| posted December 15, 2011 12:22PM |
danielperez501  Ultimate Sulitizen 2472 posts - Registered: Sep 11, 2009
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Shattered Hope
By Silverio F. Aquino
I AM now 75. I have a wife and six children and two truckloads of
grandchildren, but my family has been breaking up because of the failures of
our government. All this makes my blood pressure shoot up. I think many
senior citizens are in the same situation.
I know whereof I speak because I have lived through the administrations
of Quezon, Osmena, Roxas, Quirino, Magsaysay, Garcia and Macapagal, and life
under them was good. I was a boy during Quezon's time and I know little of
Osmena's rule, but I know they were good and dedicated leaders. During the
administrations of Roxas through Macapagal, I got an education, got married,
had children and educated them in turn. The government under them was also
good.
Then came Marcos. At first the people responded well to his exhortation:
"Sa ikauunlad ng bayan, disiplina ang kailangan (For the nation to progress,
discipline is needed)." But he turned out to be a dictator. He killed or
imprisoned his political enemies, stole money in the billions of pesos, and
repressed the people's freedoms.
One day my youngest daughter, who had just finished her course at the
University of the Philippines announced, "My future has been ruined by
Marcos. I want to leave."
I was dumbfounded, but I knew she was right. She went abroad.
Then my eldest son, an electrical engineer, followed her. I terribly
missed them, and I blamed the government for taking away their hope for a
bright future in their own country.
Upon the petition of my eldest son, now a citizen of another country, my
wife and I were granted immigrant visas so we could live in that country. I
did not go, but my wife went to live with my children there, so now we only
visit each other. She, too, was disillusioned with our leaders. Her
leaving was to me the unkindest cut of all.
Marcos was thrown out of power, and was succeeded by the widow of his
foremost victim and later by a former army general. But my four children
remained skeptical about the future.
Tragedy struck when a movie actor was elected president. Then he was
charged with plunder and detained without bail.
I watched what my four remaining children would do. True enough, two of
them soon gave up and left. I could not believe they would go, since they
had studied in good universities, they had decent houses, drove cars and
lived in relative comfort. But they left because they saw no hope here
especially for their own children.
Now I have only two children left with me. They are also jumping ship
because they do not see any good reason for staying. Sadly I know they are
just waiting for me to go to my final destination, and they may have only a
few years to wait.
A recent survey found that about 20 percent of Filipinos want to leave
the country. Many families really want to go abroad for good. One Inquirer
columnist said it all for them when he wrote, "For the first time in my life
last week, I really felt that this country has become hopeless."
Like my four children who have gone, many people are convinced this
country is hopeless and wish they had the opportunity to move elsewhere with
their families.
Countless Filipinos have chosen another way to leave, which is by finding
work abroad. If they could, they would uproot their families. But they are
forced to leave behind their spouses, children and parents in order to take
foreign jobs, mostly menial and below their level of education, and they and
their loved ones must suffer the pains of separation and loneliness. While
the government is happy for the millions of dollars that they send home to
prop up the economy, it does nothing to address the reason why, like the
emigrants, these overseas Filipino workers have to go abroad in the first
place.
There is also the big brain drain that the government does not seem to
care about. Educated and talented Filipinos go to live abroad and apply
their expertise and knowledge to their foreign jobs. The exodus of doctors,
nurses, engineers and technicians goes unabated, but the government is not
bothered by this waste of talent.
Why do Filipinos go away? First of all, there is so much corruption
everywhere in the government. A world opinion survey has revealed that our
country is the third most corrupt in Asia and the 11th most corrupt in the
world.
There is also too much politics. The finance secretary has said that
politics is the cause of our dire economic problems.
But who is engaged in too much politics? Why, the politicians, of
course. There are too many of them in and outside Congress. They are
concerned only about their personal ambitions and their expensive junkets
and their abuse of their pork barrel and other perks. Gone are the days of
Recto, Laurel, Diokno, Osias and House Speakers Cornelio Villareal and
Eugenio Perez, of Ramon Magsaysay, and of justices like Concepcion, Moran,
and Avancena.
Many politicians give speeches about poverty, joblessness, crime and
other ills, but do very little, if at all, to address these problems.
