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Boo Chanco
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Reduce PhilHealth premium
by Boo Chanco - July 26, 2024 - 12:00am
Last January, PhilHealth announced that the members’ premium contribution will increase to five percent from four percent in 2024, in line with the Universal Health Care Act.
Shameless, Sec. Ralph!
by Boo Chanco - July 24, 2024 - 12:00am
It simply is, the Great Health Fund Robbery.
Paradise about to be lost
by Boo Chanco - July 22, 2024 - 12:00am
I haven’t been to Boracay in over 10 years.
Water recycling
by Boo Chanco - July 19, 2024 - 12:00am
The dry season is over and the rain has started to refresh our parched land. But we are not out of the woods.
Unhealthy mess
by Boo Chanco - July 17, 2024 - 12:00am
Assuring proper healthcare for the people had always been an afterthought in the national budget.
Brutal airport traffic
by Boo Chanco - July 15, 2024 - 12:00am
NAIA Terminal 3 had been a big problem from the start. Badly tainted by corruption during its construction period over the terms of several presidents, the curse continues to this day.
What’s new with agri?
by Boo Chanco - July 12, 2024 - 12:00am
It has been seven months since Agriculture Secretary Francis Tiu Laurel was appointed with much expectations.
Is it September yet?
by Boo Chanco - July 10, 2024 - 12:00am
“One hour from Villamor to Terminal 3 entrance. It was a nightmare! I jumped out of the car as soon as the tires hit the departure platform and pushed my 30 kg suitcase and cabin luggage through the giant parking...
Political hibernation
by Boo Chanco - July 8, 2024 - 12:00am
First of all, a warm congratulations to Sen. Sonny Angara for his appointment as the Secretary of Education.
Traitors
by Boo Chanco - July 5, 2024 - 12:00am
NBI Director Jaime Santiago told the Senate that “When we checked the fingerprints of Guo Hua Ping and compared it with Alice Leal Guo, we found it to be similar. One and the same person.”
What energy transition?
by Boo Chanco - July 3, 2024 - 12:00am
There is a good chance we are not going to meet the DOE’s renewable energy transition goal soon in light of rising demand for power capacity from data centers.
Useless telecoms officials
by Boo Chanco - July 1, 2024 - 12:00am
Senator Win Gatchalian accused the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) of “sleeping on the job” after thousands of SIM cards were found in raids of POGO hubs in Pasay, Bamban and Porac. The raiding...
Toxic politics
by Boo Chanco - June 28, 2024 - 12:00am
The announcement of VP Sara that her father and brothers will run for the Senate next week is just the political family expressing its disgust with national politicians. Sige kayo…inapi ninyo si Sara sa Manila....
Baseload, baseload, baseload
by Boo Chanco - June 26, 2024 - 12:00am
Bloomberg had an article last week that heralded how “The Philippines has leapfrogged its Southeast Asian neighbors to become a regional leader in planned clean-power projects as fewer investment restrictions...
Digital curse?
by Boo Chanco - June 24, 2024 - 12:00am
Over the past 40 years, the world has changed in ways that were both dramatic and destabilizing. And now, we are trying to come to grips with the next stage, artificial intelligence.
Pinoys losing creativity?
by Boo Chanco - June 21, 2024 - 12:00am
When the Korean pop group BTS was conquering the United States with sold out concerts, many of us wondered why it isn’t a Pinoy pop group instead that’s making all that money given our cultural identity...
Mixed signals on rice
by Boo Chanco - June 19, 2024 - 12:00am
BBM’s administration is giving mixed signals on rice policy, a gut issue of importance to the masa.
Nation branding
by Boo Chanco - June 17, 2024 - 12:00am
Our problem is we think of branding or rebranding as simply asking an advertising agency to dream up a slogan, a logo, a patriotic hymn that projects the country as some kind of heaven on earth.
Poor energy regulation
by Boo Chanco - June 14, 2024 - 12:00am
Our energy sector seems to be in rather bad shape these days due to poor regulation by both the DOE and ERC.
Small is not beautiful
by Boo Chanco - June 12, 2024 - 12:00am
Our politicians have a penchant for smallness.
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