Today is the movable feast of Philippine Independence. Back in the good old days, Queen Gloria decided in several executive orders to move national secular holidays to the nearest Monday. The idea was that with a longer weekend, people would have time and money to spend, thus adding gas [pun intended!] to the consumer driven economy. Her Majesty was able to convince Congress and this became law. But people still consider June 12 as the real Independence day. But that was when people had money to spend. Today we see " Pilipinas kong mahal" posters all over Manila , even in front of the NFA offices and warehouses where the poor line up for hours for cheap rice. So it is no wonder that today is Paghihirap holiday for a lot of people. The government has said that it can't do anything to stop the fuel price increases. People have very little to look forward to this Christmas. Gas can end up at 75 pesos or more per liter. BTW, The Most Reverend Katherine Jefferts-Schori , Presi...
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