Instead, they resort to what is expedient or good for themselves. Look at
the shameless speed with which congressmen have railroaded the impeachment
charges against the Chief Justice and how some senators are thirsting for
the publicity they will get as judges during the impeachment. Look also at
how fast many politicians have risen to defend the Chief Justice without
ascertaining that he is really innocent in his handling of the Judiciary
Development Fund amounting to billions of pesos.
The people are now cynical of this government. Even Filipinos abroad
share this cynicism, as shown by the fact that only one out of every 100 of
them has bothered to register under the new Absentee Voting Law. Like my
wife and children abroad, they do not trust the government enough to
participate by voting. The common lament is, why vote when the same kind of
so-called leaders will get elected anyway, by hook or by crook?
When my last two remaining children leave because this country is
hopeless, my family would be completely shattered and, if I would still be
alive, my hope in the government will also be completely lost. This would
be tragic for me. I have seen better governance from the likes of Laurel,
Recto, and Magsaysay, and I will never see the light of hope in this
hopeless country.
Silverio F. Aquino, 75, is a lawyer. |
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| posted December 15, 2011 03:05PM |
rvp1156  Majestic2 Sulitizen 13118 posts - Registered: Jul 11, 2009
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Shattered Hope
By Silverio F. Aquino
I AM now 75. I have a wife and six children and two truckloads of
grandchildren, but my family has been breaking up because of the failures of
our government. All this makes my blood pressure shoot up. I think many
senior citizens are in the same situation.
I know whereof I speak because I have lived through the administrations
of Quezon, Osmena, Roxas, Quirino, Magsaysay, Garcia and Macapagal, and life
under them was good. I was a boy during Quezon's time and I know little of
Osmena's rule, but I know they were good and dedicated leaders. During the
administrations of Roxas through Macapagal, I got an education, got married,
had children and educated them in turn. The government under them was also
good.
Then came Marcos. At first the people responded well to his exhortation:
"Sa ikauunlad ng bayan, disiplina ang kailangan (For the nation to progress,
discipline is needed)." But he turned out to be a dictator. He killed or
imprisoned his political enemies, stole money in the billions of pesos, and
repressed the people's freedoms.
One day my youngest daughter, who had just finished her course at the
University of the Philippines announced, "My future has been ruined by
Marcos. I want to leave."
I was dumbfounded, but I knew she was right. She went abroad.
Then my eldest son, an electrical engineer, followed her. I terribly
missed them, and I blamed the government for taking away their hope for a
bright future in their own country.
Upon the petition of my eldest son, now a citizen of another country, my
wife and I were granted immigrant visas so we could live in that country. I
did not go, but my wife went to live with my children there, so now we only
visit each other. She, too, was disillusioned with our leaders. Her
leaving was to me the unkindest cut of all.
Marcos was thrown out of power, and was succeeded by the widow of his
foremost victim and later by a former army general. But my four children
remained skeptical about the future.
Tragedy struck when a movie actor was elected president. Then he was
charged with plunder and detained without bail.
I watched what my four remaining children would do. True enough, two of
them soon gave up and left. I could not believe they would go, since they
had studied in good universities, they had decent houses, drove cars and
lived in relative comfort. But they left because they saw no hope here
especially for their own children.
Now I have only two children left with me. They are also jumping ship
because they do not see any good reason for staying. Sadly I know they are
just waiting for me to go to my final destination, and they may have only a
few years to wait.
A recent survey found that about 20 percent of Filipinos want to leave
the country. Many families really want to go abroad for good. One Inquirer
columnist said it all for them when he wrote, "For the first time in my life
last week, I really felt that this country has become hopeless."
Like my four children who have gone, many people are convinced this
country is hopeless and wish they had the opportunity to move elsewhere with
their families.
Countless Filipinos have chosen another way to leave, which is by finding
work abroad. If they could, they would uproot their families. But they are
forced to leave behind their spouses, children and parents in order to take
foreign jobs, mostly menial and below their level of education, and they and
their loved ones must suffer the pains of separation and loneliness. While
the government is happy for the millions of dollars that they send home to
prop up the economy, it does nothing to address the reason why, like the
emigrants, these overseas Filipino workers have to go abroad in the first
place.
There is also the big brain drain that the government does not seem to
care about. Educated and talented Filipinos go to live abroad and apply
their expertise and knowledge to their foreign jobs. The exodus of doctors,
nurses, engineers and technicians goes unabated, but the government is not
bothered by this waste of talent.
