Whats going on with Davao lately? Ever since Thursday until yesterday blackout (we call it here brownout) twice a day. It’s early Wednesday here so maybe later it will have another blackout again. I am also wondering if its in Davao and a little bit in GenSan only. I spoke with my sister when we […]
The Philippines as an Energy Tiger
One of the ‘downers’ about living in the Philippines is the continual nay saying and horrible self image of most Filipinos toward their own country. Even people in the position top know better seem to be addicted to the theme of couching everything they say in the “Oh poor us, we’re a third-world country that […]
There’s oil in them there islands!
Did you know that they have struck oil in the Philippines? It’s true, it happened 11 days ago, in an area west of Palawan Island. Currently, they are pumping between 18-20,000 barrels per day of what they are calling Palawan Light Crude. As far as I know, this was the first attempt at oil exploration […]
How Much Government Is Enough Government?
I was casting about thinking over several things I might write about this morning when my friend Bob kind of made my decision for me. Bob wrote a post about the advantages of free market versus government managed economy and some of the comments he received absolutely blew me away. I’m a bit older rhan […]
Gasoline is expensive in the Philippines
The cost of Gasoline here in the Philippines is still very expensive! I saw a news report that the average cost for a gallon of gas in the USA is now down to $2.09 per gallon. Let’s see what the equivalent cost is here in the Philippines. Here are the formula’s we will use: 1 […]