Despite several hearings, the Senate investigation into the seizure of nearly a ton of "shabu" from a police anti-drug operative last year had failed to unmask the police officials involved in the alleged massive cover-up exposed earlier by Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos. Police Master Sgt. Rodolfo Mayo Jr., National Capital Region Drug Enforcement Group (DEG) officer in charge Lt. Col. Arnulfo Ibañez, and five other DEG officers were cited for contempt by the senators for refusing
I’ve heard people passionately speak about imports as if they are the most evil scourge on our economy, hence must be tightly controlled if not stopped altogether. When economists like me argue for more liberalized trade to impose greater discipline from the competition, especially in captured domestic markets (which are common here), we are wrongly branded as “import lovers,” as if harboring a treasonous disdain for Filipino producers. Yet it’s precisely the desire to strengthen our own producers and sustainably improve their incomes and welfare that motivates the argument for more open trade. If one sheds ideological biases, he/she would readily
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