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Jun 23, 2021 11 tweets 4 min read Read on X
Here's my latest Rappler piece, co-written with @znsuzara. Build 3x was supposed to bring about a "golden age of infrastructure." But to make up for their lack of progress Duterte and his men took credit for projects started in previous administrations. 😤
rappler.com/voices/thought…
Here are 10 examples:

1) Skyway Stage 3 (a public-private partnership or PPP project of the Aquino admin, launched in 2014) Image
2) LRT-2 East Extension Project (approved by the NEDA board way back in 2012) Image
3) NLEX-SLEX Connector (greenlit by the Aquino administration in January 2013) Image
4) C5 South Link Expressway (approved by the Aquino admin, broke ground in May 2016) Image
5) MRT-7 (initiated way back in 2004, broke ground in April 2016) Image
6) PITX (another PPP project of the Aquino admin, awarded in 2015) Image
7) Mactan Cebu International Airport (New Passenger Terminal Building) (another PPP project of the Aquino admin, broke ground in July 2015) Image
8) New Bohol Panglao Airport (approved as early as 2003, got financing from JICA in 2013) Image
9) LRT-1 Cavite Extension Project (decades in the making, deal finally awarded in September 2015) Image
10) Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) (yet another PPP project of the Aquino admin, awarded in 2015) Image

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Apr 23, 2023
I think it's because our culture encourages conformity/collectivism. And in a country with 90% learning poverty, intelligence makes one stand out, and this tends to irk many people.
But note that in some other collectivist societies, intelligence is highly valued and celebrated.

Maybe this needs a proper study: define smart-shaming first, try to quantify it across countries/cultures, then identify its correlates/determinants.
When the learning crisis becomes a source of entertainment. 🤦‍♂️
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Oct 10, 2022
🧵 What's the reason for rising inflation in the Philippines? A thread.

This graph shows that the top 3 contributors as of Sept 2022 were food & non-alcoholic beverages, housing expenses, and transportation.
Among food items, meat & fish were the main contributors in the past. They still are, but note the increasing contributions of:

- flour & bread
- sugar
- rice
- milk
- oils and fats

So more & more agri commodities have accelerating prices. What's the agri sec doing about this?
Some foresee a rice shortage later this year & early next year, owing to lower production & high cost of inputs (e.g., fertilizers have tripled in prices).

We may have no choice but to import more, but other countries are less & less willing to export.
bworldonline.com/economy/2022/0…
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Jan 25, 2022
Boy Abunda: May pagkakaiba ba ang ayuda at doleout?

LBM: Wala. Pareho lang. It's a transfer payment as they call it in economics. Walang kapalit, for example. Basta nagbibigay ka lang ng ayuda.

Hiyang-hiya naman ang conditional cash transfers. 🤷‍♂️
Rich of LBM to talk about OFWs. 🤬 The proportion of OFWs rose by about eightfold during the economic crisis in martial law. Bagsak kasi ang ekonomiya. Even my own parents left in the 1980s because of the dearth of good job opportunities here.
During martial law labor market conditions deteriorated. The unemployment rate doubled from 6.3% in 1972 to 12.6% in 1985.

Meanwhile, the underemployment rate rose from 12.7% in 1972 to 32.9% in 1984. Nearly 1 in 3 workers had insufficient pay!

No wonder andaming OFWs noon.
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Jan 23, 2022
Jusko kayo pa ba ang aatrasan ni VP @lenirobredo? Kaya niyang tumindig at kausapin kahit sino, ayusin lang ang sked. #LetLeniLead

Samantalang si LBM, willing pa ba magpa-interview kay Jessica Soho? See the difference? #MarcosDuwag #BBMDuwag
Also, not fair to attack VP @lenirobredo while omitting this crucial context. Who's biased now?
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Oct 8, 2021
My boss is the Philippines' first ever Nobel laureate. Still speechless. #NobelPeacePrize2021
A proud moment for the Rappler family and the Philippines.
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