THE 1987 CONSTITUTUTION declares the Philippines as a democratic and republican State where sovereignty rests on the people and all government authority emanates from them.”

WHEN GOVERNMENT VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTION

IN her book, “Regulatory Agencies: Laws Without Legislation,” legal luminary Catherine Crier said that regulations have the effect of laws but don’t even need a majority vote to implement.

BFAR created IBs, which are now conduits to fish smuggling

(Part III)

PROPOSED TO BE pilot-tested in the Island of Mindanao—or even in selected sites in the Visayas, this GAMING AGENDA TO MAXIMIZE ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY IN PROVINCIAL HUBS (GAMESPH), should have the following components if it is to respond to perceived social ills however anecdotal, while enhancing the social goods that go with it often overlooked by POGO critics. The salient features are:

GAMESPH: POGO VERSION 2.0 

THE world has shrunk. A borderless global order is on. Traditional border management is challenged by inter-state issues, made more complex by advances in technology. Our internal affairs—just like those of other countries, are no longer free from technological intrusions, by government or non-government entities, originating from Asian neighbors.

POGO VERSION 2.0—A Better Option

Part II

ESSENTIALLY, VERSION 2.0, is POGO in reverse — made more comprehensive in development perspective, minus the socio-political and security concerns of  the current POGO.

POGO VERSION 2.0

The President was reported to show his disfavor over retired police or military officers heading the agriculture department. “We need experts in agriculture,” the President said. Fine!

WHEN EXPERTS ARE TAPPED FOR TASKS BEYOND THEIR EXPERTISE

Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) 195 is about fish importation by canners/processors, including hotels and restaurants, which do not require certificate of necessity to import (CONTI) as the canners/processors have specific purposes, they need steady supply of fish for their business year- round.

SOMETHIN’ FISHY—BFAR CONFUSES RA 8550 AND FA0 195

AT THE onset of this administration, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla, was reported to have said he would deport 40,000 overstaying aliens, which sent shockwaves to the gaming industry, more than it did to the country’s security sector. The state regulators and the enterprise operators convened to craft strategies for the embattled gaming sector.

MIGRAnomy or China’s hegemony?

IN October 1922, 23 ships carrying 8000 people fled Russia for friendly shores. They were later called White Russians, to distinguish them from the Red Russians—rabid supporters of the Socialist Revolution of 1917.

POGO WORKERS—The 10th Wave of Asylum-seekers?

FISH importation and exportation are legal and regulated activities based on RA 8550 or the Fisheries Code pf 1998. Fish trade is regulated as it affects domestic food security and production as well as maintaining local marine biodiversity.

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