Why is an agricultural country like the Philippines now importing rice and fish?

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[Public post by Facebook user Benedict Exconde] Four things: 1. Basic supply and demand. If your country has 100 million (and increasing, no thanks to Roman Catholic Church meddling, lobbying and politicking) mouths to feed and your local food production cannot keep up with demand, how do you plan to address the supply gap? 2….

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Economy

The humiliation of never having been the first female Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court

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The last few days must have been really hard for never-had-been-chief-justice Lourdes Sereno. Congratulations have continued to pour in citing not just newly-appointed Chief Justice Teresita De Castro’s eminent qualifications but also her being the Philippines’ first female Chief Justice. Indeed, this is a huge blow to Sereno. It is very likely that she regrets…

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Politics

Opposition “activists” lack a logical reason for disliking Chief Justice Teresita De Castro

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All the “thought leaders” of the Yellowtard-led Philippine Opposition could do is whine about why they believe newly-appointed Chief Justice Teresita De Castro is not “fit” to be Chief Justice. Other than that, the Yellowtards cannot seem to come up with any more objective reasons why they do not like De Castro. All the Yellowtards…

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