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Weekend Fun 78, Pres-VP pairs for 2022
Potential President-VP pairs, May 2022 elections: 1) Sara Duterte - Digong Duterte2) Isko Moreno - Grace Poe3) Cynthia Villar - BongBong Marcos 4) Manny Pacquiao - Tito Sotto.How they will be called...
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Covid 41, Testimonies on Ivermectin use, support for Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia
A good international scientific forum about Ivermectin including Filipino doctor Jody Dalmacion here. And below I am reposting two testimonies here on Ivermectin use. The authors gave permission to...
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BWorld 491, Vaccination rates and KKK on June 12
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last week. CDC PH participation in the June 12 event did not push through, the group is apolitical and just wanted to lift the lockdown, have focused protection of...
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Energy 146, On energy storage, solar-wind subsidies, net zero
A good article by my American friend, Willis here.Storing Energy Willis Eschenbach June 16, 2021 https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/06/15/storing-energy/• Good sites are often very far from where the...
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Macroecon 7, On US inflation rate 5%, Central Banks and climate, PH losing 3...
In terms of inflation rate last month, the US' 5% is now comparable to poor countries like Bangladesh, Guatemala, Tunisia, Honduras, Egypt. Other rich countries in Asia and Europe have below 2.6%....
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Covid 42, Vaccine budget, injuries
How much really is the PH government budget for vaccination?This is from DOF Sec. Sonny Dominguez in a pre-SONA briefing, September 24, 2021.And from a DOH document.‘P25 billion additional vaccine...
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BWorld 492, Ten indicators of blackout economics
* My article in BusinessWorld, June 15, 2021.Blackout economics is not a mainstream concept and so I created my own definition and indicators. Blackout economics is simply the improper allocation of...
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Energy 147, Palawan oil plants, Cebu and Iloilo coal plants
(This is an old draft last year, posting only now)Palawan is a big and beautiful island-province with many municipalities and barangays in nearby small islands (Coron, Calauit, etc). Pre-lockdown it...
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Macroecon 8, Rising inflation rates, prices of industrial and agri commodities
Inflation rates of the top 10 largest economies (GDP size) in the world, Oct 2020 to May 2021. I arranged them from #1 to #10. Even JP deflation is ending soon.Top 10 largest GDP size 2020, $...
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Covid 43, Cebu Gov. Garcia, mandatory vax, and new variants
Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia is a very vocal and frank lady on the lockdown issue. Her province has suffered a lot, like many other provinces and cities, and she does not want to prolong the economic...
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Thank you, PNoy Aquino, RIP
RIP, former President Benigno "Noynoy" C. Aquino III, aka "PNoy."I voted for you in the 2010 elections because when you were a Congressman and Senator, you introduced very few new bills, few new...
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BWorld 493, 10 trends in lockdowns, COVID deaths, and vaccinations
* My column in BusinessWorld last June 22. As we are approaching 16 months of indefinite lockdown in many countries, what have we learned and not learned (and thus keep repeating the same wrong...
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Energy 148, High oil, gas and coal prices
We should prepare for high inflation in the coming months, energy prices keep rising. See crude oil and biofuel Ethanol the past year.Source: https://oilprice.com/Gas prices too.But the real surprise...
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Covid 44, Rising vax, rising cases, the Delta variant
As vaccination rates increase in almost all countries, some or many countries experience a spike in Covid cases and deaths. Below for some Asian countries, data as of today evening, Manila time. Source...
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Macroecon 9, Why we should return to the office
Late post, this is my presentation during the "BusinessWorld Insights" virtual conference last May 26, 2021. The other speakers were Ms. Tracy Ignacio of KMC, Ms. Aileen Aumentado of Mondelez...
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BWorld 494, The economic and energy legacy of PNoy Aquino
* My article in BusinessWorld last June 29.A beautiful piece here in BusinessWorld about former President Benigno “Noynoy” C. Aquino III (commonly known as PNoy) was written yesterday by my former...
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Covid 45, More stories on safety or non-safety of Covid vaccines
I am reposting below 22 reports and videos that I have encountered recently.Personally I still believe in natural immunity for the young and healthy, no need to get those rushed and no long term...
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BWorld 495, High growth under PNoy Aquino and tax cuts under Duterte
* My column in BusinessWorld last July 6.This is a follow up to last week’s piece, “The economic and energy legacy of PNoy Aquino” (June 28). Also good opinion pieces on the late President Benigno...
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Macroecon 10, Inflation rates June 2021 of the US, PH
US inflation rate in June 2021 is now "classmate" with Tunisia, Mozambique, Hungary, Sri Lanka. Its fellow industrial countries like UK, S. Korea, Germany, France, have inflation rates only 1/2 to 1/3...
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Energy 149, Why coal prices are at all-time high
Coal prices have reached new all-time high of $145/ton today. Its previous high prices were:Sept. 3, 2018, $114.4/ton Oct. 3, 2016, $108.6/tonFeb. 1, 2011,...
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