By Administrator on January 5, 2011
Boiled Green Bananas BUSINESS MIRROR December 30, 2010 By Liling Magtolis Briones Last December 27, 2010 Pres. Aquino signed the 2011 National Budget into law. The budget was presented as a “reform” budget amidst cheers from the DBM, administration stalwarts in Congress and the Senate, as well as mixed reactions from media, civil society and [...]
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By Administrator on November 30, 2010
Boiled Green Bananas BUSINESS MIRROR By Liling Magtolis Briones November 28, 2010 These days, green is everybody’s favorite color. People talk about green fashion, green lifestyles and pursue green advocacies. Students write papers about climate change and legislators debate about climate-change budgets. Nobody will dare admit he or she has not seen Al Gore’s The [...]
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By Administrator on November 17, 2010
Boiled Green Bananas BUSINESS MIRROR By Liling Magtolis Briones November 14, 2010 ‘UP always breaks the hearts of its presidents.” This was the wise observation of the late Dr. Malu Doronila, my fellow UP vice president during the presidency of Dr. Emil Q. Javier. As leading actors in the turbulent drama which is UP, we [...]
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By Administrator on October 5, 2010
Boiled Green Bananas BUSINESS MIRROR By Liling Magtolis Briones October 3, 2010 For centuries, human capacities have always been measured in terms of age or number of years as a living being. The worth of a person is measured by what he or she can do at a particular age. Norms or standards are generally [...]
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By Administrator on September 23, 2010
Boiled Green Bananas BUSINESS MIRROR By Liling Magtolis Briones September 19, 2010 It is budget season, and the halls of both Houses of Congress are bustling with crowds as Cabinet members, dressed in their very best, escorted by phalanxes of undersecretaries, assistant secretaries, chiefs of staffs, bureau directors, division chiefs, technical assistants and consultants, rush [...]
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By Administrator on August 27, 2010
Boiled Green Bananas BUSINESS MIRROR By Liling Magtolis Briones August 22, 2010 ‘YOU have seen what I did to Egypt and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to me (Exodus 19:3).” These inspiring words from the Bible constitute the theme of the 109th Founders Day celebration of Silliman University. The celebration [...]
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By Administrator on August 13, 2010
Boiled Green Bananas BUSINESS MIRROR By Liling Magtolis Briones Aug 11, 2010 For Filipinos, there are generally two types of cats: the pampered purebred house cats and the pusakals, street cats or alley cats that live on the streets and survive on refuse and leftovers from garbage bins. The purebreds draw sighs of admiration from [...]
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By Administrator on July 30, 2010
Boiled Green Bananas BUSINESS MIRROR By Liling Magtolis Briones July 25, 2010 Today, the entire nation is in a state of excitement as it eagerly awaits the biggest fashion event of the year. This is the day when the entire national government—the executive, legislature, and the judiciary all converge in the House of Representatives to [...]
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By Administrator on July 13, 2010
Boiled Green Bananas BUSINESS MIRROR By Liling Magtolis Briones July 11, 2010 Finally, interest in wang-wang is fading after two weeks of intense media focus and public attention. Debates (including in Facebook!) on whether wang-wangs are in the national interest have simmered down. People have stopped getting curious about the President’s promptness or lack of [...]
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By Administrator on July 6, 2010
Boiled Green Bananas BUSINESS MIRROR By Liling Magtolis Briones July 3, 2010 June 30 was a great day for many Filipinos. Half a million of them gathered at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila to personally watch the inauguration rites for President Aquino. Many more gathered around television sets and kept their ears glued to radios [...]
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