Why do Filipinos go away? First of all, there is so much corruption
everywhere in the government. A world opinion survey has revealed that our
country is the third most corrupt in Asia and the 11th most corrupt in the
world.
There is also too much politics. The finance secretary has said that
politics is the cause of our dire economic problems.
But who is engaged in too much politics? Why, the politicians, of
course. There are too many of them in and outside Congress. They are
concerned only about their personal ambitions and their expensive junkets
and their abuse of their pork barrel and other perks. Gone are the days of
Recto, Laurel, Diokno, Osias and House Speakers Cornelio Villareal and
Eugenio Perez, of Ramon Magsaysay, and of justices like Concepcion, Moran,
and Avancena.
Many politicians give speeches about poverty, joblessness, crime and
other ills, but do very little, if at all, to address these problems.
Instead, they resort to what is expedient or good for themselves. Look at
the shameless speed with which congressmen have railroaded the impeachment
charges against the Chief Justice and how some senators are thirsting for
the publicity they will get as judges during the impeachment. Look also at
how fast many politicians have risen to defend the Chief Justice without
ascertaining that he is really innocent in his handling of the Judiciary
Development Fund amounting to billions of pesos.
The people are now cynical of this government. Even Filipinos abroad
share this cynicism, as shown by the fact that only one out of every 100 of
them has bothered to register under the new Absentee Voting Law. Like my
wife and children abroad, they do not trust the government enough to
participate by voting. The common lament is, why vote when the same kind of
so-called leaders will get elected anyway, by hook or by crook?
When my last two remaining children leave because this country is
hopeless, my family would be completely shattered and, if I would still be
alive, my hope in the government will also be completely lost. This would
be tragic for me. I have seen better governance from the likes of Laurel,
Recto, and Magsaysay, and I will never see the light of hope in this
hopeless country.
Silverio F. Aquino, 75, is a lawyer.
seems the message must be in the other topic.
http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/view+topic/id/89474/Haters+ni+Pinoy%3F+Please+post+all+your+comments%2C+hates+and+suggestions. |
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| posted December 15, 2011 06:16PM |
danielperez501 Ultimate Sulitizen 2472 posts - Registered: Sep 11, 2009
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Shattered Hope
By Silverio F. Aquino
I AM now 75. I have a wife and six children and two truckloads of
grandchildren, but my family has been breaking up because of the failures of
our government. All this makes my blood pressure shoot up. I think many
senior citizens are in the same situation.
I know whereof I speak because I have lived through the administrations
of Quezon, Osmena, Roxas, Quirino, Magsaysay, Garcia and Macapagal, and life
under them was good. I was a boy during Quezon's time and I know little of
Osmena's rule, but I know they were good and dedicated leaders. During the
administrations of Roxas through Macapagal, I got an education, got married,
had children and educated them in turn. The government under them was also
good.
Then came Marcos. At first the people responded well to his exhortation:
"Sa ikauunlad ng bayan, disiplina ang kailangan (For the nation to progress,
discipline is needed)." But he turned out to be a dictator. He killed or
imprisoned his political enemies, stole money in the billions of pesos, and
repressed the people's freedoms.
One day my youngest daughter, who had just finished her course at the
University of the Philippines announced, "My future has been ruined by
Marcos. I want to leave."
I was dumbfounded, but I knew she was right. She went abroad.
Then my eldest son, an electrical engineer, followed her. I terribly
missed them, and I blamed the government for taking away their hope for a
bright future in their own country.
Upon the petition of my eldest son, now a citizen of another country, my
wife and I were granted immigrant visas so we could live in that country. I
did not go, but my wife went to live with my children there, so now we only
visit each other. She, too, was disillusioned with our leaders. Her
leaving was to me the unkindest cut of all.
Marcos was thrown out of power, and was succeeded by the widow of his
foremost victim and later by a former army general. But my four children
remained skeptical about the future.
Tragedy struck when a movie actor was elected president. Then he was
charged with plunder and detained without bail.
I watched what my four remaining children would do. True enough, two of
them soon gave up and left. I could not believe they would go, since they
had studied in good universities, they had decent houses, drove cars and
lived in relative comfort. But they left because they saw no hope here
especially for their own children.
