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Continue reading →: Notes on the text tax
also published in Bulatlat.com As expected, the revived proposal to impose a tax on text messaging is again controversial and widely opposed. What surprised some people perhaps are the strong statements from telecommunication companies (telcos). They called the plan “anti-poor”, “oppressive” and “one of the worst anti-consumer legislations ever made”.…
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Continue reading →: Inflation lowest in 22 years: Juan & Juana ask, “E ano ngayon?”
The National Statistics Office (NSO) today reported that inflation in August further slowed down to 0.1% from July’s 0.2%, the lowest in 22 years. Inflation shows the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising. What does the 22-year low inflation mean for Juan…
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Continue reading →: Razon and Catanduanes coal mining: Arroyo’s cronyism rears its ugly head again
Businessman Enrique Razon, widely perceived as among the richest and most influential cronies of Mrs. Gloria Arroyo, is again in the news after his company – Monte Oro Resources and Energy Inc. – reportedly clinched a huge P6.2-billion contract to mine coal in 7,000 hectares of land in Catanduanes. It…
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Continue reading →: Le Cirque tab could have fed 9,480 families in one night
Press Secretary Cerge Remonde described the P960,000-dinner of the Arroyo entourage at the posh Le Cirque restaurant in New York as “simple”, even “forgettable”. But consider these figures: In Metro Manila, the estimated cost of food as of June 2009 is P9,114 per month for an entire family. Thus, with…
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