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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The Senate ZTE-NBN Hearing

“A committee is a group of the unwilling chosen form the unfit, to do the unnecessary.”
- Author unknown.
I’ve been fascinated with the revelations in the Senate hearings on the NBN deal. Abalos has been revealed as one greedy bastard who was willing to have the government spend millions of dollars to get $132 million [...]

On the House

Jose de Venecia is about to be ousted from his post of Speaker of the House. That is, if we believe the news. But I don’t think that JdV will be able to pull a miracle bunny from the hat this time around. The President herself is calling for his departure, along [...]

A Treasure of a Golden Age

I am not American, nor unlike many of my countrymen, plan to be one.  However, as the United States is the sole superpower, and its politics ultimately affect many people in different countries, its electoral process is watched by a lot of people, including me.
As a Filipino, I find it curious that candidates would concede [...]

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, [...]

Crazy Coup

As of now, the government has imposed a 12mn-5am curfew on Metro Manila and certain regions of the country. Ostensibly, this was done to smoke out other members of the conspiracy to bring the government down. Actually, what this does is to broadcast to all the world how nervous and shaky the government [...]

Hello world!

Hello reader,
This is the new home of my public blog. It will serve the same function as that of the old one. The old blog will be maintained, but only for posting in The Intellectual Free Market. Old posts would not be deleted, but they would no longer be updated, either.
For those [...]