CHAFF FROM THE GRAIN Hector RR Villanueva “Government, geography and growth: the true drivers of economic development.” – Jeffrey Sachs What is so surprising about Vietnam overtaking the Philippines in economic development? Haven’t Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia done the same,...
CHAFF FROM THE GRAIN Hector RR Villanueva “No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.” – Ulysses S. Grant After four years, an approval rating of 91 percent is unbelievable but statistically plausible if you happen to be President Digong Duterte. He is...
CHAFF FROM THE GRAIN Hector RR Villanueva “History will absolve me.” – Fidel Castro During these difficult times caused the coronavirus pandemic and truncated economic recession, the country needs a strong government and a firm hand on leadership. In the 1980s and early 1990s, there were...
Hector RR Villanueva CHAFF FROM THE GRAIN “Only a strong government can keep the peace, build infrastructure, enforce contracts and provide public goods.” – Jeffrey Sachs President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has all the sincere and able intentions, but he is not a hands-on manager by choice...
CHAFF FROM THE GRAIN “Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.” – Aristophanes Hector RR Villanueva There is too much reckless talk of a revolutionary government which cannot happen as the ingredients of revolution are not present. There is no critical mass and no credible leader. However, a...
CHAFF FROM THE GRAIN Hector RR Villanueva “The greatest of evil and the worse of crimes is poverty.” – George Bernard Shaw The Duterte administration top officials have neither the expertise nor the experience nor the resources to combat effectively the coronavirus...
CHAFF FROM THE GRAIN “Victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror … for without victory, there is no survival.” — Winston Churchill Hector RR Villanueva While Mindanao is the land of promise, it has remained a promise, as peace and progress have been elusive and...
