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Feb 20, 2023 Winnie Monsod Based on my experience as NEDA chief, the FDIs (pledged by the private sector or state-owned companies of the host country) were either already in the making or already a done deal, and just brought together to coincide with the visits. Thus, even without the visit, they would have been pledged….
By ANTONIO J. MONTALVÁN II JAN 13, 2023 The US delegation is lean at 19 members, composed of a sprinkling of cabinet secretaries and some congressmen and headed by labor secretary Martin J. Walsh. No head of government (no Joe Biden). Likewise for India, which is sending a very small delegation of only four union ministers plus three state chief ministers…
“And it’s always looked like an absurdity.”
Jan 16, 2023 Editorial, Rappler.com Lahat ng acoustics ng Davos trip, sintunado. Talaga bang wala lang, makadalo lang? Davos sa Switzerland – may shared history ang lugar na ito kay Presidente Ferdinand Marcos Jr., at hindi ito puwedeng kalimutan, kahit sabihin ng isang foreign affairs undersecretary na, “I don’t think it’s an issue.” Ang Switzerland…
Philstar.com January 16, 2023 | MANILA, Philippines (Updated 11:37 a.m.) — Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong issued Monday a thinly-veiled threat of legal action against red-taggers as he was once again baselessly accused of being part of the armed underground communist insurgency. Magalong directed his warning to controversial preacher Apollo Quiboloy, former anti-communist task force…
By: Daniza Fernandez – Reporter / @DFernandezINQ INQUIRER.net / January 16, 2023 MANILA, Philippines — Senators on Monday said they are distraught that Philippine Airlines (PAL) crew members are now in hot water for bringing onions to the Philippines as “pasalubong” (souvenir). Senators JV Ejercito and Raffy Tulfo raised concerns about the double standard in…
GOTCHA – Jarius Bondoc – The Philippine Star, January 4, 2023 Ex-President Gloria Arroyo joins Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s ill-timed China visit. China’s explosive COVID-19 surge can infect their planeload of companions, and family and staff when they return. Isolated in a pandemic bubble, they won’t get enough work done except to banquet. The insistence to…
By: Krixia Subingsubing – Reporter / @KrixiasINQ Philippine Daily Inquirer / December 26, 2022 The Philippine government should consider imposing a wealth tax on the superrich to help pay for the enormous cost of tackling the COVID-19 pandemic for the past three years, according to a new study that looked at inequality in Asian democracies….