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Nothing New

On June 27, 2011 By

Strange but true, the cat calls made by Mrs Arroyo and her allies have goaded the P-Noy administration to return fire.

Over the weekend, as the country suffered from the effects of yet another powerful cyclone, there was a different kind of disturbance inserted into [...]

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Back to the Future with Aquinomics 101

On June 23, 2011 By

Perhaps PNoy should trade his Porsche for a Delorean.

In his self-appointed role as guru of the new Aquinomics, Prof Cielito Habito of the Ateneo Graduate School of Business alluded to the Reaganomics of the 1980s which preached that less government and lower taxes would [...]

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Imagining True Independence

On June 22, 2011 By

What would a truly independent Philippines look like?

In the week that the nation was celebrating the 113th anniversarry of its original declaration of independence from Spain, it was fending off rumors of impending incursions into its territory in the Spratlys by China. Having an up and [...]

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SOCIAL CONTRACT MY A@#!

On June 16, 2011 By

The spending pattern of the PNoy administration in the first five months of the year reveals what its real priorities are; and it is not what you think.

Ben Diokno in his column for yesterday’s Businessworld analyzes the actual spending pattern of the government under [...]

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Sticking to the script

On June 13, 2011 By

Marking the 113th anniversary of the Philippine declaration of independence, President Aquino used the solemn occasion to highlight the fulfillment of his campaign pledge to rid the country of corruption.

Speaking at the ancestral mansion of Emilio Aguinaldo, the revolutionary leader in Kawit, [...]

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The LABAN-Liberal rivalry

On June 10, 2011 By

Remnants of the progressive struggle are locked together in a dance of mutual political survival.

As the news dailies ran stories on the increased scrutiny being placed on the presiden’ts pals, some within the movement that elected him have begun to voice some reservations or [...]

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Is the Good Governance path a dead end?

On June 7, 2011 By

Is the “markets plus good governance” formula indeed the enlightened way to economic Nirvana that its adherents say it is?

Warning: I am following Paul Krugman’s tradition of labeling some of my posts ‘a bit wonkish’. Some of the succeeding material might be a bit taxing, but [...]

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BFFs, NO! Developmental State, YES!

On June 6, 2011 By

For all its talk of good governance and economic reform, PNoy’s government seems to be struggling at both. It needs a circuit breaker to change its current trajectory.

Last week, two surprise announcements were made. Well perhaps one was a surprise, the other was to be expected, [...]

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Join the Blog Action Day on June 8 to Save our Coral Reefs and Seas!

On June 1, 2011 By

Join the Blog Action Day on June 8 to Save our Coral Reefs and Seas!

Our beautiful and diverse marine resources and wealth need your attention and your help. They are under attack.

Exploitative foreign firms, in tandem with local partners and left unchecked by irresponsible [...]

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Government releases Philippine Development blueprint

On May 30, 2011 By

The Philippine Development Plan is the “economic blueprint,” that the Aquino administration will follow. It lays down the framework for fiscal reforms.

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