2009 Annual Auto Reliability Survey: Best and worst models by car maker    It is easy to assume that certain automakers build only reliable cars and others don’t, however, nearly every manufacturer have their share of winners and losers in our annual reliability survey. Each company... (more...)

For all the headaches a government official is embracing upon being elected into office, did you ever wonder how much they make in a month?  Why spend hundreds of millions for only a yearly salary not exceeding 1 million pesos for the top post of President of the archipelago?   Does that mean... (more...)

Perhaps 60% of oil prices are speculation Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley today are the two leading energy trading firms in the United States. Citigroup and JP Morgan Chase are major players and numerous hedge funds speculate. In June 2006, the senate investigation estimated that of oil traded in futures... (more...)

Although not in the top 10, 3 Philippine universities make the top 100 overall Asian Universities. Leading the Philippine schools was the University of the Philippines (UP), which shared No. 63 spot with Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee of India, Osaka City University of Japan and Universitas... (more...)

Much publicized last week was the P6,500 pay hike for the teachers which was proposed and set to be heard by the House Chambers and signed by the President before it is finally enacted into law. High-ranking bureaucrats such as undersecretaries, assistant secretaries and directors will get an increase... (more...)

Well, his version of our National Anthem last week had no slip ups, and I was surprised The National Historical Institute (NHI) still had something critical to say this time.  The NHI have always been critical of the singing of the anthem during international events that were aired on TV and radio.... (more...)

This businessmirror article by Zoilo Bingo Dejaresco actually answers the previous article's dilemma, or more like quagmire, on why the Philippines will take 175 years to catch up on other countries in terms of GDP.  This article here actually sums up the cause of our self inflicted poverty,... (more...)

Most of us in touch with reality know how our country lags as compared to other previously third world countries when we see their infrastructure, political system, economic reaping, etc., but to actually get this figure of 175 years behind from the ADB. wow! It would take nearly two centuries for the... (more...)