Last March 2, 2024, Saturday, Tahanang Pinakamasaya, which used to be TAPE, Inc’s EAT Bulaga, bowed their last, that’s barely 9 months after the hullabaloo of TVJ leaving the original show and transferring to TV5, and the show was taken over by Paolo Contis and Yorme Isko Moreno. I first wrote about the Economics of …
I have been working in Taiwan for the past two years now and although I avoid at all costs comparing various aspects of life here in Taiwan from that of the Philippines, I could help but do it with the excellent health care system here. First and foremost, I have to emphasize that health care …
Last week, we discussed the supply-side perspective of the economics of noontime shows. This time around, we take on the perspective of consumers or the viewers of these noontime shows. The basic premise of analyzing the demand side of the market is CHOICE. Rational choice theory in Economics seeks to explain human behavior by assuming …
Recently, our noontime viewing habit was shaken up. TVJ, et. al. left Eat Bulaga, the one that is produced by TAPE, Inc. and aired on GMA Channel 7. They eventually came back as E.A.T. now aired on TV5 and is now co-produced by TVJ and Mediaquest, the holding company that owns TV5, and replaced It’s …
Yes, you read that right. I am now one among the almost 2 million Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs); the once-upon-a-time considered “Bagong Bayani”. (Of course, because of the pandemic, the new “bagong bayani” are the health care workers.) I have been one for over a year now. Wow! That much happened from the last time …
