Earth Hour is up later at 8:30 pm Manila time. Hope you’re up to the task of switching off your lights and other electrical appliance for at least an hour. By the way why don’t we do one better. Why not have an Earth Hour everyday. An hour of reduced electricity consumption everyday should not [...] Read more »
In An Ideal Philippines
In an ideal Philippines, a true reformist has a fighting chance of getting elected president. In an ideal Philippines, the true reformist candidate can get popular support without resorting to traditional political tactics. In an ideal Philippines, influential politicians will give their support to a candidate without asking for anything in return. In an ideal Philippines, [...] Read more »
Can Panlilio Save The Philippines?
Pampanga Governor Ed Panlilio has presented himself as a possible contender for the presidency in 2010. Panlilio has apparently positioned himself as a reform candidate on a mission to rid this country of corruption. It would be interesting to see a non-traditional candidate battle it out with the trapos (traditional politicians). But, while I can [...] Read more »
One-Two-Three
This country’s next president should seriously look into the graft and corruption that has been going at the Bureau of Internal Revenue. It is my hope that the next president will make it his or her mission to personally go after corrupt BIR officials and personnel. I’m thinking at least 10 BIR officials/personnel tried, convicted [...] Read more »
Damn The (Corrupt) Taxman
Philippine Star columnist Cito Beltran came out today with a piece on the Bureau of Internal Revenue. It’s recommended reading if you want to know why many people, including myself, loathe BIR personnel. Stories like these should be enough reason for us to vote leaders who have the political will to actually fight corruption. Here are some excerpts. “Participants in a [...] Read more »
Paid Work For Change
Is blogging about change of less value than actually taking action to spur change? I’ve been pondering this question after a friend of mine pointed out that while some people JUST talk or write about change there are those like him who do actual work. He’d probably say I’m just reading more into what he said but I think it is [...] Read more »
Of Movements And Platforms
I’ve been engaged in a senseless debate over some crappy issue with a very passionate friend of mine. Thankfully, at least one interesting point came out of that senseless exchange. It’s about the concept of movement. That part of the senseless discussion prompted me to ponder what a movement really is and what it is not. [...] Read more »
Cut The Red Tape
The Bureau of Customs has reportedly achieved what other government agencies have not. It has become compliant with the Anti-Red Tape Law. The Bureau claims transactions that used to take days to complete can now be finished in just a matter of hours. Congratulations to the BOC if this is true and not just another [...] Read more »
Why Do Politicians Run For Office?
Senator Manny Villar recently made the news again with his assertion that it would cost at least P1billion to effectively support a presidential candidacy. If that were true, the question we all need to ask now is: Why would anyone even bother to run for president? I’m sure many of us have wondered what drives [...] Read more »
Changing The System
I was one of the very few people who dared to cast their vote for the less popular candidates in the last senatorial elections. Call me a fool but it is true I voted for Victor Wood. Hell, I even campaigned for him in our office. Younger Filipinos may only know Mr. Wood for his [...] Read more »
