Let’s admit, halos lahat tayo ay galit na sa Globe, Sun, PLDT and Smart in terms of their poor services. No, we don’t have to make “pasabog” of their offices para maibsan ang galit natin. Let’s just support free trade and the abolition of the 60-40 protectionism...

The following is a list of industries in the Philippines that are restricted from foreign ownership. NO FOREIGN EQUITY (no foreigners allowed) 1. Mass Media except recording (Art. XVI, Sec. 11 of the Constitution; Presidential Memorandum dated 04 May 1994) 2. Practice of professions a....

A year after Aquino, there are more jobless Pinoys – a 3.7% increase in unemployment. For all the talk of matuwid na daan, CCT, fuel subsidies, economy poised for take off – and all that jazz, here are the facts: Jobless Pinoys now 11.3 M By Helen Flores (The Philippine Star)...

What is the essence of Philippine protectionism? We protect a lot of things that don’t need protection. 1. protect an economy from competition? hello – we need competition? 2. protect people from poverty – by giving them condoms? In the end we end up “protecting”...

According to the Manila Standard, the World Bank will increase the financial “assistance” to support Noynoy’s reform agenda. For short – while taxpayers are made to believe by the Aquino government that they are getting free fuel subsidies, free education, free...