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Intel closes

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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...

Ate Paz's Birthday

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After the hear confession in San Antonio De Padua parish in los Banos (Kumpisalang Bayan), It was passed ten o'clock in the evening Ate Paz and company, my friends from my former parish drop by and invited me to celebrate her natal day. I accepted the invitation because, it is a birthday, it only comes once a year, and as we aged, I feel more to celebrate life especially for someone I am close with. I am not a party goer individual, I prefer to stay at home. As we grow older, there are wisdom that make us change. Life is too precious and is passing, we have to use it properly and wisely. Blogs commenting Fr. Jessie's post