Latest posts by Mong Palatino from October, 2007
Philippines: Bribery scandal
Political analysts believe the Philippine government is desperately trying to cover-up an alleged bribery incident which happened inside the Malacañang presidential palace two weeks ago. Mong Palatino covers Filipino blogs commenting on this.
Philippines: Expensive Medicines
Why are medicines expensive in a poor country like the Philippines? Multinational companies control 80 percent of the local drug industry. There is no drug manufacturing firm in the country, only distributors. And the government is not investing enough in public health.
