By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star This week two dramatic events, both with worldwide implications, played out in the capitals of the United States and the United Kingdom. In Washington, the issue was how to resolve the standoff between the Obama administration and the House of Representatives over 1) federal…
Day: October 20, 2013
Message to Aquino
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Did we get that right? Was Benigno Aquino III blaming the Arroyo regime for the 15% drop in his September approval ratings? Mr. Aquino blames his predecessor’s administration for the corruption that has metastasized in the public sector, the poverty that afflicts millions of Filipinos, and the…
People’s initiative versus ‘pork’
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld Former Chief Justice Renato Puno’s proposal to the Filipinos who participated in the Aug. 26 Million People March to use “people’s initiative” — the Constitutional provision by which the people can enact a law without the participation or intervention of Congress or the President — in order to bring…