Perfect timing. Just what we needed for the Constitutional Reform campaign… The Court of Appeals just recently reiterated its decision uphold the 1987 Constitution to ban FedEx from operating in the Philippines because its...
Yes, you read it right. We’re talking about Benign0 (the “Get Real Philippines” guy who uses the “Jimi Hendrix” avatar on the left) being just as clueless as his “namesake” Benigno S. Aquino III. Why...
by: Jan Emil Langomez Risa Hontiveros, Bam Aquino, Nancy Binay, Chiz Escudero: What do these political candidates have in common? It’s simple really, all were born and raised within Metro Manila. These “senatoriables” are...
Nancy Binay is joining in the Senatorial Race because she can and because she has the necessary name-recall in order to win. She’s joining the race because she has exactly what the current Philippine...
By Rep. Florencio B. Abad It is unfortunate that enlightened debate about the proposed shift in the form of government has been hampered by allegations of hidden motives by Senate leaders and by a...
People often wonder about what determines the success of a society. Is it the culture or is it the system? Quite recently, as the debate on Constitutional Reform progresses and as more and more...
Herman Tiu-Laurel: Anti-Foreign Direct Investment yet he is wearing Western business suit, speaking English, writing in English in his column, and is partly Chinese. Certified hypocrite. Real Racist. Last Friday, I read an...
(originally published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, 21st November 2012) by Peter Wallace Let me give you a few points to ponder when considering whether or not we need to open up the...
(Borrowed from the Far Eastern Economic Review) by William McGurn (June 1994) Editor’s note: While it is true that this is an old article from June 1994, the author William McGurn’s analysis is so...
(taken from the Philippine Star – originally published: 13 June 2012) by Dr. Gerardo Sicat As economic opportunity knocks on the country, the question is how to maximize the gains for the social and economic good....
Almost nineteen months ago, Orion wrote an article on How to CoRRECT™ Asia’s Basketcase of Wasted Democrazy. The article essentially mentioned that the term “Charter change” is dead. In its place is the message...
It is well-known that the concept of healthy and fair competition has the effect of an “invisible hand” that essentially results in benefits and improvements for everyone. We CoRRECTors and other advocates of Constitutional...
By Dr. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, PhD [I wrote this article on and off in my spare time during my house recuperation, re-hospitalization and hospital detention from October to December 2011.] The economy I turned...
Once upon a time, may isang galanteng gustong mag-imbita sa kanyang mga kaibigan na mag-party sa bahay… Mr. GALANTE: “Uy mga kaibigan, MAY PARTY AKO SA SABADO!! Kainan, Inuman, Kantahan, Sayawan… PUNTA KAYO SA...
I’ve been an advocate of the CoRRECT™ Movement for almost a year now. After getting in touch with Orion Pérez Dumdum during a Christmas Celebration of the Bagumbayan-VNP (Gordon-Bayani 2010) Party, I studied its 3-point agenda...
Current Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile has repeatedly expressed his solid support for Constitutional Reform for a very long time. Back in the days when what later became the 1987 Constitution was up for...
After reading the article written by Neal Cruz last October 17, 2011 titled “Cha-cha will let foreigners grab our lands”, I couldn’t help but have the urge to reply to some of the claims...
The CoRRECT™ Three Point Agenda was conceptualized as a comprehensive but simple solution that acts as a first enabling step that helps facilitate a lot of other important reforms. Here are the three points...
[by Arnel B. Endrinal] I am not a die-hard advocate of Constitutional Reform but I generally support the idea. However, while others support it primarily for the economic agenda, I on the other hand...
by Fred W. Riggs, PhD (1917-2008) This is a draft for the text published as “Conceptual Homogenization of a Heterogeneous Field: Presidentialism in Comparative Perspective,” in Mattei Dogan and Ali Kazancigil, eds. Comparing Nations: Concepts,...
The independence of the Judiciary must be explicitly specified in the proposed constitution. This is to protect against actions by a bad leader. Recent history has given us a clear lesson as to why...
The late Senator Claro M. Recto, president of the 1934 Constitutional Convention which drafted the 1935 charter, describes the Philippine political system this way: “Our Constitution was frankly an imitation of the American charter....
(First published on antipinoy.com on July 7, 2010) At the time of this writing, millions of people around the world are obsessing about the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and the noise...
(This article is dedicated to the late William Esposo, a man who took it upon himself to expose his own ignorance in the field of economics and showed his true colors as being nothing...
Part of the reluctance of Filipinos to try something different has often had to do with the primordial fear of the unknown. Once Filipinos are used to one way of doing things, shifting over...
Among the “occupational hazards” of being an advocate for the Philippines’ eventual adoption of the parliamentary system is to be on the receiving end of irrational and unfounded charges that the Philippines is “unfit”...
Just before I published my recent essay that related the soccer versus basketball issue to the presidential versus parliamentary debate, a few statements made by Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan which appeared in the July...
I believe: This is a CoRRECT™ Video with a very positive message
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