APEC Humor & Rage

Mr. & Ms. Vol. 20 No. 30, November 26, 1996

On the cover: Kris Aquino

A humorous but genuinely implied satire on the life of the common tao. Read also “APEC: Of Trade Liberalization and Parity Returning” (November 18, 2017).

“The wicked person uses evil like a tool. He plans ways to take everything from the poor. He destroys the poor with lies, even when the poor person is in the right..... This will continue until GOD pours His Spirit from above upon us. Then the desert will be like a fertile field and the fertile field like a forest. Justice will be found even in the desert, and fairness will be found in the fertile fields.” – Isaiah 32:7, 15 and 16, The Everyday Bible, New Century Version.

APEC: Of Trade Liberalization and Parity Returning



Celebrity World Vol. 5 No. 271, November 18, 1996
On the cover: Anjanette Abayari

 

A short article on how former Miss Universe Irene Saez did good as a mayor of the Venezuelan town of Chacao.

More significant is the article “APEC: Of Trade Liberalization and Parity Returning” (pp. 12-13), which is an essay on the bad effects brought about by economic globalization on a country ill-equipped and unprepared like the Philippines.
Today, in the Cyberage, Internet access in the Philippines is one of the most expensive in the world, but the second slowest in terms of speed. Imagine, it took me half-an-hour to upload this post. So, how can a “snail” compete in the global market of “cheetahs” and “quarter horses?” This is just one casing point.

 

“The LORD has told you, human, what is good; He has told you what He wants from you: to do what is right to other people, love, being kind to others, and live humbly, obeying your GOD..... Can I forgive people who cheat others with wrong weights and scales..... The earth will be ruined for the people who live in it because of their deeds.” – Micah 6:8, 11 and 7:13, The Everyday Bible, New Century Version.