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Opinion 3/1/16 (fuel, politics, debate, history, EDSA, Philippines, Cebu, Mandaue, business)

The Freeman's  Lastimosa: " Linigwatay sa lana" Human sa pila ka semana nga pagsaka sa presyo sa lana, may mga eskperto nang nangagpas nga nitugsad na ang lana sa iyang kinabaratohan nga ang-ang. Busa wa nay laing kapaingnan. Nipadayag sila og pagsalig nga magsugod na sab pagsaka ang presyo sa mga produkto sa lana sa mosunod nga mga adlaw.  Gitumbok nila ang mosunod nga mga sukaranan sa ilang pangagpas sa pagmahal sa lana: (1) Kasabotan sa Saudi Arabia, Russia ug Qatar paglaslas sa ilang produksiyon sa lana, ubos sa kundisyon nga molaslas sab ang ubang kanasuran; (2) pagsugod na og tidlom sa produksiyon sa lana sa Estados Unidos; ug (3) pagsulbong sa kalibotanong konsumo sa gasolina.   [kinatibuk-ang lindog] Sun.Star Cebu's  Carvajal "Taphaw Kaayo" HOW Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Andres Bautista judged the first debate to be world-class simply beats me. It came nowhere near the definition of a debate as, in-between lengthy commercial...

Opinion 2/22/16 (Philippines, debate, presidential elections, politics, social criticism, Mandaue, hospitals)

Philippine Star “The Philippines is 400 times the size of Singapore, 350 times that of Hong Kong, eight times Taiwan, three times South Korea. In the 1930s to 1970s our country was in Asia second only to Japan. Asian countries saw Manila then with highest potential for development as financial center. Manila became the seat of the Asian Development Bank. “Then what happened? Corruption, criminality, climate change, poverty, pollution, incompetence, too much politics quickly brought us down. [...]  For three elections now, computer experts have been dissing the vote-counting machines of Venezuelan monopoly supplier Smartmatic. Reliability of the gadgets is doubtful. Worse, the Comelec ignores the safeguards set by the Election Automation Act of 2008. Worries abound that the multibillion-peso thingamajigs can be used to cheat a close presidential contest. Sensing things coming to a head, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines is striving to intervene. Election 2016 not...