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Monthly Archives: January 2011
PNoy is Inquirer's Filipino of the Year
Media outlet Inquirer.net was obviously scraping the bottom of the barrel when they named Philippine President Noynoy Aquino (PNoy) “Filipino of the Year” for 2010. The timing is off considering the country is still reeling from a recent terror attack … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Politics
Tagged fidel ramos, Inquirer.net, noynoy aquino, rock star
207 Comments
Reform by mob: does it always work?
Some recent events in Egypt and Tunisia illustrate the whole trouble with street mobs supposedly calling for “reform” – that in a situation described more by anarchy than any sort of clear higher purpose, it becomes difficult to sort the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Featured, Media, Politics, Religion
Tagged egypt, people power, tunisia
19 Comments
What a big difference six months had wrought
The past events have shown just how unstable a country the Philippines is. With most unstable systems, even a slight relaxing of vital control functions results in a rapid unraveling or degeneration of its structure. In the last several months, … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Development, Featured, Government
Tagged EDSA, Mindanao, noynoy aquino, Porsche, terrorism
38 Comments
Bus bombing on EDSA: PNoy Government under threat?
Who would have thought that the Year 2011 would start out with a bang? The smoke from the illegal firecrackers from the New Year’s eve celebrations haven’t even dissipated yet; now we have smoke billowing from public transport explosions, adding … Continue reading
Being cluey about foreign capital
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Charter Change, Culture, Development, Economy
Tagged foreign capital, foreign investment, protectionism, savings
74 Comments
PNoy and his Porsche: wishing for retirement?
When someone hasn’t lived a simple life, he wouldn’t have a clue what simple living means. Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie tried living a simple life in front of the camera. The two rich gals had a ball making fun … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Featured, Government, Lifestyle
Tagged facebook, mark zuckerberg, noynoy aquino, Porsche
265 Comments
Constitutional Reform – where is the business case?
A business case. The lack of one is the big elephant in the room that the whole debate around the Constitutional Reform agenda seems to be tiptoeing around. Constitional Reform is a textbook replacement problem. See it from a Project … Continue reading
A Rational Argument against Constitutional Reform is Rarer than Red Mercury
In a conversation I had earlier today, one interesting point that was raised was the difference in the quality of the arguments made for and against constitutional reform. The general impression among various observers is that the pro-reform advocates have … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
52 Comments
Constitutional Reform: What it Looks Like from the Outside
In recent weeks, foreign observers of the Philippines both inside and outside the country have taken a genuine interest in the movement for ‘charter change’ that has developed under the first semester of the thoroughly unremarkable and disappointing Aquino government. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
37 Comments
Burma and the Philippines: struggling for democracy
In a move reminiscent of its coverage of the late Former Philippine President Corazon “Cory” Aquino’s political career, TIME magazine has recently featured on its cover not once, but twice in less than two months, another woman who is touted … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Education, Politics, Religion
Tagged Aung San Suu Kyi, burma, democracy, freedom, noynoy aquino
26 Comments
