Category: Economy

Lessons learned from weeks spent doting upon Arab People Power

March 3, 2011 benign0 8 Comments

First we cheered on stirrings of what we described as impending “people power” Edsa-style revolutions that started in Tunisia and spread over the rest of North Africa. Quick to fancy ourselves as the doting grand-daddies of this sort of “grassroots-initiated” change movement, we tweeted, blogged, Facebook-“liked”, re-tweeted, and email-forwarded various newsbits and factoids that made…

Economy, Featured, Government, Society

Is PNoy bad for Philippine foreign relations?

February 27, 2011February 7, 2017 Ilda 106 Comments

Diplomacy. The word, according to its definition describes the “art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states. It usually refers to international diplomacy, the conduct of international relations through the intercession of professional diplomats with regard to issues of peace making, trade, war, economics, culture, environment and human rights“. The practice…

Development, Economy, Featured, Government, Politics

Being cluey about foreign capital

January 23, 2011August 13, 2022 benign0 76 Comments

One of the key aspects of the Constitutional Reform agenda revolves around the proposal to open the Philippines to full foreign ownership of business assets and private property. It is a worthwhile option to explore as it has been known for quite some time how inept Filipinos are with creating capital indigenously and at keeping…

Charter Change, Culture, Development, Economy

Setting quantifiable targets for the future: Does Noynoy Aquino have the guts to do it?

January 4, 2011January 4, 2016 benign0 7 Comments

Any Government is quick to associate itself — or worse, credit itself — with statistics that describe some kind of success or achievement for the nation. Even as the Inquirer.net editor struggled to find Filipino “achievements” in 2010, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda was busy citing hard figures and associating these to his boss… After only…

Development, Economy, Government, Media

The promises of “Globalisation” – all lies?

December 13, 2010June 19, 2020 benign0 18 Comments

We give too much credit to China for the industrial-commercial challenge it now poses to America and the rest of the West. But if we step back to the bigger scheme of things, we’ll be able to trace back much of the prosperity we see in China today to its ultimate origins — the intellectual…

Development, Economy, Featured, Lifestyle

Nobel Prize Award: Why China’s economic rise can help the Philippines

December 9, 2010 Ilda 66 Comments

Who are your friends? “Tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell you who you are.” If recent events are any indication, it seems that the Philippines has now shifted its alliance to the left. In a surprising move and for reasons unclear, the Philippines, under the watch of the Aquino government has snubbed…

Civics, Development, Economy, Featured