Now I have only two children left with me. They are also jumping ship
because they do not see any good reason for staying. Sadly I know they are
just waiting for me to go to my final destination, and they may have only a
few years to wait.
A recent survey found that about 20 percent of Filipinos want to leave
the country. Many families really want to go abroad for good. One Inquirer
columnist said it all for them when he wrote, "For the first time in my life
last week, I really felt that this country has become hopeless."
Like my four children who have gone, many people are convinced this
country is hopeless and wish they had the opportunity to move elsewhere with
their families.
Countless Filipinos have chosen another way to leave, which is by finding
work abroad. If they could, they would uproot their families. But they are
forced to leave behind their spouses, children and parents in order to take
foreign jobs, mostly menial and below their level of education, and they and
their loved ones must suffer the pains of separation and loneliness. While
the government is happy for the millions of dollars that they send home to
prop up the economy, it does nothing to address the reason why, like the
emigrants, these overseas Filipino workers have to go abroad in the first
place.
There is also the big brain drain that the government does not seem to
care about. Educated and talented Filipinos go to live abroad and apply
their expertise and knowledge to their foreign jobs. The exodus of doctors,
nurses, engineers and technicians goes unabated, but the government is not
bothered by this waste of talent.
Why do Filipinos go away? First of all, there is so much corruption
everywhere in the government. A world opinion survey has revealed that our
country is the third most corrupt in Asia and the 11th most corrupt in the
world.
There is also too much politics. The finance secretary has said that
politics is the cause of our dire economic problems.
But who is engaged in too much politics? Why, the politicians, of
course. There are too many of them in and outside Congress. They are
concerned only about their personal ambitions and their expensive junkets
and their abuse of their pork barrel and other perks. Gone are the days of
Recto, Laurel, Diokno, Osias and House Speakers Cornelio Villareal and
Eugenio Perez, of Ramon Magsaysay, and of justices like Concepcion, Moran,
and Avancena.
Many politicians give speeches about poverty, joblessness, crime and
other ills, but do very little, if at all, to address these problems.
Instead, they resort to what is expedient or good for themselves. Look at
the shameless speed with which congressmen have railroaded the impeachment
charges against the Chief Justice and how some senators are thirsting for
the publicity they will get as judges during the impeachment. Look also at
how fast many politicians have risen to defend the Chief Justice without
ascertaining that he is really innocent in his handling of the Judiciary
Development Fund amounting to billions of pesos.
The people are now cynical of this government. Even Filipinos abroad
share this cynicism, as shown by the fact that only one out of every 100 of
them has bothered to register under the new Absentee Voting Law. Like my
wife and children abroad, they do not trust the government enough to
participate by voting. The common lament is, why vote when the same kind of
so-called leaders will get elected anyway, by hook or by crook?
When my last two remaining children leave because this country is
hopeless, my family would be completely shattered and, if I would still be
alive, my hope in the government will also be completely lost. This would
be tragic for me. I have seen better governance from the likes of Laurel,
Recto, and Magsaysay, and I will never see the light of hope in this
hopeless country.
Silverio F. Aquino, 75, is a lawyer.
seems the message must be in the other topic.
http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/view+topic/id/89474/Haters+ni+Pinoy%3F+Please+post+all+your+comments%2C+hates+and+suggestions.
I'm sorry but I don't hate anyone...
Looks like you didn't get the message. It can be both a challenge and an inspiration for the easy-going and DO-NOTHING President Gameboy to finally perform and do something for the betterment of the Filipinos...
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| posted December 16, 2011 06:49AM |
rvp1156 Majestic2 Sulitizen 13118 posts - Registered: Jul 11, 2009
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Shattered Hope
By Silverio F. Aquino
I AM now 75. I have a wife and six children and two truckloads of
grandchildren, but my family has been breaking up because of the failures of
our government. All this makes my blood pressure shoot up. I think many
senior citizens are in the same situation.
I know whereof I speak because I have lived through the administrations
of Quezon, Osmena, Roxas, Quirino, Magsaysay, Garcia and Macapagal, and life
under them was good. I was a boy during Quezon's time and I know little of
Osmena's rule, but I know they were good and dedicated leaders. During the
administrations of Roxas through Macapagal, I got an education, got married,
had children and educated them in turn. The government under them was also
good.
