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A video taken from a Malacañang Palace event featuring the country’s elite drinking champagne, glass after glass, recently made the rounds on Viber chat. While the video circulated, a number of people were lamenting the fact that no one in government seems to be monitoring or regulating inflation, fees and charges imposed by certain businesses and companies on Filipinos.
A good friend messaged me yesterday citing food inflation numbers as well as the overall pulse of experts on what is to come. But for his part, my friend was concerned about the domino effect of food inflation for Filipinos.
The Philippine National Police has fielded an additional 600 police officers after a series of shooting incidents in Metro Manila. This came after a “businessman” shot a defenseless driver at the Ayala/EDSA tunnel and after a senior official of the Land Transportation Office was ambushed and killed by a lone gunman.
Just to start this article on a positive note, I’m sure that people of faith and skeptics alike all wonder every now and then about how true scriptures are. Are they just religious promises or is there really “proof of life” in what we read or hear?
More than 50 percent of consumer products in all Filipino homes undergo some form of screening, testing or review by the Food and Drug Administration. There is no doubt that among the gatekeepers or regulatory agencies in all countries, the FDA is one of the most vital and under-appreciated.
All it takes is a spark and you could burn down a large forest. And just like dry leaves and tinder, a gossip or, as in the song made famous by the late George Michael, “Careless Whispers” can ruin lives or scare people into panic.
Last Monday, an elderly businessman shared on our Viber group an old article about the sorry state of Philippine education. Sadly, the article did not limit itself to education but advanced the author’s perception that if education is so bad, then the Philippines and Filipinos are therefore doomed to “stupidity.”
The alleged multi-level marketing practice of a local pharmaceutical company exposed by media is now the talk of the health care community.