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Where Our Taxes Go or Special Audit Office Report 2012-03 19 Aug 2013 | 01:03 pm
Today as the flood alerts are pouring in, it seem somehow appropriate to read about the Pork Barrel Scandal that has inundated the political lamdscape of the Philippines. The alleged Pork Barrel Queen...
The 2013 Election and The Town’s Pan De Sal 24 Jul 2013 | 01:57 pm
Somewhere in the Philippines: “What do you thnk of the 2013 elections?” “Well it was as expected … I mean the results were as expected.” “What about results?” “I heard it was exactly 60 – 30 – 10,...
The Story of David Icarangal 15 Jul 2013 | 09:37 am
Mister David Icarangal was at his “cubicle” working. The “cubicle” was a desk at the corner of his room. David was a ghost writer for the Blogger. There was a time when the Blogger wrote his own posts...
DOTC Sec Jun Abaya at Gov@work 1 Jul 2013 | 06:46 am
I am quite happy and excited about the launch tomorrow of a project I am working on with the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) and the World Bank. One of the toughest and perhaps t...
My favorite George R.R. Martin Story 6 Jun 2013 | 04:16 am
Once I almost go into an argument about George R.R. Martin and J.R.R. Tolkien. Were the work of the two truly opposites? I do not think so. If one were to watch the film adaptations one would be tempt...
Star Trek Into Darkness: What is not to like. :) 15 May 2013 | 03:10 pm
The problem when a Trekkie gets to watch a Star Trek film is two-fold. First, You tend to compare it with what has been done before. Second, You expect to be shown something new: something refreshing....
Day-O: A Day After the 2013 Elections – Lessons Learned and Relearned 14 May 2013 | 07:30 am
Yesterday, The Philippines had an election. On the whole the experience was pleasant.Sure you had to queue up and meander inside a room and a hall way in order to get to vote, but this was much better...
PCIJ Report on Campaign Spending 1.39 B in 60 Days 29 Apr 2013 | 08:56 am
After reading these two articles from PCIJ, mostly dealing with money, election and politics i am reminded me of the story from the History Channel Show The Innovators: The Men Who Built America about...
Elections: 2013 A Dress Rehearsal for 2016 24 Apr 2013 | 05:50 am
In George Orwell’s Animal Farm near the end Benjamin the Donkey and the other animals saw their leaders have dinner with their human partners through a window. And as they looked it seemed to them tha...
Tsarnaev Brothers: Realization About Mass Murderers 24 Apr 2013 | 05:10 am
As the world wonders at what motivated the Tsarnaev Brothers – Tamerlane and Dzhokahr – to commit mass murder in Boston. One thing is certain mass murders cannot be stereotyped. We do not know the fac...
