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Jammed

On October 25, 2011 By

Does public infrastructure represent the best use of private investment?

It seems that our corporate titans have nothing better to do with their excess cash than to pour it into the growing public utilities and infrastructure sector. Whether it is San Miguel the beverage giant which [...]

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Defying Gravity

On October 6, 2011 By

Faltering growth prospects for the economy and paralysis over how to kick-start big infrastructure projects do not seem to have dampened public support for the president.

Its economic managers remain fixated on ‘fiscal consolidation’ (a euphemism for shrinking public works expenditures to close the fiscal [...]

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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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Why Mar Roxas on DOTC is a politically astute move

On June 9, 2011 By

Mar Roxas taking on the DOTC at face value seem to be a demotion of sorts.  After all, wasn’t this the guy just weeks ago being considered for Chief of Staff?   Ping de Jesus leaving may have opened up more doors than we could imagine.  The [...]

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Has the “Bromance” Ended?

On June 8, 2011 By

Has the DOTC become a wedge for the bromantic couple of Noynoy and Mar?

At the pressconference announcing his appointment as DOTC secretary replacing Jose “Ping” De Jesus whose exit was the subject of much controversy, Mar Roxas the official running mate of PNoy in [...]

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Mar Roxas is new DOTC secretary

On June 7, 2011 By

Former Vice Presidential candidate and Senator Mar Roxas formally accepted the position of Department of Transportation and Communications secretary. This comes after much speculation as to what his position will be in the Cabinet. Mr. Roxas is one of Mr. Aquino’s closest allies and remained an adviser even [...]

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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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The Plan: Update

On May 20, 2011 By

 

The plot thickens; or does it?

On Wednesday, I wrote a piece on the cabinet re-organization, called The Plan, hailing it is a significant positive development in the administration of the benevolent one.

In today’s Inquirer, [...]

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The Plan

On May 18, 2011 By

It took them awhile but more than a year on after the 2010 elections, the president’s men have finally come up with an embryo of a plan to translate his slogans into a meaningful and measurable set of actions.

The Executive Order #43 entitled, “Pursuing [...]

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The Noy-Mar Co-Presidency

On May 16, 2011 By

Losing the VP race might yet be the best thing to have happened to Mar Roxas.

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