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What are the blind-spots that the administration is ignoring?
Those who chide us for telling the President not to lose sight of the economy in the hunt for Mrs Arroyo might remember the experiment conducted by Daniel Simon and Christopher Chabris.
In this famous study looking into visual [...]
Continue Reading →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 [...]
Continue Reading →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 [...]
Continue Reading →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, [...]
Continue Reading →In his two most recent op-ed pieces published successively in the Inquirer between Monday and Tuesday this week, Conrado De Quiros proves why his writing should be taken with a grain of salt.
Apologist
In Repetitions, Mr De Quiros talks of parallels between the two [...]
Continue Reading →Apart from discarding outdated mental models, the president needs to address personality-based factionalism that has led to organizational dysfunction within his team.
In part one of this series, we uncovered the problem of an inadequate framing of the strategic role of government. In this second [...]
Continue Reading →DPWH chief ‘appoints’ self to head MWSS
By Gil C. Cabacungan Jr., Kristine L. Alave
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—It appears that Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson could not wait for his boss to appoint him to head the body that regulates the [...]
Continue Reading →‘Don’t be surprised if frontrunner loses’
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – The race for the presidency is still wide open, Malacañang said yesterday.
Speaking to reporters, Press Undersecretary Rogelio Peyuan said Filipinos must not be surprised if the winner is not among the [...]
Continue Reading →Villar: Survey timing suspect; Legarda: It’s infiltrated, for trending
By Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MALOLOS CITY, Philippines—Manuel Villar has questioned the timing of the latest Pulse Asia survey on presidential preferences showing him and Joseph Estrada tied for second place after [...]
Continue Reading →Strike 3 on psycho issue: wife denies Boston psychiatrist ever treated Noynoy
abs-cbnNEWS.com
Manila, PHILIPPINES – The wife of the late Boston psychiatrist Steve Agular denied that her husband ever treated Liberal Party presidential bet Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III.
In a short statement, Dr. Rosario [...]
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- Metro Cebu – December 18, 2011
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- The Thai experience
The Thai experience (or why P-Noy …
The Philippines it seems is engulfed in all things Hollywood at the moment. With the filming of the Bourne Legacy taking place in Manila filling the nightly news with human…
- Learned Optimism
Learned Optimism
Reality checks are always needed by over-confident governments.
Martin Seligman the founder of positive psychology uncovered a pattern of behavior that he believes is responsible for greater resilience and happiness among…
- P-Noy strokes the Nation's 'Pleasure Zones'
P-Noy strokes nation’s ‘pleasure zones’
Here we go again. As the Philippines enters 2012, the stage is set for another round of reality TV/courtroom drama to unfold as the trials of former president and now…
