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Last week, we saw how the first industrial revolution changed the level of development of the different nations of the world from being almost equal and constant in thousands of years to one where some countries managed…
In a book, Empire of Debt: The Rise of Epic Financial Crisis, authors Bill Bonner and Addison Wiggin observed that in the big picture of things, it is unusual for one civilized nation to earn far more…
Happy New Year, but before I tell you my wish for the New Year, let me narrate first what happened to me in the last five years. I lost my spouse, Ale, in October 2014 to cancer.…
God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her…
I ended the story of my life in my last piece with abrupt retirement from NEDA at age 46. How did I survive after that and why I am writing this? It is a long story but…
I got my first, second, and third job without using connection or recommendation. Luck might had been with me. Qualification matters too but qualification with luck could only get one up to a certain point. To go…
My greatest failure in life was my failure to connect. By connecting, I mean exactly what Keith Ferrazzi said in his book, Never Eat Alone, which he wrote with Tahl Raz, as “sharing knowledge and resources, time…
Put into law in September 24, 1972 through Presidential Decree (PD) No. 1, the Integrated Reorganization Plan (IRP) of the Executive Branch of the Government brought many changes in the conduct of governance in the country. Among…
For a poor nation, development means overcoming the problem of widespread poverty and unemployment achieved through creation of more jobs and generation of income that ensures the enhancement of the well-being of the poor. Development takes a…
In his book, Local Governance in Developing Countries, Anwar Shah said that globalization and the information revolution are motivating a large and growing number of countries around the globe to reexamine the roles of various levels of…
Basing on previous discussions, we can conclude that MCWD have not been performing well to meet its objectives given the following considerations, among others: 1. MCWD is able to meet only just about half or 55 percent…
Based on my observation on the current brouhaha involving the perceived worsening water supply in Metro Cebu, nothing much had been done yet by the Metro Cebu Water District to improve its coverage and performance since I…
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