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Rice is the staple food for more than a billion people in Asia. It’s eaten for 3 meals a day and many people base their well being on the amount of rice and quality of the rice they eat. Right now the news seems to be limited to the Philippines, but an impending rice shortage could have major political implications throughout Asia.

The Philippines is bracing for severe rice shortages this fall, so severe that they are unable to buy rice on the open market to satisfy demand. This means that people may not be able to have enough rice to feed their families at any price. This particularly bodes badly for the marginalized families.

But this is a problem not limited to the Philippines, it affect the all of Asia. Without enough food to feed its people, rice importing nations could experience severe instability. Lacking food, people will become angry and may become violent. I guess time will tell what happens.

It looks like a college in the Philippines is suing Microsoft claiming that they have stolen intellectual property. Wow, Microsoft, the bastion in the fight against piracy is guilty of being a pirate themselves? Tell me it ain’t so. I’ve got no love lost with Microsoft but it’s pretty apparent that they may be guilty looking at the evidence.

It turns out they are being sued by Southeastern College for 100 million pesos. They are being sued because they are accused of taking a book written by Southeastern College and putting their own name on the CD version of it. Ouch. Not good.

Here is a video of Antonio Trillanes and the statement he made at the Manila Peninsula Hotel. While he has been captured, I don’t think the Philippines has seen the last of him and this could be the first of many salvos against the current fake president. I guess we will pay close attention to the news in the coming days.
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The Philippines continues to be a basket case. With high taxes on personal income and a domestic economy that has become reliant on Philippine workers abroad, it is not surprising its status. The latest salvo has been made, the senator and an Army colonel have called for a military coup and take over of the government.
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In an earlier post, I reported the seeming great news that Filipinos could withdraw their Paypal balances to a Visa debit or credit card. That’s great news. 26 countries had this avenue opened to them. In the Philippines, the only bank that is really offering visa electron debit cards is Unionbank and their EON account. Paypal withdrawal experiences with Unionbank Eon have been anything but something to celebrate about.
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It’s been reported that another American has been deported. He was wanted in the US for the killing of a pregnant woman. Ok, good riddance and glad that he was caught so he can pay for the crimes he committed, but sometimes there is no accounting for brains. He was caught because he went to the embassy to renew his passport.
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