Category Archives: Finance

Cash Is Life!

In a groundbreaking move to combat poverty, the government has allocated a staggering P60 billion for poor families in 2024, a brilliant brainchild that will surely result in eradicating poverty. Who needs long-term, systemic solutions? Band-aid fixes are the real heroes here.

Cash gifts and food stamps are undoubtedly the magic wands that will finally put an end to the pesky habit of parasitic dependence on government aid. 

Forget education, job opportunities, and healthcare—why bother with those when you can simply shower people with cash and hope they figure out how to escape the clutches of poverty themselves.

The visionary behind this budgetary bonanza, has clearly cracked the code: poverty is just a lack of money. Who would have thought? Brace yourselves, folks, for the grand spectacle of throwing money at a problem and expecting it to disappear miraculously. 

Poverty, be warned, your days are numbered—or until the next budget allocation.

A 500-Peso Coin?

In the Philippines, a peculiar growing movement has emerged as citizens navigate the daily struggle of dealing with the hated P500 bill adorned with the faces of Cory and Ninoy Aquino. It seems they would rather bear the burden of a hefty P500 coin, turning their wallets into miniature weightlifting apparatus.

In this bizarre quest to rid their wallets of hard-earned P500 notes bearing a reminder of the Aquino legacy, citizens have developed a unique form of physical fitness — the “Anti-Aquino Workout.” Picture Filipinos everywhere, engaged in awkward squats and weightlifting routines if only to send their memories of the Aquinos into oblivion.

It appears that for some, the weight of a coin is a small price to pay for the elimination of unwanted political faces on paper.

Will the Central Bank hear their plea?

A Turkish Wedding Tradition Worth Emulating

by Brian Neyra

Move over, paltry peso-pinching Philippine weddings! Turkey’s lavish tradition of turning nuptial celebrations into a cash carnival is the inspiration we didn’t know we needed. 

Picture this: a Filipino fiesta where guests toss money at the newlyweds like confetti, turning the reception into a riveting race to count the jackpot. 

Forget about those quaint bills delicately pinned to the bride’s dress – we’re talking a downpour of gold and green that could fund a lifetime of marital bliss. 

Who needs a honeymoon when you’ve got a mountain of cash to scale? Step aside, financial woes; Turkey just schooled us in wedding economics 101.