Then came Marcos. At first the people responded well to his exhortation:
"Sa ikauunlad ng bayan, disiplina ang kailangan (For the nation to progress,
discipline is needed)." But he turned out to be a dictator. He killed or
imprisoned his political enemies, stole money in the billions of pesos, and
repressed the people's freedoms.
One day my youngest daughter, who had just finished her course at the
University of the Philippines announced, "My future has been ruined by
Marcos. I want to leave."
I was dumbfounded, but I knew she was right. She went abroad.
Then my eldest son, an electrical engineer, followed her. I terribly
missed them, and I blamed the government for taking away their hope for a
bright future in their own country.
Upon the petition of my eldest son, now a citizen of another country, my
wife and I were granted immigrant visas so we could live in that country. I
did not go, but my wife went to live with my children there, so now we only
visit each other. She, too, was disillusioned with our leaders. Her
leaving was to me the unkindest cut of all.
Marcos was thrown out of power, and was succeeded by the widow of his
foremost victim and later by a former army general. But my four children
remained skeptical about the future.
Tragedy struck when a movie actor was elected president. Then he was
charged with plunder and detained without bail.
I watched what my four remaining children would do. True enough, two of
them soon gave up and left. I could not believe they would go, since they
had studied in good universities, they had decent houses, drove cars and
lived in relative comfort. But they left because they saw no hope here
especially for their own children.
Now I have only two children left with me. They are also jumping ship
because they do not see any good reason for staying. Sadly I know they are
just waiting for me to go to my final destination, and they may have only a
few years to wait.
A recent survey found that about 20 percent of Filipinos want to leave
the country. Many families really want to go abroad for good. One Inquirer
columnist said it all for them when he wrote, "For the first time in my life
last week, I really felt that this country has become hopeless."
Like my four children who have gone, many people are convinced this
country is hopeless and wish they had the opportunity to move elsewhere with
their families.
Countless Filipinos have chosen another way to leave, which is by finding
work abroad. If they could, they would uproot their families. But they are
forced to leave behind their spouses, children and parents in order to take
foreign jobs, mostly menial and below their level of education, and they and
their loved ones must suffer the pains of separation and loneliness. While
the government is happy for the millions of dollars that they send home to
prop up the economy, it does nothing to address the reason why, like the
emigrants, these overseas Filipino workers have to go abroad in the first
place.
There is also the big brain drain that the government does not seem to
care about. Educated and talented Filipinos go to live abroad and apply
their expertise and knowledge to their foreign jobs. The exodus of doctors,
nurses, engineers and technicians goes unabated, but the government is not
bothered by this waste of talent.
Why do Filipinos go away? First of all, there is so much corruption
everywhere in the government. A world opinion survey has revealed that our
country is the third most corrupt in Asia and the 11th most corrupt in the
world.
There is also too much politics. The finance secretary has said that
politics is the cause of our dire economic problems.
But who is engaged in too much politics? Why, the politicians, of
course. There are too many of them in and outside Congress. They are
concerned only about their personal ambitions and their expensive junkets
and their abuse of their pork barrel and other perks. Gone are the days of
Recto, Laurel, Diokno, Osias and House Speakers Cornelio Villareal and
Eugenio Perez, of Ramon Magsaysay, and of justices like Concepcion, Moran,
and Avancena.
Many politicians give speeches about poverty, joblessness, crime and
other ills, but do very little, if at all, to address these problems.
Instead, they resort to what is expedient or good for themselves. Look at
the shameless speed with which congressmen have railroaded the impeachment
charges against the Chief Justice and how some senators are thirsting for
the publicity they will get as judges during the impeachment. Look also at
how fast many politicians have risen to defend the Chief Justice without
ascertaining that he is really innocent in his handling of the Judiciary
Development Fund amounting to billions of pesos.
The people are now cynical of this government. Even Filipinos abroad
share this cynicism, as shown by the fact that only one out of every 100 of
them has bothered to register under the new Absentee Voting Law. Like my
wife and children abroad, they do not trust the government enough to
participate by voting. The common lament is, why vote when the same kind of
so-called leaders will get elected anyway, by hook or by crook?
