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By Administrator on August 17, 2010
A Boholano View: by Jose “Pepe” Abueva When “direct democracy” and “people power” are needed. Representative Democracy. Our Constitution says: “The Philippines is a democratic and republican State. Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them.” (Section 1. Article II.). In our “republican State” with a “representative government,” our people usually [...]
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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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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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