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DEMAND AND SUPPLY
Rich country, poor country
by Boo Chanco - December 20, 2024 - 12:00am
Every time I go to Singapore to visit my son and his family, I can’t help but wonder how a small island about the size of Metro Manila but half its population and with no natural resources can be a First World...
Unsustainable greed
by Boo Chanco - December 18, 2024 - 12:00am
It is time members of Congress and other top officials realize that their continued plunder of the National Treasury through all varieties of pork barrel funds is definitely unsustainable. The government can only...
Still struggling as always
by Boo Chanco - December 16, 2024 - 12:00am
One major reason why foreign investors avoid putting up manufacturing plants here is our iffy power situation. We are notorious for red and yellow alerts in our power grids because the margin between demand and supply...
How we have fallen
by Boo Chanco - December 13, 2024 - 12:00am
It’s so heartbreaking for our generation to see how we have fallen through the years.
Technology boom in ASEAN
by Boo Chanco - December 11, 2024 - 12:00am
Secretary Deck Go is right. Malaysia and Vietnam are enjoying a technology boom as billions of dollars in FDI poured in the wake of a rush to protect high tech products from the threatened Trump tariffs starting...
Praise releases
by Boo Chanco - December 9, 2024 - 12:00am
The big problem with our government, past and present, is the credibility gap between official pronouncements and execution.
Smart government
by Boo Chanco - December 6, 2024 - 12:00am
It sounds like an oxymoron to describe our government as smart.
Rich politicians, poor people
by Boo Chanco - December 4, 2024 - 12:00am
I came across a meme on Facebook that said: “The Philippines is one of the poorest countries but with the wealthiest government officials.” Okay, we aren’t dirt poor like Haiti or some countries...
The bigger problems
by Boo Chanco - December 2, 2024 - 12:00am
“In the larger scheme of things, Sara is unimportant.
The lesser evil?
by Boo Chanco - November 29, 2024 - 12:00am
Supporters of VP Sara are castigating the Yellows and the Pinks on social media for just watching this fight between the former UniTeam partners.
Going bonkers
by Boo Chanco - November 27, 2024 - 12:00am
Searching Google AI for what ‘going bonkers’ means: a person suddenly starts acting strange, wild, bizarre…to lose one’s sanity…completely crazy and silly. Every definition describes...
Institutional failure
by Boo Chanco - November 25, 2024 - 12:00am
Never been a fan of congressional investigations, but the current House investigations are making public things that would otherwise only be whispered about.
Shortchanging our children
by Boo Chanco - November 22, 2024 - 12:00am
The State, according to our Constitution, shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels, and shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all.
A nightmare
by Boo Chanco - November 20, 2024 - 12:00am
It would be totally understandable if Agriculture Secretary Francis Tiu Laurel Jr. is having nightmares wondering whatever made him agree to take on a mission impossible in Philippine agriculture.
Asia pivot: This time with feeling!
by Boo Chanco - November 18, 2024 - 12:00am
Barack Obama’s Asia pivot was a dud, as America was too preoccupied with Afghanistan and other Middle Eastern hotspots. That gave China time to build its military capabilities and its alliances with nations...
Privatize Pagcor right away
by Boo Chanco - November 15, 2024 - 12:00am
A few weeks ago, PAGCOR Chairman Al Tengco told me that BBM is determined to privatize PAGCOR and has already started the ball rolling to get this done. But Al said that the PAGCOR Charter has to be amended by Congress...
Missing the boat again
by Boo Chanco - November 13, 2024 - 12:00am
As soon as it was certain that Trump had won the elections, business news media started publishing a lot of stories about worried investors in China-based manufacturing facilities as well as US marketing companies...
Gut issues
by Boo Chanco - November 11, 2024 - 12:00am
In the end, American voters, like voters everywhere, voted based on their fears and their anger.
Explanation required
by Boo Chanco - November 8, 2024 - 12:00am
Public officials, elected or appointed, have the obligation to properly explain how they are spending the people’s money.
Headless chickens
by Boo Chanco - November 6, 2024 - 12:00am
BBM said the government’s response to the victims of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine was not enough. “It’s never enough. I wish we could do more…” He went on to say that the rainfall...
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