When my last two remaining children leave because this country is
hopeless, my family would be completely shattered and, if I would still be
alive, my hope in the government will also be completely lost. This would
be tragic for me. I have seen better governance from the likes of Laurel,
Recto, and Magsaysay, and I will never see the light of hope in this
hopeless country.
Silverio F. Aquino, 75, is a lawyer.
seems the message must be in the other topic.
http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/view+topic/id/89474/Haters+ni+Pinoy%3F+Please+post+all+your+comments%2C+hates+and+suggestions.
I'm sorry but I don't hate anyone...
Looks like you didn't get the message. It can be both a challenge and an inspiration for the easy-going and DO-NOTHING President Gameboy to finally perform and do something for the betterment of the Filipinos...
ok kung sa pakiwari mo ay magbibigay ng magandang halimbawa o mensahe ang iyong pananaw, go ahead.
@ mahirap talagang ituwid ang mga maling nasimulan ngunit ang determinasyong ito ay ituwid ay isang hakbang sa tamang landas. 2 members think this post is SULIT! elabiz06, Namiya |
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| posted December 16, 2011 08:10AM |
ardeelo Ultimate Sulitizen 2288 posts - Registered: Sep 23, 2010
- Last Access From: Philippines
| Inspirational daw. Dapat yung mga Cojuanco-Aquino supporters mag post dito. Di yung mga detractors and critics.
Give the president inspiration because it is not enough that he was voted into office by hype and general sympathy for his mother. We must inspire him because ilegitamate as Gloria was, this president, without the names of his ancestors would not amount to anything, therefore we must indulge his insecurity for the sake of our country. Please inspire the bugger. |
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| posted December 16, 2011 10:10AM |
danielperez501 Ultimate Sulitizen 2472 posts - Registered: Sep 11, 2009
- Last Access From: Saudi Arabia
| Received this via email...
Shattered Hope
By Silverio F. Aquino
I AM now 75. I have a wife and six children and two truckloads of
grandchildren, but my family has been breaking up because of the failures of
our government. All this makes my blood pressure shoot up. I think many
senior citizens are in the same situation.
I know whereof I speak because I have lived through the administrations
of Quezon, Osmena, Roxas, Quirino, Magsaysay, Garcia and Macapagal, and life
under them was good. I was a boy during Quezon's time and I know little of
Osmena's rule, but I know they were good and dedicated leaders. During the
administrations of Roxas through Macapagal, I got an education, got married,
had children and educated them in turn. The government under them was also
good.
Then came Marcos. At first the people responded well to his exhortation:
"Sa ikauunlad ng bayan, disiplina ang kailangan (For the nation to progress,
discipline is needed)." But he turned out to be a dictator. He killed or
imprisoned his political enemies, stole money in the billions of pesos, and
repressed the people's freedoms.
One day my youngest daughter, who had just finished her course at the
University of the Philippines announced, "My future has been ruined by
Marcos. I want to leave."
I was dumbfounded, but I knew she was right. She went abroad.
Then my eldest son, an electrical engineer, followed her. I terribly
missed them, and I blamed the government for taking away their hope for a
bright future in their own country.
Upon the petition of my eldest son, now a citizen of another country, my
wife and I were granted immigrant visas so we could live in that country. I
did not go, but my wife went to live with my children there, so now we only
visit each other. She, too, was disillusioned with our leaders. Her
leaving was to me the unkindest cut of all.
Marcos was thrown out of power, and was succeeded by the widow of his
foremost victim and later by a former army general. But my four children
remained skeptical about the future.
Tragedy struck when a movie actor was elected president. Then he was
charged with plunder and detained without bail.
I watched what my four remaining children would do. True enough, two of
them soon gave up and left. I could not believe they would go, since they
had studied in good universities, they had decent houses, drove cars and
lived in relative comfort. But they left because they saw no hope here
especially for their own children.
Now I have only two children left with me. They are also jumping ship
because they do not see any good reason for staying. Sadly I know they are
just waiting for me to go to my final destination, and they may have only a
few years to wait.
A recent survey found that about 20 percent of Filipinos want to leave
the country. Many families really want to go abroad for good. One Inquirer
columnist said it all for them when he wrote, "For the first time in my life
last week, I really felt that this country has become hopeless."
Like my four children who have gone, many people are convinced this
country is hopeless and wish they had the opportunity to move elsewhere with
their families.
