June 1, 2020

Meralco Rates Analyzed. The Truth in Numbers

David Celestra Tan, MSK May 30, 2020 Consumer Groups including Bayan Muna and P2P are up in arms about the complaints of many Meralco consumers that their power bill jumped 2 to 4 times in just one month in May. […]
May 21, 2020

In A Socially Distanced Economy, Financially Distanced Consumers Need Even More Protection To Survive and Thrive. (Part 2)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 18 May 2020 Part 2 Need for more consumer vigilance The challenge to consumer groups to rise up and become even more vigilant, fervent, and pervasive at exposing and fighting abuses would have to be a […]
May 20, 2020

In A Socially Distanced Economy, Financially Distanced Consumers Need Even More Protection. (Part 1)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 18 May 2020 Part 1 In our not too distant past,social distancing implied some kind of psychological imbalance. If you are an average person you are called “praning”, “mahiyain”, or “anti-social.” If you can afford a […]
April 22, 2020

Remaking a New Philippines and a New Filipino….Musings of an Eternal Optimist in A Post Coronavirus Period.

David Celestra Tan, MSK 22 April 2020 Let me start my optimism with a pessimism. We should be prepared that there will really be no post-coronavirus period per se. Life for humanity and Filipinos including the very rich nations of […]