Infographic: Solutions to the Root Causes of the Pork Barrel
Many Filipinos want to get rid of the Pork Barrel. But as mentioned in a previous article, it is necessary to understand the root causes of this “contraption” in order to come up with...
Category: Economic Liberalization
Nápoles & Pork Barrel: It’s the Lousy System
There’s been a lot of anger expressed regarding Janet Nápoles, her daughter Jeane, their lavish lifestyles, and the Pork Barrel scam that funded it all. Everyone seems to be screaming about the need to...
1987 Constitution Kicks FedEx Out
Perfect timing. Just what we needed for the Constitutional Reform campaign… The Court of Appeals just recently reiterated its decision uphold the 1987 Constitution to ban FedEx from operating in the Philippines because its...
Benign0 is just as clueless as “Benigno”
Yes, you read it right. We’re talking about Benign0 (the “Get Real Philippines” guy who uses the “Jimi Hendrix” avatar on the left) being just as clueless as his “namesake” Benigno S. Aquino III. Why...
Chicken or the Egg: Culture Change or System Change?
People often wonder about what determines the success of a society. Is it the culture or is it the system? Quite recently, as the debate on Constitutional Reform progresses and as more and more...
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....
Tables and Ladders (Exposing Esposo, Part 2)
Almost nineteen months ago, Orion wrote an article on How to CoRRECT™ Asia’s Basketcase of Wasted Democrazy. The article essentially mentioned that the term “Charter change” is dead. In its place is the message...
