This entry consists of two parts. The first part is my column today in Manila Standard Today; the second is the full text of an e-mail forwarded by my brother-in-law, Buddy.
First, the column.
Conversation with the househelp
WOW Philippines describes the province of Zamboanga Sibugay as “blessed with an impressive range of excellent tourist destinations—interesting mountain formations, [...]
The media is still at it — predicting the worst for Asia due to escalating price of food. If words aren’t enough to describe the rise in poverty, these figures might help.
The number of Filipinos living on just a dollar a day rose from 23.8 million in 2003 to 27.6 million in 2006, according to [...]
The government says there will be no rice shortage but food prices will be higher.
Isn’t that ironic? What with people do with the “sufficient” rice supply if they can’t afford to buy? World Food Programme country director Valerie Guarnieri is right: “…there’s a possibility that the government would have to feed more people because of [...]
From the Financial Times:
The Philippines’ poverty rate has risen for the first time since the Asian financial crisis, according to a new government report that deals a blow to Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s plans to halve the ranks of the country’s poor.
At the rate that the poor reproduce, and I’m talking about non-stop child births, that [...]
