DUTIES ON IMPORTED BOOKS LIFTED!! Sweetness.

Not a few minutes ago (and it is 4:30am now), I was roused from sleep by an insistent knocking at my door. I shouted from bed, "Sino yan?", and the voice of what I sensed was an old crone started muttering from behind the door what sounded like "car..car..". Naturally, this did not spur me to jump out of bed and open the door. Instead, I remained in repose until I awoke for real. For good measure, I did shout out again, "Sino iyan?" This time, there was no reply.

I was about to fall back asleep, but decided to check in on my e-mail for just a moment. And I ended up reading this article from The Philippine Star. The one entitled "Taxes on Book Imports Lifted."

Thank you old crone. And thanks for the thousands who made it possible.