Now seeking applications for the President of the Philippines

Corporations that are sophisticated in their Human Resources management write job descriptions for every position, from lowest clerk to highest manager. These job descriptions can be simple or complex. A sophisticated one might include: Responsibilities Education Requirements Training, Skills, Knowledge and/or Experience Authority (Decision Making/Authority) Supervisory Responsibility Interfaces Working Conditions Impacts of Errors This information can be matched … Continue reading →

The EDCA bases

Did you find the choice of Philippine bases under Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) as interesting as I did? Peculiar, yet it all makes sense if we think it through. What we learned There are apparently five bases the US will use for staging equipment and housing troops that are rotated through the Philippines [PH, US … Continue reading →

The Great Bangladesh Central Bank Heist

w By chempo This must have been The Great Train Robbery of the 21st century. Hackers were suspected to have been responsible for sending SWIFT FIN payment instructions from Central Bank of Bangladesh to the Federal Reserve Bank NY  on Feb 4 to request transfers of US$1 billion. The Feds executed 1 payment of US$20mm … Continue reading →

Making pesos and sense of land in the Philippines

The Project A prior blog put forth the idea of getting rid of the current land use and titling laws and replacing them with new laws properly attuned to the digital age. The idea is to free up the economic value of land that is properly zoned and titled: Make land easy to buy and sell Get … Continue reading →

Money makes the world go round

w By Karl Garcia Election time once again, and I am sure money will always be in issue. A wise man once said, “Money is no object, because it is always the subject.” My first article submitted to the Society was about Monetary Sovereignty and Government Spending. The article can be summarized as follows: So … Continue reading →