Countless Filipinos have chosen another way to leave, which is by finding
work abroad. If they could, they would uproot their families. But they are
forced to leave behind their spouses, children and parents in order to take
foreign jobs, mostly menial and below their level of education, and they and
their loved ones must suffer the pains of separation and loneliness. While
the government is happy for the millions of dollars that they send home to
prop up the economy, it does nothing to address the reason why, like the
emigrants, these overseas Filipino workers have to go abroad in the first
place.
There is also the big brain drain that the government does not seem to
care about. Educated and talented Filipinos go to live abroad and apply
their expertise and knowledge to their foreign jobs. The exodus of doctors,
nurses, engineers and technicians goes unabated, but the government is not
bothered by this waste of talent.
Why do Filipinos go away? First of all, there is so much corruption
everywhere in the government. A world opinion survey has revealed that our
country is the third most corrupt in Asia and the 11th most corrupt in the
world.
There is also too much politics. The finance secretary has said that
politics is the cause of our dire economic problems.
But who is engaged in too much politics? Why, the politicians, of
course. There are too many of them in and outside Congress. They are
concerned only about their personal ambitions and their expensive junkets
and their abuse of their pork barrel and other perks. Gone are the days of
Recto, Laurel, Diokno, Osias and House Speakers Cornelio Villareal and
Eugenio Perez, of Ramon Magsaysay, and of justices like Concepcion, Moran,
and Avancena.
Many politicians give speeches about poverty, joblessness, crime and
other ills, but do very little, if at all, to address these problems.
Instead, they resort to what is expedient or good for themselves. Look at
the shameless speed with which congressmen have railroaded the impeachment
charges against the Chief Justice and how some senators are thirsting for
the publicity they will get as judges during the impeachment. Look also at
how fast many politicians have risen to defend the Chief Justice without
ascertaining that he is really innocent in his handling of the Judiciary
Development Fund amounting to billions of pesos.
The people are now cynical of this government. Even Filipinos abroad
share this cynicism, as shown by the fact that only one out of every 100 of
them has bothered to register under the new Absentee Voting Law. Like my
wife and children abroad, they do not trust the government enough to
participate by voting. The common lament is, why vote when the same kind of
so-called leaders will get elected anyway, by hook or by crook?
When my last two remaining children leave because this country is
hopeless, my family would be completely shattered and, if I would still be
alive, my hope in the government will also be completely lost. This would
be tragic for me. I have seen better governance from the likes of Laurel,
Recto, and Magsaysay, and I will never see the light of hope in this
hopeless country.
Silverio F. Aquino, 75, is a lawyer.
seems the message must be in the other topic.
http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/view+topic/id/89474/Haters+ni+Pinoy%3F+Please+post+all+your+comments%2C+hates+and+suggestions.
I'm sorry but I don't hate anyone...
Looks like you didn't get the message. It can be both a challenge and an inspiration for the easy-going and DO-NOTHING President Gameboy to finally perform and do something for the betterment of the Filipinos...
ok kung sa pakiwari mo ay magbibigay ng magandang halimbawa o mensahe ang iyong pananaw, go ahead.
@ mahirap talagang ituwid ang mga maling nasimulan ngunit ang determinasyong ito ay ituwid ay isang hakbang sa tamang landas.
Kung mayroong dapat purihin na nakapagpaangat sa pamumuhay ng mga Pilipino, bakit ba ang hindi? Kaso, wala, eh. Certified slacker kasi ang ibinoto ninyo. Worse, kuntento na kayo sa palpak na performance niya kaya akala nung clueless na mama ay okay lang ang lahat...tsk! tsk! tsk!
