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Electric dreams of Filipino industrialization
This article is cross-posted from FilipinoVoices.com While the racetrack-like Elliptical Road in Quezon City rumbles with noise, fumes, and traffic, a few silent automobiles make their own rounds in...
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You could lose stuff in your checked-in baggage
Two weeks ago in our return trip from Davao via Cebu Pacific, my wife checked-in her backpack, along with the boxes of durian and mangosteen we purchased as pasalubong. Around half-an hour later she...
View ArticleDriving down an unentrepreneurial road
This is a crosspost from Filipinovoices.com, last October 31, 2008, before setting off for All Saint’s Day weekend. In a few hours I shall be setting off and driving north towards my wife’s home...
View ArticleResponding to Obama’s policy threats to the outsourcing industry
Cross-posted from Filipino Voices With Barack Obama’s impending ascent to being the 44th President of the Unites States of America, a dark cloud looms and threatens to blot out the “sunshine” industry...
View ArticlePhilippine eco-tourism: Bringing green back will bring in greenbacks
Cross-posted from FilipinoVoices Disclosure: The author’s spouse owns and operates a travel agency, which may be construed (but the author hopes it is not) as to having an effect on the context of this...
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Cebu Pacific responds to issues regarding deaf passengers
Last year, several blogs pointed out the issue regarding Cebu Pacific’s lopsided policy regarding deaf passengers, which involves no less than two incidents, one in April in a flight to Caticlan, and...
View ArticleGary Granada airs complaint vs. GMA Kapuso, the New Media way
Since the other day, the link to an audio cast entitled “Gary Granada vs. GMA Kapuso” (Audio – in Tagalog/Filipino & English) has been making the rounds primarily in email, and later Plurk and...
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Pinoy social justice : Laws that "benefit" the less fortunate
Cross-posted from Filipinovoices.com Maybe it’s just road rage from all the traffic that I’ve been going through lately, whether driving my (borrowed) car, riding a cab, or being a bus passenger...
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The unofficial Philippine tourism scorecard
Cross-posted from Filipinovoices.com I’m supposed to be up in the crater lake of Mt. Pinatubo last weekend, but our trip was canceled at the last minute. Apparently, the RP-US military exercises known...
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The trouble with crashing into paradise
Cross-posted in FilipinoVoices.com Zest Air seems to have a lot of trouble dealing with the airport at Caticlan. Last week, a Zest Airways Xian MA-60 (RP-C8892) with 54 passengers overshot the runway,...
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