Category: money
feeling the fall of america
wow. who would have thought that we would see the american economy collapse like a house of cards, bringing the whole world down with it. diyata’t hindi pala invulnerable ang superpower na ito. diyata’t nagkakamali rin, pumapalpak, bumabagsak. at … Continue reading
exposing manny villar
mala-mr.exposey ang drama ni lito banayo these days. patindi nang patindi ang mga banat niya kina manny villar, the senate president, at cynthia villar, the congresswoman from las pinas, sa kanyang malaya column. check out A case of plunder and … Continue reading
the plot thickens
a conspiracy theory has it that ces drilon unwittingly walked into a trap sprung to give the armed forces reasonto start another all-out-war in mindanao, win pogi points with gma who in turn wins pogi points with george w. bush, … Continue reading
“mahal” na pangulo
picked this up from ducky paredes‘ malaya column. Gloria Arroyo has been our most expensive president – ever! In 2007, the Office of the President spent a total of P249.5 million to pay the salaries and wages of its regular … Continue reading
evat & the national debt
totoo yata ang tsismis na pabalik-cabinet si dating senador ralph “vilmasantos” recto, also known as the author of the evat law. why else would he be on anc talking about the evat on fuel and electricity and saying na hindi … Continue reading
koryente (updated)
so why is gloria so viciously picking on meralco these days? can it be that out of the goodness of her heart she just wants to give us relief from high electricity prices, kawawa naman kasi tayo? or is it … Continue reading
utang na loob
say ni senator nene pimentel, his con-ass cha-cha proposal to shift to a federal form of government needs to be discussed because it is what’s best for the country — federalism will stimulate economic growth in the regions and therefore … Continue reading
jun lozada corroborates joey de v. story & the madriaga file
missed the brave wee-hours-of-the-morning presscon of rodolfo “jun” lozada on the nbn-zte deal but caught snippets of anc’s replay later and wow! what a testimony to GREED that corroborates joey de venecia’s story (good for him) and also the madriaga … Continue reading
decoupling a dream, IMF hits panic button
there’s a lot of hoping and praying going around that asia has truly decoupled, i.e. weaned itself, from the u.s. economy. ibig sabihin kasi, it would be possible for the rest of the global economy to roll on despite the … Continue reading
a global recession?
clearly the world is trying to remain optimistic (don’t panic!) about the state of the u.s. (global) economy, but that’s only because the federal reserve jumped in with that hefty interest rate cut just when it did, in the nick … Continue reading
doomed dollar exchange
i had been trying to get a grip on the problem of the rising peso, trying to understand why it is said to be good for the economy when it’s clear na mas maraming pilipinong nagigipit kaysa naliligayahan. googling didn’t … Continue reading