WHAT MAC MACALINTAL WANTS TO SAY
It was the time for Malacanang to turn ballistic. The palace however has no bulldozer to heap scorn on the holier-than-thou local press. Its stable of spokesmen looks barren of the combative type. Mac Macalintal, the consigliere , was seconded to act as the palace Merlin. Macalintal was right, or so it seems. His shrift...
What a Difference a Private Funeral Makes
A private funeral for a former president? Even in death, Cory made a scathing statement against the sitting president. Her death four days after the veritable divination-of-animal-entrails State of the Nation Address, was her best riposte against the sitting President. Cory’s family declined a Malacanang offer of state funeral. Shortly before she died, Cory was...
Tax a Lot!
It feels good to be proved right. In a letter dated March 2, 2000, the Municipality of Pagbilao assessed Mirant’s real property taxes on the power plant and its machineries in the total amount of P1, 538,076,000.00 for the period of 1997 to 2000. We know there was something amiss when the provincial government under...