The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business
He recognized me instantly. I had raked my memory but found no trace of him—a gaunt old man, toothless and graying in the skin, squinting rheumy eyes under thick tinted glasses, flailing tentative limbs, swaying as he walked with a cane, and held in place only when seated. As he began painfully in my sight to slip into a stupor, …
Points of View & Perspectives
January, 2017
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8 January
Bungling back to the future
The year just gone and the new year we heralded in are bridged with trumpet blasts, the tooting of horns, the clanging of pots and pans and the modest crackle of fireworks presumably to frighten away persistent demons of the past. As the din dies down and a new year begins, at least that is our fervent prayer. Unfortunately, not …
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8 January
Robredo ratings heading for the ‘laylayan?’
Has Vice President Leni Robredo’s political goodwill and value started on its downward slide?
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8 January
Who would have thought noise could kill?
“Nakakabingi!” Juliet had complained in equal loudness about the silence on New Year’s Day. Wet large flakes, which fell on New Year’s Eve, had dampened her spirits, or I bet like most Filipinos, especially new arrivals, used to an explosive Bagong Taon. We had huddled under a virgin-white mantle from evening to night, nibbling on leftover food from Christmas, made …
December, 2016
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25 December
Pag-IBIG Fund assures quality services to members
The Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund), assured its government and private partners of continuing good governance and positive reforms to ensure the best and quality service to all its members.
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25 December
The true meaning of Christmas
Day after Christmas, we are sure many are still in a festive mood after all the family gatherings and celebrations with friends. Laughter and stories must have filled the air as we celebrated the birth of our Savior, Baby Jesus.
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25 December
Scarlet dawns as I remember
Flawless iridescent skies on freezing cold days and nights get grayed over and hazed for weeks like now in the constant shift of winter forecast—sometimes mere drizzle or icy rain, flurries or blizzard, or if indicated by a snowflake icon, a feather-quiet snowfall.
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25 December
Government urged to institutionalize free public higher education
Although additional funds for State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) are welcome, the research group IBON said free tuition for higher education needs to be institutionalized as a right of all Filipinos rather than discretionary, depending on the availability of funds.
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18 December
A corporate Christmas carol
In the Philippines corporate world, December is practically a mere half month as the Yuletide season goes into full gear and the season’s default operations overwhelm and oftentimes overtake the day-to-day commercial operations of many companies relative to other times of the year.
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18 December
The comeback of GMA
“GMA,” of course, is former President and current Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.