The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business
Four years after Typhoon Yolanda struck the Visayas region, reconstruction and rehabilitation is still not being felt by many of those in disaster-affected communities.
Points of View & Perspectives
November, 2017
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5 November
DOE should account Malampaya funds
As we write this piece, the Commission on Audit (COA) has called for an investigation of several state agencies including the Department of Budget and Management over alleged irregularities in the disbursement of some P36 billion in royalties from the Malampaya gas fields in the Province of Palawan.
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5 November
Success trumps dissent
Letters from Davao By: Jun Ledesma Newly-appointed Palace spokesperson Harry Roque warned dyed-in-the wall Duterte bashers not to try their luck too far saying “for every stone that the critics throw at the President he will throw back hollow blocks”.
October, 2017
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30 October
Duterte should ban open pit mining permanently
Former Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Gina Lopez is not rolling over following the recommendation last week of inter-agency Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC) to lift her ban on open pit mining in the country.
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22 October
Ibon: Public Service Act changes to hit consumers
When President Rodrigo Duterte told striking jeepney drivers and operators “Magtiis kayo sa hirap at gutom” (Bear poverty and hunger), he could be as well speaking to all poor Filipinos who struggle with ever-rising cost of electricity, water and other basic necessities.
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22 October
Useless impeachment
It is distressing to see the single-minded obsession of the House of Representatives to impeach Commission on Elections ( Comelec) Chairman Andy Bautista putting all the other pressing issues staring at us in the face to the back burner.
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15 October
FDA marks gains, faces threats
It looks like the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) is measuring up to public expectations and delivering on the promises it made.
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15 October
SmileTrain Philippines celebrates World Smile Day
By Hananeel C. Bordey The world’s largest cleft charity celebrated World Smile Day in honor of the people who contributed to their cause and helped change the lives of children born with untreated clefts in the Philippines last October 5 at I’M Hotel, Makati City.
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15 October
Net satisfaction guaranteed
By Allan Mediante While the President’s net satisfaction rating from June 2017 to September 2017 dropped in the Visayas, Luzon, and in Metro Manila, it remained steady here in Mindanao.
