random points

• democracy = "madlakasan"
• "gun vs. butter" trade-off =
  defense expenditure vs. basic social services
• jobless rate rises to 8% =
  http://www.malaya.com.ph/jun18/news2.htm
• Top oil producers, consumers, exporters and importers (2006) =
  http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0922041.html
• Ces Drilon and her team =
  "In pursuit of a story, they became the story themselves."
  (Source: Veronica Pedrosa of Al Jazeera-Manila)
• Al Jazeerah = The Peninsula = http://english.aljazeera.net/English