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DUTERTE MEANS BUSINESS

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte means business.  That is clearly evident from his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) Monday, July 23, before Congress in suburban Quezon City.    The SONA was 4,870 words long, lasted […]

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BAYANIHAN FEDERALISM

Draft Constitution for a Strong, Indissoluble Republic PREAMBLE We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God, to build a permanent and indissoluble nation and establish a just, humane, united, and progressive society […]

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DOLDRUMS AND MONEY

President Duterte says the economy is in the doldrums. He is right. Duterte said on June 22 that the situation in the provinces had become a problem. Projects were barely progressing. It shows how bad […]

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SAN MIGUEL IN MASSIVE EXPANSION

The expansion consists of two parts.  One, 18 new factories, including six breweries, six feed mills, a new hot dog processing plant, and an export-oriented spam factory.  The 18 facilities or factories will cost P742 […]

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MANILA’S NEW AIRPORT

This year, San Miguel Corp.’s P735-billion massive airport project in Bulacan will be subject to a Swiss challenge. I don’t know why that kind of project approval by the government is named after the Swiss […]