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Contrived
by Alex Magno - February 6, 2025 - 12:00am
After many days of warning us this was coming, the Department of Agriculture declared a “food security emergency on rice” last Monday.
Bearish
by Alex Magno - February 4, 2025 - 12:00am
The sky is falling.
Blanks
by Alex Magno - February 1, 2025 - 12:00am
President BBM claims to have pored through the over 4,000-page 2025 GAA and failed to find “those damned blank items.”
Unsettled
by Alex Magno - January 30, 2025 - 12:00am
The outrage over the manner the 2025 national budget was mangled is not about to end. This P6.326-trillion budget is, after all, the biggest heist of taxpayer money in our long and corrupt history.
Disruptor
by Alex Magno - January 28, 2025 - 12:00am
One week into Trump 2.0, the whole world needs to catch its breath.
Bureaucratese
by Alex Magno - January 25, 2025 - 12:00am
When accurate communication could prove ruinous, bureaucrats often resort to confusing euphemisms to smooth the harshness of truth.
Parapets
by Alex Magno - January 23, 2025 - 12:00am
The battle against financial cybercrime will be a long one. As finance technologies evolve, the number of people involved in digital transactions increases exponentially.
Gas
by Alex Magno - January 21, 2025 - 12:00am
Oil prices spiked again today. It is the third week in a row that substantial increases in oil happened and there is no clear indication the spiral is about to end.
Wasted
by Alex Magno - January 18, 2025 - 12:00am
The printing of ballots, already on a tight schedule, has ground to a halt.
Safeguards
by Alex Magno - January 16, 2025 - 12:00am
We need some urgent refining of policy on the matter of online gaming.
Cosmetic
by Alex Magno - January 14, 2025 - 12:00am
Tremble in your shoes and prepare for Armageddon. It has just been announced that Edsa, this paradise of congestion, will undergo two years of “rehabilitation.”
Non-candidates
by Alex Magno - January 11, 2025 - 12:00am
We have some of the most bizarre election practices in the world.
Crippling
by Alex Magno - January 9, 2025 - 12:00am
Harsh as it may sound, fiscal management the past two years seems to have put short-term political expediency ahead of long-term institutional stability.
Smallness
by Alex Magno - January 7, 2025 - 12:00am
The 2025 national budget is an unmitigated calamity. But that is not the biggest tragedy for the nation.
Inflation-bound
by Alex Magno - January 4, 2025 - 12:00am
Through all of 2025, we will be battling inflation.
Bifurcation
by Alex Magno - January 2, 2025 - 12:00am
This young year will be a very political one.
Pork
by Alex Magno - December 31, 2024 - 12:00am
I once intently observed a friend patiently scrape the fat off the lechon skin he was about to consume. The sight made me sad. It was a futile exercise.
Cleared
by Alex Magno - December 28, 2024 - 12:00am
This has to be good news for all consumers expecting a reliable and stable power supply for our economy in the coming years.
Illicit
by Alex Magno - December 26, 2024 - 12:00am
Just as this administration was trying to impress the public about its seriousness in curbing economic sabotage, the Court of Tax Appeals dismissed on a technicality a case involving tax evasion through illicit tobacco...
Ventures
by Alex Magno - December 24, 2024 - 12:00am
Foreign investment flows fuel economic expansion in Southeast Asia. The Philippines, alas, gets a very small share of this inflow – a factor that might constrain our growth into the medium term.
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