random points

• party unity = main preoccupation of the US Democratic Party
• regime survival and perpetuation =
  GMA's sole preoccupation hence
  her recent populist posturing
• Medical tourism =
  first world healthcare at third world prices (Millican 2005)
• Medical tourism =
  globalization of healthcare/diseases (a double-edged sword)
• purchasing power of the Philippine peso =
  actual currency value in a particular period (May 2008)
  vis-a-vis the value of the peso during the base period (2000) = P 0.65
• real value of P362 daily minimum wage in NCR
  considering the peso's purchasing power at present = P235.30
  
• Inflation rate (May 2008) = 9.6%
• 192 = UN member-states
• 152 = WTO members and observers