she is so incompetent that she cannot improve the economy, so she [...]
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 POLICY PEEK By Ernesto F. Herrera How to drive away investors and throw out jobs THIS is a lesson on how not to mistreat and drive away investors, and how not to miss out on opportunities to produce badly needed new jobs. This is also a study on how poor governance [...]
The Greedy Group Wants It All Source: PhilippineCommentary.blogspot.com Tongue in, anew has a massive post on the assault on Meralco launched and directed from Malacanang Palace using Winston Garcia (GSIS) and Presidential son Mikey Arroyo. The title says it all: Meralco vs. the Mafia. The analysis is superb and substantial, from someone who’s evidently seen [...]
Dear Folks, The following article by Fernando Habito is probably one of the most, if not the most, indepth critical analysis of the failed economic policies — I call it “boo-boo economics” — of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. As you you, the label “The Most Corrupt Economy in Asia” was the result of a survey conducted [...]
The clue to the puzzle “Who’s buying Meralco?” is here. “Already whispers about town point to a family being the true beneficial owners of the Transco that was recently privatized with much controversy. That’s the transmission grid for all our electric power. Now the same whispers say it’s not government that’s after Meralco, but the [...]
