Stupidity and/or Cupidity
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Grading the President
If we were to grade the Duterte administration’s performance on the basis of hard evidence, not just on the spiels of the administration’s various PR personnel and spokespersons, what would that grade be?
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It’s SONA Time. No More Excuses. Pogos Have Got to Go
PBBM’s administration should have outlawed Pogos two years ago, when the DOF, NEDA, and government think-tank PIDS already gave the Pogos a thumbs-down..
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Injustice of Leila de Lima: The Challenge of Reckoning
Menu Home Articles Media Reader, Join Me Injustice of Leila de Lima: The Challenge of Reckoning Even if we knew exactly who are responsible for Leila de Lima’s 7-year wrongful imprisonment, who could make them responsible? The Executive? Congress? Ombudsman? Let us go through them one by one. Sen. Risa Hontiveros called on “the authorities
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How Do We Judge PBBM as Agriculture Secretary? See the Evidence
[T]he PDP target is for AFF exports to annually by 6.4%. Under PBBM, not only did they not increase by that 6.4% a year, the value of real exports actually contracted by a dismaying 12.5%.
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Behind Doors Number 1 and 2: How to (Not) Make a Data-Driven Choice
Menu Home Articles Media Reader, Join Me DOOR NUMBER 1 OR DOOR NUMBER 2? How to (Not) Make Data-Driven Choices November 13-19, 2023 Reader, let’s do a mental exercise. Put yourself in place of a head-hunter, or a Human Resource expert, or, let’s be honest, PBBM. You are tasked with looking for the most
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Jedi, Opportunity Knocks: Back to the Barangay
The barangay elections are over, and it’s time to get involved. As a member of the community, you have the power to suggest members for the Lupon Tagapamayapa, the barangay justice system, and object to the PB’s list. Additionally, the Barangay Assembly allows you to initiate legislative processes, adopt initiatives as a legal process, and hear and pass upon the Sangguniang Barangay’s semestral report. Don’t wait to get involved and ensure good governance in your barangay.
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Part II: A Post Mortem on the Rice Price Ceiling
From the data, one would have to conclude that the imposing price ceilings on rice were a complete failure. Yet to hear it from the President himself, EO 39 was a success. But what evidence do they have to support this conclusion? Let us see.
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A Post Mortem on the Rice Price Ceiling
Did EO 39 succeed in keeping the prices of rice within the caps it had set? Here are the hard data, as provided by the PSA: Instead of prices going down and staying at the levels of the price ceilings, they did the opposite: they increased substantially over the period during which the caps were in place.
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FOCUS: The Philippine National Police
Menu Home Articles Media Reader, Join Me Focus: The Philippine National Police Efforts to Cure the PNP Oct. 2-8, 2023 There is recent news of a Senate Bill (SB 2449) authored by Senator Bato de la Rosa and three others (Revilla, Ejercito and Zubiri), seeking to introduce “organizational reforms” to the Philippine National Police (PNP).
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Why Hide, Mr. President?
Menu Home Articles Media Reader, Join Me Why Hide, Mr. President? New trips to “strengthen” old investments? Sept. 25-Oct. 2, 2023 Why does PBBM go to such great lengths to hide the fact that he is an ardent fan of the Formula 1 (F1) Grand Prix races in Singapore, and will do almost anything
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The PNP Through the Eyes of the PNP
Menu Home Articles Media Reader, Join Me The PNP, Through the Eyes of the PNP SubTitle September 18-24, 2023 “For CY 2022, the manpower complement of PNP totaled 230,284 composed of 15,883 Police Commissioned Officers, 216, 989 Police Non-Commissioned Officers, 1,083 cadets and 12,212 Non-Uniformed Personnel.” — Executive Summary of the COA’s 2022 Audit
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