Category: money
those dollar accounts #cj trial
MANILA, Philippines – Day 37 of the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona began with a bold assertion by defense lawyers he will face squarely charges he kept $10 million in secret accounts. By day’s end, however, the defense … Continue reading
media & the moneyed
The Luisita issue aside, the real problem these days is that PR men have so much clout in media that they can always get their lies told in the guise of news. That, I think, is, in large measure, a … Continue reading
PEACe bond-holders on warpath
when i first heard that the interest earned by Peace bond-holders’ would be taxed 20% by the BIR, contrary to the tax-exempt promise 10 years ago, my reaction was, ha? why the bondholders? why not CODE-NGO whose scheme / scam … Continue reading
Occupy Wall Street, shades of the sixties
Occupy Wall Street reminds me of the youth unrest in America in the mid 1960s through the ’70s. except that then (like it was here), the youth were not as focused, i guess because of the drugs, the sex, and … Continue reading
senators absolve poor bishops
Sen. Franklin Drilon said the Senate would have no reason to hold the bishops accountable if they agreed to turn over the SUVs to state-run Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). Sen. Francis Escudero said he was not keen on grilling … Continue reading
last-minute blues
there must be another way of handling the comelec registration process. alam naman natin na may last-minute mentality ang pinoy. comelec should have expected, and prepared for, the swarm instead of saying, kayo kasi… lalo na’t merong concessions made to … Continue reading
environment 3: forests gone
FORESTS GONE (In Defense of Kaingineros) Junie Kalaw In 1863, after three hundred years of free access to forests for all, natives and Spaniards alike, the Inspeccion General de Montes was created by royal decree to keep track of, and … Continue reading
THE POWER OF MONEY
Satur Sulit the thing about money is it is very tricky one minute you have it the next one you don’t and so with the power that accompanies it you have to exercise it or somebody else will every dispensation needs … Continue reading
cheap meds – gma vs. mar
ano ba talaga? kahapon ito ang balita: Arroyo to sign cheap meds EO MANILA, Philippines-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will finally sign next week the executive order placing a price ceiling on 22 essential drugs sold in the country. Malacañang made the … Continue reading
defending celso
i’m not going to pretend i understand what’s really going on with celso de los angeles and the banking establishment. my kneejerk response when i read that his rural banks had a ponzi-like scheme going, promising high returns to depositors, … Continue reading
economic experts urge: fix rate @ 55php to 1$
now that we know for sure, thanks to the world bank and senator miriam defensor santiago, that corruption is alive and doing very well under gloria macapagal arroyo, lalong nakakatakot at nakakailang all the talk about stimulus funds, a whopping … Continue reading
do not delete (economic provisions)
verrrry interesting that it took that angry (complete with expletives) december 12 multisectoral anti-chacha rally to provoke former leftist now gma apologist-loyalist alex magno into revealing the real score behind the arroyo administration’s kulit campaign for charter change. apparently, suko … Continue reading