Makati City mayor Jojo Binay has been suspended from office for 60 days pending further investigation of charges of corruption. Predictably, he claims political prosecution. While this might be true to a degree, Binay is no saint. He has ruled Makati like an old-style politico for 20 years, outdoing his predecessor Nemesio Yabut and his fellow law school alum Ferdinand Marcos in perpetrating partronage politics and perpetuating what newpaper columnists call the “Jojo dynasty”. Read the rest of this entry »

A recent news item says that more pilots have been leaving the country for greener pastures overseas. Philippine Airlines, Inc. (PAL) has lost about 20% of its pilots over the last three years and more are about to fly the coop. This is an alarming development in our continuing brain drain. Even our best trained and highest compensated professionals are packing their bags. A desperate policy resolution from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration limiting the number of pilots who can work for international airlines has failed to stem the tide.

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Google has bought YouTube for US$1.65 billion. This despite the threats of copyright infringement lawsuits from major entertainment industry players whose copyrighted material are posted in YouTube.

The popular video-sharing site was a natural acquisition for Google, which needed a vehicle to ride the online video wave.

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