Year’s end

And I thought we will end 2014 quietly, but with sudden events such as Seniang becoming a tropical storm, with 9 provinces under signal no. 2 and 14 others under signal no. 1 and the missing Air Asia #QZ8501 with 162 passengers, we are left with more worries and sad experiences as we bid 2014 goodbye. The realization that there is a greater being than us is a warm comfort because these too will pass, but it is likewise a cold reminder of needing to do good by our fellow travelers in life.

And doing good is not easy since fairness is becoming a rare virtue these days. In business, to ensure bottoms and more, some taipans are becoming more greedy, driven by the ultimate objective of landing in Forbes Billionaire row. Some companies overbook flights, some run public utilities to the abject disregard of consumers, some run telcos at slow speed but at peak rates, some would do an IPO and destroy the reputation of the Philippines by milking minority shareholders and just bully them thinking being a publicly listed firm would mean free ride with regulators most especially if one’s directors have minted names, albeit borrowed from known good governance “gurus.”