For the past three years, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s Team Unity is banking on the modest performance of the economy as the cornerstone of its campaign to cover up for the illegitimacy of its regime to govern the country. Most of the members of TU were, prior to the elections, erstwhile movers for the administration’s damage control [...]

One of the modern-day paradoxes that we are encountering is the peso-OFW dollar connection. Last week, the peso hit a strong 47.94 to the dollar, a record for the past six years. Analysts attribute this to both the steady inflow of OFW remittances (so the government can’t claim credit for the stronger peso) and foreign [...]

If we think hard enough, we’ll realize that the reason for many of the world’s problems today is because prices do not reflect the costs to the environment incurred in the production of goods. The world is having a fresh water crisis because of our unbridled use of this “endangered” resource. Consider this: the production [...]

I’m extending to you our kailian Ben Padua’s invitation which he sent me by email, to join the fight against global warming. According to the National Geographic, the average temperature has risen by 1 degree Fahrenheit in the last century causing the Arctic sea ice to melt, ergo, rising sea level. It may not be [...]

The campaign season is on and in a few days’ time, money’s velocity (the rate at which money changes hands as it is spent on goods and services) will be revving up, what with candidates for local positions hiring people to help in their campaign. And in the week before the election, they will also [...]