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Today's front news announces the closing of Intel corporation in the Philippines. Its plant is situated in General Trias, Cavite, Philippines. Intel is one of the biggest microchip manufacturer and contribute also to the Philippine exports. It is the first American company that arrived in the Philippines and the first semi-conductor firm that was been in the country. On this closure, about one thousand eight hundred (1,800) Filipino employees will be affected. Yes, they will be compensated with their length of service and hoping to be rehire by the company subsidiary Numonyx. Why some companies have opted the neighboring Asian countries for plant operation instead of the Philippines. Some analyst have given two answers. Expensive labor and electricity cost. Speaking of electricity the Energy regulatory board just announced that it permitted the raising of electricity bills of ten pesos per hundred kilowatt consumption from Meralco customers and twenty pesos from other electric pr...

Yesterday, one of the Philippine National Police officers came to my office asking me to sign papers containing reports of the barangay within my jurisdiction concerning the use, manufacture and selling of illegal drugs such as marijuana and shabu. I told him that I could not sign it immediately because I do not have a clear data concerning this matter. I asked them to give me two week from yesterday to decide on this matter. So, before I end my Mass today this early morning, I asked the congregation whether they have sufficient information concerning this matter so that I will not led astray on my decision. I told them that I will announce this also on Sunday masses to have an enough participation from my parishioners. Right after the Mass, parishioners from three of my barangay have already spoken of the presence of at least illegal drug pushers and illegal drug users. I have a total of fifteen barangays here in Bay, laguna, Philippines Blogs commenting Fr. Jessie's post