IN many villages in the developing world, small entrepreneurs work hard each day to provide for their families’ subsistence in what is known as the underground or informal economy. While the informal economy provides employment and income to large groups of people, it operates in small markets and i
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WAKE up and live,” is the title of Dorothea Brande’s inspirational book that has propelled a good number of people over the past half century to make the most of their lives. After all, we only have one chance, one life, which normally lasts three score and ten with a maximum of just over a hundred.
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NOW that the US and the UK have announced their support for President Arroyo’s economic program despite the forced withdrawal of Filipino troops from Iraq, the serious student of SONA may temper his skepticism about her promise to generate 10 million jobs during her term. As long as the two great na
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BOTH chambers of the 13th Congress should not only address their concern to Malacañang’s burdensome tax proposals but also urge the administration to collect the taxes effectively. The legislative priorities that may be crafted in the bills for promulgation into laws should give preference to those
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THE four farmers sat under the mango tree after a heavy noonday meal. The oppressive sun and the humid air called for resting. When the searing heat subsided a little, they could return to their plowing of the rice field. It had rained two days earlier. So the soil was perfect for the carabaos to pl
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TRULY enjoyable was the 93rd Tea Anniversary of the Catholic Women’s Club, recently held at the Manila Polo Club.
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I HEARD of a most tragic human event story about an aging European. In the intense heat of the summer of 2003, one of the thousands of senior citizens who died of suffocation in a high-rise apartment was literally abandoned by his relatives who went to the mountains to enjoy their long summer vacat
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“Today is the last day of an era past.”
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THE life of one Filipino is more important than an international accord — GMA at SONA. Carve that in stone and mount it at the NAIA for everyone to see.
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THESE are timely topics laden with radical proposals. They are openly discussed and debated in the academe, business, and, of course, in government.
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AGDAG-BAWAS” and other forms of election fraud can be eradicated by the adoption of an exponential system of voting, counting and canvassing of votes, coupled with a method of adhesion and spilling over of residual votes or units, as hereinafter explained.
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