It was possible that the BCDA might be acting on its own last week when—using security men carrying “high-caliber” weapons, according to one report—the BCDA singlehandedly waylaid a huge property project at the 240-hectare booming BGC, or Bonifacio Global City, in Taguig.
With the mid-term elections just a few days away, or halfway through this single term of our leader Benigno Simeon (aka BS), business now broods over his possible stance in the next three years.
When whatever it is that hits the fan splatters all over the place, such as the recent explosion in media over massive smuggling, our beloved officials in the Aquino (Part II) administration seem to have a quick ready excuse.
Malacañang has spoken, or rather, one of the many PR people in Malacañang has spoken: Our leader Benigno Simeon (a.k.a. BS) finds no reason to fire Customs Commissioner Rozzano Rufino Biazon.
When, about a week ago, the Court of Appeals cleared former Palawan Governor Joel Reyes of murder charges for the shooting of radio block timer Gerardo Ortega, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima went to media town with terms like “foul tactics” and “illicit means,” in reaction to the CA decision.
The question now on the Sabah issue is one on human rights. Whether the Philippine or Malaysian governments like it or not, the Sabah issue will remain an irritant between them, flaring up now and then, exposing both to international scrutiny.
Now the cat is out of the bag. In the past few weeks, big shots of one of the world’s largest cigarette company, London-based British American Tobacco, or BAT, which posts yearly net revenue (meaning, minus the duties and excise taxes on its products) of about $27 billion (more than P930 billion), came out in various media reports on its plans in the Philippines, particularly its supposed $200-million investments.
More people went hungry last year in this country where farming is still the main work of the people—with official figures showing that about two-thirds of its population depend on agriculture for livelihood. That, in absolute number, should be more than 60 million people. Yet, the “hunger incidence” here, as measured by the [...]
Just a few years ago, the government was worried sick of a “potential” power shortage in Western Visayas, particularly Iloilo province. Without much ado, the government quickly achieved an almost impossible feat. The government simply struck a deal with a publicly listed company, which made the company super-rich—to the tune of hundreds of millions [...]
As a rule, business takes a beating in media on any issue regarding the environment. Recently, media slaughtered the new reclamation project in the City of Manila called “Solar City.”
The euphoria from the “impressive” 6.6 percent economic growth in 2012, obvious in the Aquino (Part II) administration, particularly in our leader Benigno Simeon (aka BS), seems to have frittered away in no time.
When, in any dispute involving money, somebody who claims the higher moral ground declares that it is not about the money, immediately we know that, actually, it is all about the money.
