The world’s longest Christmas season has been underway in the Philippines since September 1, albeit somewhat subdued this year; while Christmas and other holidays — religious and secular – are coming up in rest of the world.  This year’s season of “holiday cheer” is dampened by widespread inflation, disrupted economic supply-chains as well as under- & un-employment; giving rise to frustration on all sides, short-tempered outbursts and downright despair.  Nevertheless, despite gloom & doom in the Economic Sector, hope of improvement in Public Sector ‘policy, bureaucracy & public service’ abounds – at least in ‘my small world’ — with expectations from recent or anticipated changes.  To wit, the new Philippine regime just completed its first 100-day milestone^[1] and is undergoing ad hoc performance assessment by the media; while mid-term elections are imminent in America.  Given the acrimonious run-up in the U.S., changes are bound to occur there after the New Year at the national level as well as in some States.

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