Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (PGMA), despite her master’s degree in Economics, continues to lead the country by borrowing more money to fund a government that continues to waste scarce public resources. Not only does the Arroyo Dispensation continue its tax-and-spend routine but it continues to rely on loans – both from foreign and domestic lenders – to keep itself afloat and finance pork barrel, overpriced equipment and services and even foreign junkets of the administration and its congressional allies. And worse, PGMA and the other Filipino national leaders, including the 14 or more declared aspirants for the presidential elections in 2010, behave as if there is no tomorrow and future generations will be able to pay off all the loans that the present system borrows to finance an albatross-like government budget, half of which is wasted due to graft and corruption.

Terminally-ill Juana Tejada's wish to be given permanent-residency status in Canada has been granted by the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC). At a press conference held on July 18, 2008, Juana's lawyer, Rafael Fabregas, announced that the CIC has found Ms. Juana, a Filipino caregiver, eligible for permanent-residency status and would grant her visa application once all landing requirements have been met.