By Administrator on June 16, 2010
Boiled Green Bananas BUSINESS MIRROR By Liling Magtolis Briones June 13, 2010 The country has just lost one of its best governors: Emilio “Dodo” C. Macias II, newly reelected governor of Negros Oriental. The loss of Dodo will be keenly felt not only in the province and the rest of the Visayas but the entire [...]
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By Administrator on May 25, 2010
Boiled Green Bananas BUSINESS MIRROR By Liling Magtolis Briones May 25, 2010 The rallying cry of the Noynoy-for-President campaign was “No to corruption!” It was a campaign line which many Filipinos responded to. Many voted for him on the assumption that he would take concrete steps against corruption. Now that the elections are over, those [...]
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By Administrator on April 5, 2010
THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNANCE By LEONOR MAGTOLIS BRIONES ABS-CBN Interactive When I was a 13-year-old college freshman, the first thing I learned in Accounting 11 was the “double-entry system of accounting.” I was taught that this is an improvement over the “single-entry system” which is no more than a mere listing of income, expenditures, and [...]
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By Administrator on January 19, 2010
THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNANCE By LEONOR MAGTOLIS BRIONES ABS-CBN Interactive January 19, 2010 Yesterday, newspapers reported the inauguration of a P6.5 billion hospital which no less than the president described as a “quantum leap in medical care.” It boasts of “state-of-the-art medical equipment “ as well as “hotel-like facilities.” Mention was made of the P50,000 [...]
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By Administrator on January 19, 2010
Boiled Green Bananas BUSINESS MIRROR By Liling Magtolis Briones January 17, 2009 ‘Bird-watching? Gusto big bird!” This was the laughing response of Social Watch convenor Jeck Reyes Cantos, to the invitation of Kaakbay president Alain del Pascua for the Social Watch convenors to have its next planning meeting in the great Candaba swamp in Pampanga. [...]
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By Administrator on January 11, 2010
THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNANCE By LEONOR MAGTOLIS BRIONES ABS-CBN Interactive January 11, 2010 The most beautiful films I have ever watched are the three Lord of the Rings movies: Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King , directed by Peter Jackson. Now comes “Avatar” directed by James Cameron. From [...]
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By Administrator on January 4, 2010
THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNANCE By LEONOR MAGTOLIS BRIONES ABS-CBN Interactive December 23, 2009 This above is the message which the Alternative Budget Initiative/Social Watch Philippines conveyed to the Executive during the press briefing conducted this morning. The network which has been monitoring the budget process and proposing alternative budget allocations for education, health, agriculture and [...]
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By Administrator on December 22, 2009
Boiled Green Bananas BUSINESS MIRROR By Liling Magtolis Briones December 21, 2009 On Friday, both Houses of Congress ratified the Bicameral Committee’s reconciled version of the 2010 national budget. Does this mean that we will have a budget come January 1, 2010? After the lengthy process of hearings in both houses, the hard negotiations in [...]
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By Administrator on December 1, 2009
THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNANCE By LEONOR MAGTOLIS BRIONES ABS-CBN Interactive November 30, 2009 When Atty. Concepcion Jayme-Brizuela set off on her fateful journey last Monday, it was likely heroism or heroics was farthest from her mind. She was part of a precedent-setting journey for political rights in Maguindanao. Atty. Jayme-Brizuela was part of the caravan [...]
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By Administrator on December 1, 2009
Boiled Green Bananas BUSINESS MIRROR By Liling Magtolis Briones November 29, 2009 In most cultures, women and children are the first to be protected in times of life-and-death catastrophic events. When ships sink, airplanes crash and other accidents occur, they are always given first priority in rescue operations. When evacuation of large numbers of people [...]
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