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There goes ASEAN
by Boo Chanco - October 30, 2026 - 12:00am
The ASEAN Summit meeting we are hosting next month should be very interesting. As of now, it promises to be rather chilly. Two heads of state may give each other the cold shoulder.
"Collateral damage’
by Boo Chanco - October 28, 2026 - 12:00am
Trump’s eight-month war with Iran is causing serious collateral damage to our economy.
What happens now?
by Boo Chanco - October 26, 2026 - 12:00am
Now that the Supreme Court has declared controversial allocations in 2024, 2025 and portions of the 2026 national budgets unconstitutional, what happens next?
Government by AI
by Boo Chanco - October 23, 2026 - 12:00am
We have been reading and hearing about how AI will soon run the world as humans watch on the sidelines.
Our national debt matters
by Boo Chanco - October 21, 2026 - 12:00am
When asked about our government debt, BBM brushed aside the question saying it is just a number… it doesn’t mean anything… it is all in the air.
Irresponsible House budget
by Boo Chanco - October 19, 2026 - 12:00am
After the ghost flood control and pork funding scandal caused a major disruption to our economy, the House of Representatives still couldn’t resist its evil streak and passed a budget as horrible and irresponsible...
Balde-baldeng problema
by Boo Chanco - October 16, 2026 - 12:00am
BBM was perhaps just trying to be dramatic when he urged the people to secure water pails or balde to prepare for the long dry spell of a Super El Niño. But he unconsciously revealed the hopelessness...
Attracting investments
by Boo Chanco - October 14, 2026 - 12:00am
BBM must really think so poorly of us to claim he made his recent Singapore F1 Grand Prix trip to bring in investments. Indeed, other presidents before him justified their expensive foreign junkets the same way and...
Intensive care
by Boo Chanco - October 12, 2026 - 12:00am
Our macroeconomic numbers are starting to look like the fading vital signs of a very sick patient who should be in intensive care. But the attending physician went off to Singapore to watch the F1 Grand Prix races...
Regulatory failure
by Boo Chanco - October 9, 2026 - 12:00am
The power crisis in the Visayas is the consequence of regulatory failure on the part of the Department of Energy and the Energy Regulatory Commission.
Hot pandesal
by Boo Chanco - October 7, 2026 - 12:00am
The condo glut reminds me of hot pandesal.
Affordability
by Boo Chanco - October 5, 2026 - 12:00am
In the 2026 US midterm elections, “affordability” has evolved into a central political issue.
Digital sovereignty
by Boo Chanco - October 2, 2026 - 12:00am
It is hardly surprising that the DICT is struggling to get foreign-based social media platforms to comply with local regulations. Perhaps, this should be a prime topic in the ASEAN summit this month to produce a...
Housing program
by Boo Chanco - September 30, 2026 - 12:00am
No one honestly believed BBM’s housing program would be any better than his predecessors’.
Controlling social media
by Boo Chanco - September 28, 2026 - 12:00am
There were two rather disturbing pieces of news last week. 
Relapse
by Boo Chanco - September 25, 2026 - 12:00am
Unless things quiet down significantly in the Middle East by some miracle, the world will experience a relapse of the oil crisis and this time, it could be worse than the crisis early this year. Mas matindi...
Revising EPIRA
by Boo Chanco - September 23, 2026 - 12:00am
It has been 25 years since Congress enacted the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001.
Are we done with CARP?
by Boo Chanco - September 21, 2026 - 12:00am
Did the BBM administration quietly declare that our agrarian reform program is over?
Protecting ube
by Boo Chanco - September 18, 2026 - 12:00am
The Department of Agriculture has imposed an indefinite ban on the export of fresh ube to protect our planting materials amid booming global demand. It may have been too late or not enough.
Our coal dilemma
by Boo Chanco - September 16, 2026 - 12:00am
We have a serious power supply problem that makes potential investors flee.
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