Should the Philippines Turn Parliamentary?
By Rep. Florencio B. Abad It is unfortunate that enlightened debate about the proposed shift in the form of government has been hampered by allegations of hidden motives by Senate leaders and by a...
Author: Borrowed from Outside
Lynching Laurel
Herman Tiu-Laurel: Anti-Foreign Direct Investment yet he is wearing Western business suit, speaking English, writing in English in his column, and is partly Chinese. Certified hypocrite. Real Racist. Last Friday, I read an...
Constitutional Change Now
(originally published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, 21st November 2012) by Peter Wallace Let me give you a few points to ponder when considering whether or not we need to open up the...
A Tale of Two Countries
(Borrowed from the Far Eastern Economic Review) by William McGurn (June 1994) Editor’s note: While it is true that this is an old article from June 1994, the author William McGurn’s analysis is so...
Making the economic comeback w/ higher private FDI
(taken from the Philippine Star – originally published: 13 June 2012) by Dr. Gerardo Sicat As economic opportunity knocks on the country, the question is how to maximize the gains for the social and economic good....
The Parliamentary System: Would it produce better leaders?
[by Arnel B. Endrinal] I am not a die-hard advocate of Constitutional Reform but I generally support the idea. However, while others support it primarily for the economic agenda, I on the other hand...
