Land Reform

EDIT (05/02/2008):  This post has been republished by the following websites:
In Defence of Liberty – A website with a collection of libertarian writings.  You can find the post here.
Repormang Agraryo – A blog devoted to agricultural concerns.  You can go directly to the post here.
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Criminal Chutzpah (The Return of the Cable Thieves)

Early this morning, cable thieves struck again in our area to steal the recently repaired cable. It was stolen right when I was playing Warcraft, so I noticed it immediately. Unfortunately, I rushed out too late to catch them. I wasn’t too keen on rushing inside the local squatter colony alone.
Discussing [...]

The Case of the Stolen Cables

It is often said that you only find out how much something means to you after you’ve lost it.  And in the case of my Internet connection, I found out how much it meant to me last weekend.  I didn’t have a dial tone or Internet connection until Monday afternoon.
Staggering home at around 5.30am Saturday, [...]

All roads break down in Manila

I don’t know if anyone else noticed this, but I have this idea that Maynilad is deliberately wrecking our roads.  Ever since I could remember, Maynilad never coordinate with DPWH on road construction, preferring instead to rip the road apart after the asphalt has dried.  You can’t even say that this was a coincidence.  Currently, [...]

Law and Order

Surfing through the BBC website, I happened upon a video clip that tackles the case of one Joe Horn, 61 years of age, who lives in Pasadena, Texas. The newscaster was… desperately hinting that there’s something wrong with the American justice system because this person has not been charged yet for shooting two burglars [...]