Gaps in Nation’s Progress (GNP) in the Philippines

This is one of those times when I am not entirely happy being right. In my earlier post titled “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” I emphasized the general observation that while the Philippines is getting richer as a country, Filipinos in general are getting poorer.
Recent statistics from the National Statistics Office (NSO) as [...]

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Learning From India and Japan

And it goes on, unabated. Corruption. Bare-face lies. Unabashed display of wealth and power. Patronge politics. What are we missing? Why do we keep missing the boat to good and responsible governance?
Transparency and vigilance are supposed to be our best weapons against anomalous contracts such as ZTE’s National Broadband Network and Cyber-Education Program. But without [...]

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Inday and the Left

Inday is making waves. And those from the left are not surfing.
In the recent Inquirer story, our friends from the left do not find the Inday jokes funny at all. I wonder what is Inday’s take on this latest attempt to discredit her growing popularity. Maybe Inday herself should explain why the left does not [...]

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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly — The Philippines from Today’s Headlines

It is both interesting and disturbing to read the headlines in a number of newspapers today. First, the good news. The Philippine Daily Inquirer today speaks of the milestone reached by the Philippine Stocks Exchange when value turn over of stocks for the year breached the 1 Trillion level from January to September. Whoa! Just [...]

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