Wheel of Fortune: Bill Gates No. 1 No More.*

And so, another season has come to reveal who made it to the richest list.

World’s greatest fortunes:

1. Warren Buffet, USA (investments; Berkshire Hathaway) $ 62B
2. Carlos Slim, Mexico (Telecoms) $ 60B
3. Bill Gates, USA (software, Microsoft) $ 58B
4. Lakshmi Mittal, India (steel) $ 45B
5. Mukesh Ambani, India (petrochemicals) $ 43B
6. Anil Ambani, India (diversified) $ 42B
7. Ingvar Kamprad, Sweden (furniture, Ikea) $ 31B
8. KP Singh, India (real estate) $ 30B
9. Oleg Deripaska, Russia (aluminum) $ 28B
10. Karl Abrecht, Germany (retail, Aldi) $ 27B

Biggest losers:

1. Starbucks chief Howard Schultz, whose stocks dragged him off the list all together
2. Spanish property billionaire Enrique Banuelos, whose wealth plunged from $7.7B in 2007 to $1.3B

Ow, take note India occupied four slots!
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Greatest Fortune for Debts: Philippines

No progression if not made even worse: (in random)

-- Philippines’ culture of corruption (politicians and the likes. I won’t mention names)

-- Infested democratic state

-- Aling Pining (tinapa at kakanin vendor), Mang Kaloy (tagatulak ng troli sa riles), Aling Mameng (nagtitinda ng mami), Aling Siding (bet collector), Mang Jerry (minsan tumataya sa karera, namamasada din), Tikyo (taxi driver), Siko (ataul vendor), Leticia (manikyurista, foot spa, etc.), Lolit (labandera, namamalantsa), Cesar (plumber), Totoy at Neneng (students), at marami pang iba, Philippines - still in the condition of having social inequality; difficult access to scarce resources, the P 18.50/Kilo minimum price for rice, considered to be too expensive (this is the case if not understated). Hindi ako nagtataka kung bakit inaasa na ng mga ito ang kanilang tadhana sa mga game shows – sa pagitan ng tiyak at walang kasiguruhan.

-- Ka Roger (Ibaloy), Ka Oskar (Aeta), Aling Miding (Mangyan), national minorities, Philippines, continue to suffer dislocation, disparity, discrimination, militarism and others which make them more marginalized, suffers structural violence, political killings

--Lola Rosa and her grandchild Cecille (raped), Philippines, representing women violence

--Nina, domestic helper, representing Filipinas who decided to be separated from their families for greener pasture, however, they suffer more than discrimination, (1) race- as Asian, (2) issue of sex and gender.

--Alfredo, pusher and user (case of hopelessness, starvation) Sana hindi niya na idamay ang iba.

--Ces Tordesillas- Sanchez and Ted Carandang- Enriquez, journalists, suppressed by the police authorities for covering Mr. X laying a bet, some kind of a corruption

-- Sabi ng kaparian, morality
-- Uncontrolled inflation, hikes, etc.

(For those - not included but deserving) :
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Sabi nga ng isang game show, Kaninong palad kaya ang gugulangan ng swerte, sa pag-ikot ng wheel of…(sabay simbolo ng pera)? Kanino nga kaya?

Hindi naman dapat laging sa swerte dumepende, dapat may kayod din sa bahagi natin.
Kaya lang, kung totoong umiikot ang bagay na ito o ang buhay sabi nga nila, hindi yata nakakarating sa taas nito ang nakararami. Ano kayang itsura ng gulong para sa iilan?

Baka naman TATSULOK? Nagtatanong lang.