Last week I wrote about the economic difficulties of farmers who are able to sell their palay (unmilled rice) at only twelve pesos per kilo. I will delve on this some more.


 Why is the price of palay in Leyte just 12 pesos per kilo?

The Philippine Statistics Authority recently announced what it considers good and welcome news—the inflation rate (which is the rate at which prices increased) was down from 2.9 percent in January to 2.1 percent in February. However, in the same press release, this agency admitted that it was only 1.9 percent in September last year. 


The good and the bad news about inflation

There is a surge in government infrastructure projects in the first district of Leyte. These include the Tacloban Airport Development, Tacloban City Causeway, Tacloban ‘City Bypass Road Extension, Tacloban-Palo Diversion Road, and the Tide Embankment Project. In the adjacent town of Babatngon there is a port project called Eastern Visayas Regional Transshipment hub. The aggregate cost of these projects is approximately fifty billion pesos.

When infrastructure fails

This write-up is about the most important bridge in Eastern Visayas. It is also about a bridge that is a significant link between Luzon and Mindanao. I can even say it a bridge most Filipinos know because it is the longest bridge in the Pan-Philippine Highway that connects Luzon to Mindanao and it has existed for fifty years.

Here we go again: the San Juanico bridge fiasco

What do you tell a farmer who complains that life in the farm is difficult these days because the buying price of palay is very low at ten pesos per kilo? (I can tell him - that is a major reason for having elections).


The desperate plight of the rice farmers of Leyte

Many adverse comments have been said towards delays in government action. In the local dialect there is a term for delays. Many call it “ginobierno”. There is no sense of urgency. 

 The multi-million cost of inefficiency  

Vote-buying is a crime. It is an election offense prohibited in 261(a) of
the Omnibus Election Code. But, it is a standard practice in many parts of
the country. If it is an act that is repeated over and over, then it must have
benefits to both the recipient and the giver of the money. What could these
be?

Vote-buying has its benefits

Since the May 12 election day is just around the corner, we look at the names of candidates, and one observation we easily make is that many of them have the same surnames. In the 1987 Philippine Constitution, there is a provision that prohibits the existence of political dynasties. 

My reasons for voting for members of political dynasties

Does the term “The Hague” ring a bell? In my book, it is the only city in the world with the definitive article “The”, making it unique and unforgettable.


I was in Beautiful The Hague for Fifteen Months

Many do not like the idea of electing actors and broadcasters to the Senate. They believe that these candidates do not have the qualifications that will make them effective Senators. They will just waste taxpayers’ money, so they say.

Why I will vote for actors and broadcasters

I AM BACK: Atty Buenaventura Go-Soco Jr. Column

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I AM BACK

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