Going slow on big businesses - let us have statesmen and gentlemen running our country

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Rizal Philippines
December 11, 2019

PD30 wants dialogue with water company

                                            Paano mo iboycott ang telco at expressway at 2big?

                                                  Grabe naman ang wish na ito.  


It is is still a democratic govt.  The revolutionary govt, thanks God is not yet in place.  (I understand a former colleague is the mastermind of this.  Bah)

This post is bothered by the sudden change of heart of the Presidency vs two of the largest business in the Philippines:  Ayala and the Metro Pacific.  Since they are all over the place and affecting the lives of people:  telco, infrastructures and water.   All of a sudden a large portion of the society, in social media owing to the sentiment and emotion carried by difficulties with the basic commodity, are ganging up vs Ayala and Pangilinan, and may be very soon with other businesses.

The two behemoths are in the process of large infrastructure project - the skyway linking North and South Express way.   Ayala is building communities for the masses and had major projects in Davao  Let us not forget the jobs they have created and taxes they have paid not to mention the solution to some of our problems.   Talk about gratitude.

Definitely the two large water companies have their lapses and may seem predatory and scandalous in their contracts.   I am no friend of this two guys what with: slow internet (Smart and Globe) and our town with water supply from Manila water. Who am I to say the contracts the past administration in 1997 are not onerous? Who is not without faults and defects.

But to kick them out and replace them with Prime Water, whose services are not that examplary and way below of Manila Water and  Maynilad is unfair and capricious and does not stand well with the rest of citizenry.

Same thing with ABS CBN. non renewal of franchise.  Certainly the Presidency carries with him the mandate of people and these businessmen and their employees also have people who need employment and jobs.

We want to see statesman as our leader.  Not vendetta kings or Megalomaniac emperors.   Time to be more circumspect.   Hinay hinay lang bay...

Is religion a front for looking good, an epal tool? (Pakitang Tao, decoration?)

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Rizal Philippines
May 9, 2019

In the medieval times, some philosophers called religion an opium, ie a  means of escape from the harsh realities of living and all that people shall look forward to is everlasting life without hunger or thirst

Indeed the meaning of religion is larger than life, (literally)  It means relationship with ones Creator

    Let us examine if these incidents reflect the real meaning of religion:    From the Latin word religare - to bind (a person with his Creator)

    1.  I just finished Visita Iglesia during Holy  Week, and on the same date, a protagonist and the organizer
         of that event, turned his back on a previous commitment to an agreement. While at the prayers of
         the Visita Iglesia we talked about goodness to one another (mostly about teaching of John) It was
         a grant of right of way.

        I remember a certain protagonist several decades ago who blocked the right of way of a compound
        creating difficulties for the residents. (He had the set back in front of his property and the right of way
        titled - malakas ang Ms. sa gobyerno.) Not long after, he sought our grant of right of way to his
        property for electricity service.  And then he died when he  was shot in front of his gate, a right of way
        just equivalent to the 1 meter of right of way which he blocked.

        Now a grant of right of way is mandatory and required by the Civil Code to the one being blocked by
        a servient estate. And even more so to be free when a project blocks the right of way to the dominant
        ( property behind)  estate.

2.  Our group donated sizeable amount of money for an evangelization project, ie donation of PHP
     hundreds of thousands of pesos for purchase of Bible and donation to Christian communities in an
     island province. The proponent, while sending reports of his project  said that our treasurer, my daughter
     was spreading word that their project is a scam. Now that is bad, and when I asked for evidences
     say a print screen, he could not send me one.  And from his text, it turned out that he based his
     accusation of what was said by his wife and on what the pastor told his wife.   In the name of Bible
     and the Lord, we can send lies about  our co workers and  relatives? And after making huge help/
     donation to their group.

3.  What about misconduct of some of the religious with regards to having wives, homesexual and other
      sexual misconduct, pedophilia etc

4.  What about the high and mighty and other socialites attending church, donating to the church projects
     and yet hardly showing that they care for their fellow men.

Hindi ba pakitang tao lang religion to most people, decoration lang?

Hindi mapigiilan ang lumalala ang vote buying

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Rizal Philippines
May 10, 2019

                                             Mataas na ngayon.  P1,000 lowest, up to P5,000

Last Tuesday, galing ako sa Norte sa Region 1. In one of the vote rich towns in vote rich province it was reported that a mayoralty candidate was giving away P1,000 to every registered voter and the hundreds of tricycles lined up in front of his factory attest to the veracity of the report.    Even bigger amount was given to barangay head.   In one of the cities, it was reported that the level of vote buying was at P5,000 per, and the budget for the election at city mayoralty level was placed at P200 million. Wow

Today, this was reported in major dailies Vote buying incidents at MB

Just what can we expect from this candidates if they bought the votes?  Surely there are financiers and ROI is expected.  This coupled with many violation in the poster rules, is condemn able how many candidates made fun and mockery of election rules.  How can we expect good government and progress improvement from these leaders. Shall our country be better if our misconduct with regards to governance and compliance is worsening?

Mas marami sumusuway sa Comelec rules sa poster display

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Rizal Philippines
April 21, 2019

Sa aking pananaw, sa MM lang mahigpit ang Comelec.  Pero sa probinsiya ang daming violation.  At kung maghihigpit ang Comelec sa palagay ko:   1.  Maraming tatastas ng mga campaign materials, 2.  Marami madisqualify   3. Marami lalagpas sa kanilang allowed budget na P3.00/voter

Comelec Resolution 10488 of January 30, 2019

Ano ano na naman palusot:  

    1. Ikinabit ng mga supporter kalaban di ko alam?!!

    2. Ikinabit ng supporter sa kanyang bakod, ano magagawa ko. (with their consent)

        Lusot ba?

Judge for yourself:

Why are real estate prices: offices and housing shooting up so fast in Metro Manila

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Rizal Philippines
April 17, 2019

Gaming industry and Chinese workers driving up real estate prices in Manila

Yesterday, I was in the office of a former chair of Real Estate Company of the government, a former banker  who told me the fantastic real estate deals in MM.  Condo price/sm has risen to a record of P500,000/sm (up from mere P100,000 about 3 years ago)   In Forbes Park there were real estate deals involving sale of house and lot running in Billions of pesos.  Incredible but true.  What could be the reason?

1.  Well may be the market is awash in liquidity what with low interest rates on the bank deposit (1/4 of 1%)
     the BPO and OFW dollar remittances.

2.  But the more important thing is the influx of Chinese workers for POGO (Philippine Offshore Gaming Offices) (Phil is now the number 1 gaming spot in Asia even bigger than Macau and Singapore with most of them in the Bay (MoA area)  The developers there are having it so good like Double Dragon.  The Chinese according to Injap are paying at 30% premium.  and has pdc for say a 5 year contract.

There could be 200,000 or more Chinese workers (so BI is having a heyday hehe2 for its ....activities)
and have driven up prices of housing and office rental.  The Chinese invasion of the WPC is bad for us but the POGO invasion is doing good for the business and the financial markets...