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                    [Title] => Powerless
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As summer deepens, the brownouts in Mindanao grow longer.

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Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima must have anticipated the ho-hum response of most people to the good news about our GDP growth rate for last year. He told the business group that listened to the Roubini talk, somewhat defensively, that we have to celebrate our small victories.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 903374 [Title] => Waiting eagerly to be impressed [Summary] =>

P-Noy declared that we will all be impressed by the GDP numbers for last year. I can understand his enthusiasm but it would be better for the country if he essentially remains unimpressed because even with a growth rate of 6.6 percent for last year, that will still be uneven and enjoyed only by the elite.

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Investment inflow to our economy slowed to a trickle for September, the BSP admits.

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 827219 [Title] => Noy names new DOTC, LTFRB officials [Summary] =>

President Aquino has appointed new officials in the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB).

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By today, the outcome of the latest EU summit held in Marseille should be known.

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The presentation was disturbing. It was extremely revealing. It was shocking, nearly pornographic.

No, I am not talking about Panfilo Lacson’s Powerpoint presentation before the Senate. I am talking about something vastly more important: agricultural economist Arsenio Balisacan’s Powerpoint presentation before the fellows of the Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF).
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                    [ArticleID] => 935442
                    [Title] => Powerless
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As summer deepens, the brownouts in Mindanao grow longer.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 905277 [Title] => Trickle down isn’t good enough [Summary] =>

Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima must have anticipated the ho-hum response of most people to the good news about our GDP growth rate for last year. He told the business group that listened to the Roubini talk, somewhat defensively, that we have to celebrate our small victories.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 903374 [Title] => Waiting eagerly to be impressed [Summary] =>

P-Noy declared that we will all be impressed by the GDP numbers for last year. I can understand his enthusiasm but it would be better for the country if he essentially remains unimpressed because even with a growth rate of 6.6 percent for last year, that will still be uneven and enjoyed only by the elite.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 866814 [Title] => Trickle [Summary] =>

Investment inflow to our economy slowed to a trickle for September, the BSP admits.

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 827219 [Title] => Noy names new DOTC, LTFRB officials [Summary] =>

President Aquino has appointed new officials in the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB).

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 756511 [Title] => Fiscal union [Summary] =>

By today, the outcome of the latest EU summit held in Marseille should be known.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 218200 [Title] => Rice and porn [Summary] => As one slide follows the next, we begin to squirm. Our palms become sweaty. We begin to exhibit every sign of discomfort.

The presentation was disturbing. It was extremely revealing. It was shocking, nearly pornographic.

No, I am not talking about Panfilo Lacson’s Powerpoint presentation before the Senate. I am talking about something vastly more important: agricultural economist Arsenio Balisacan’s Powerpoint presentation before the fellows of the Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF).
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