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read the full article ( How to manufacture a global food crisis ) by Walden Bello "....the homeland of corn had been converted to a corn-importing economy by “free market” policies promoted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and Washington. The process began with the early 1980s debt crisis. One of the two largest developing-country debtors, Mexico was forced to beg for money from the Bank and IMF to service its debt to international commercial banks. The quid pro quo for a multibillion-dollar bailout was what a member of the World Bank executive board described as “unprecedented thoroughgoing interventionism” The one-two punch of IMF-imposed adjustment and WTO-imposed trade liberalization swiftly transformed a largely self-sufficient agricultural economy into an import-dependent one as it steadily marginalized farmers. It was a wrenching process, the pain of which was captured by a Filipino government negotiator during a WTO session in Geneva. “Our small p...

Why I like this article? ( Philippines has World Heaviest Load ) It strike to the very center of Filipino’s buying attitude and the influenced of mass media. We tend to be easily deceived on what we saw and hear. What’s the latest gadget in the market? Do we need it? Yeahh of course. Of the many features and function the latest Cellphone we own can we utilize most of it? Yeahh… “I can take pictures and download and share it to my friends…” woowwww how useful, I’m not totally guilty. No need for more rhetoric’s. The articles is written by Willy E. Arcilla. Though convergence of people from Ad industry - people responsible for creating temptation on buying something, it run’s into ad spending habit of our local manufacturing industry. On how to effectively deliver their message and product to the consumer without cluttering the media outlets and outdoor billboards and best of all to have the moral and social responsibility in nation building. But, isn’t very contrasting? The idea of ...

Almost everyday, as I rally to go on my daily duty, I wonder how people use their sense of responsibility or let say basic responsibility on our surroundings. It was an uncomfortable feeling. It is along Ayala Avenue . There's a group of people talking and enjoying the smoke of their cigarettes. Suddenly, I noticed a woman who gently placed her trash on her side. I thought she was going after the bin after her stick of cigarette was done but it was almost motionless and undisturbed where she only flicked the cigarette butt on her side -- observing and trying to absorb every small movement from her. If there's anyone observing me too, to that person I certainly looked silly. I always come out feeling depressed, frustrated, exhausted, depleted or angry when I see those kind of people. They’re everywhere. I couldn't take my eyes off them as I watch them make their way inside the building. In that moment, it is not only the pollutions they bring—no problem with the tox...