Archive for the ‘Economy’ Category

Huwag paki-alaman ang pera ng SSS

Sabi ni Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita welcome na welcome daw ang sino na mag- file ng class suit sa kanila tungkol sa kanilang plano na gagamitin ang P12.5 bilyon na pera ng Social Security System sa P100 bilyon na economic stimulus ng pamahalaan ni Gloria Arroyo. Ang tapang talaga ng apog nitong mga bata ni [...]

February 3, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Economy, Governance, Web Links  31 Comments

Pagpupugay sa OFW

Itong pagpupugay sa mga OFW ay pinadala sa akin ni Magno Rivera na ngayon ay nasa Saudi. Sabi niya pinadala raw sa kanya ni Frankie Villaflor. Hindi mayaman ang OFW – Akala ng marami sa ating kapag OFW o nasa abroad ay mayaman na. Hindi totoo yun. A regular OFW might earn from P50K-P300K per [...]

February 1, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Economy, Web Links  65 Comments

Nawawalang trabaho

Noong isang buwan, nang unang bumulaga ang krisis pinansyal sa Amerika na kumalat na sa ibang parte ng mundo, sinabi ni Gloria Arroyo hindi raw masyadong apektado ang Pilipinas dahil malakas daw ang pundasyon ng ating ekonomiya. “Fundametals are strong”, yan lang palagi ang kanyang pinagyayabang. At yan daw dahil magaling daw siyang ekonomista kahit [...]

January 24, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Economy, Web Links  42 Comments

Gloria Arroyo clutching at straws

This story shows how desperate Gloria Arroyo and her drumbeaters are. On Jan. 2, Press Secretary Jesus Dureza issued this statement: “It’s encouraging to note that we have been cited in Bloomberg today, as one of the resilient economies in Asia, along with China. Amidst global financial downturn, we continue to post strong currency and [...]

January 4, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Economy  65 Comments

Dolyar ang tinitingnan

Sa Taiwan, si Nemecia Armia, 39 -na-taong gulang na titser, ay naghihintay sa bilangguan ng kanyang kamatayan. Si Armia ay nahatulan ng kamatayan sa pamamagitan ng baril noong Sept. 12, 2007 sa salang pagpatay sa isang Chiu Maiyun sa pamamagitan ng pagsaksak. Itinanggi ni Armia na siya ang pumatay. Na frame up lang daw siya [...]

October 23, 2008  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Economy, Web Links  38 Comments

WB disowns Gloria Arroyo’s announcement of $10 billion standby fund

Gloria’s $10B bailout fund is news to WB Palace: Oops, ’t’was IMF which gave pledge by Jocelyn Montemayor Malaya President Arroyo Arroyo left people puzzled yesterday after countries and institutions said they were unaware of a plan she announced to set up a regional fund to deal with the global financial turmoil. Arroyo said on [...]

October 16, 2008  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Economy  56 Comments

Living within one’s means

The $700 billion bailout package to save the economy of the world’s only superpower is too staggering to comprehend for the ordinary Filipino whose main concern is coping with the rising prices of basic necessities including the shrinking pan de sal. But whether it’s in the billions of dollars or in the meager Philippine pesos [...]

October 6, 2008  Tags: ,   Posted in: Economy, Malaya  148 Comments

Questions on economy for Arroyo

Last Wednesday, I wrote about the press conference of Gloria Arroyo with the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines that Malacañang press office was working out. It was supposed to have been yesterday. Malacañang informed Focap that Arroyo would not answer political questions. She would only answer questions “pertaining to the economy and how the [...]

October 3, 2008  Tags: ,   Posted in: Economy, Malaya  27 Comments

More pabulum from Gloria

Malaya’s editorial today says: The local markets are in turmoil as the US financial crisis spreads. Investors, lenders and borrowers need information. They are desperately seeking assurance from anybody in government credible enough to be believable. What they are getting instead is more of the pabulum that Gloria Arroyo dished out to businessmen during the [...]

October 1, 2008  Tags:   Posted in: Economy  86 Comments