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| posted December 16, 2011 10:27AM |
rvp1156 Majestic2 Sulitizen 13118 posts - Registered: Jul 11, 2009
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| yung mga bumoto kay Pnoy ay karapatan nila yun kaya ang sa inyong pansariling karapatan ang inyong pwedeng bantayan. iwasan po natin ang statement na hindi totoo dahil di nyo naman alam kung sino ang bumoto kung kangino. Kung di po kayo kuntento sa sistema ng gobyerno ay pwede naman ninyong ipahayag sa maayos na paraaan para may matutunang magandang halimbawa sa inyo. Kung palpak man ang pamunuan, gumawa po kayo ng hakbang upang itaas ang antas ng ating pamahalaan. sa sarili po natin magsisimula iyon. sabihin natin na masama ang ugali ng marami pero kung pati sa sarili natin ay di natin maipakita ang mabuting asal na naituro na ating magulang. Delikadesa - maaring halos wala ng gumaganap sa delikadesa sa gobyerno ngunit pwedeng may pagbabago kung ang mga kamag-anak natin sa gobyerno ay kaya nating maitama. pero kung sa hanay na ating pamilya ay walang pagbabago tayong magawa, hinding hindi nyo rin kayang baguhin ang kapwa. 1 member thinks this post is SULIT! medzPage |
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| posted December 16, 2011 10:58AM |
ardeelo Ultimate Sulitizen 2288 posts - Registered: Sep 23, 2010
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| yung mga bumoto kay Pnoy ay karapatan nila yun kaya ang sa inyong pansariling karapatan ang inyong pwedeng bantayan. iwasan po natin ang statement na hindi totoo dahil di nyo naman alam kung sino ang bumoto kung kangino. Kung di po kayo kuntento sa sistema ng gobyerno ay pwede naman ninyong ipahayag sa maayos na paraaan para may matutunang magandang halimbawa sa inyo. Kung palpak man ang pamunuan, gumawa po kayo ng hakbang upang itaas ang antas ng ating pamahalaan. sa sarili po natin magsisimula iyon. sabihin natin na masama ang ugali ng marami pero kung pati sa sarili natin ay di natin maipakita ang mabuting asal na naituro na ating magulang. Delikadesa - maaring halos wala ng gumaganap sa delikadesa sa gobyerno ngunit pwedeng may pagbabago kung ang mga kamag-anak natin sa gobyerno ay kaya nating maitama. pero kung sa hanay na ating pamilya ay walang pagbabago tayong magawa, hinding hindi nyo rin kayang baguhin ang kapwa. I don't think any president, specially this man needs further inspiration to do his/her job. He should tighten his buttcheeks and do his job since many of those who voted for him have dreamy aspirations as to what he can acheive. All these presidents, in fact, all in public office should always humble themselves and realize that the trust granted to them is for the service of the people and not themselves, specially their egoes. It is Aquinos job to inspire us. Not the other way around. He wanted to lead. Now do it. |
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| posted December 16, 2011 11:01AM |
rvp1156 Majestic2 Sulitizen 13118 posts - Registered: Jul 11, 2009
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| agree with you in some, pwede sigudong message to the president na lang, lol |
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| posted December 16, 2011 11:02AM |
danielperez501 Ultimate Sulitizen 2472 posts - Registered: Sep 11, 2009
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| yung mga bumoto kay Pnoy ay karapatan nila yun kaya ang sa inyong pansariling karapatan ang inyong pwedeng bantayan. iwasan po natin ang statement na hindi totoo dahil di nyo naman alam kung sino ang bumoto kung kangino. Kung di po kayo kuntento sa sistema ng gobyerno ay pwede naman ninyong ipahayag sa maayos na paraaan para may matutunang magandang halimbawa sa inyo. Kung palpak man ang pamunuan, gumawa po kayo ng hakbang upang itaas ang antas ng ating pamahalaan. sa sarili po natin magsisimula iyon. sabihin natin na masama ang ugali ng marami pero kung pati sa sarili natin ay di natin maipakita ang mabuting asal na naituro na ating magulang. Delikadesa - maaring halos wala ng gumaganap sa delikadesa sa gobyerno ngunit pwedeng may pagbabago kung ang mga kamag-anak natin sa gobyerno ay kaya nating maitama. pero kung sa hanay na ating pamilya ay walang pagbabago tayong magawa, hinding hindi nyo rin kayang baguhin ang kapwa.
The right to vote is the power vested by the constitution to the people but it is not a free pass to elect leaders out of popularity only. Katulad ng alinmang karapatan, kaakibat nito ang isang napakalaking responsibilidad at dapat ipatupad gamit ang tamang pamantayan. Ang eleksiyon ay hindi popularity contest. Sa mga nagsasabing it's their freedom to choose whoever they want w/o the right standards, I would say they have a warped sense of democracy.
At ano namang hakbang ang maipapanukala mo na gawin ko upang itaas ang antas ng palpak na pamumuno sa pamahalaan? Maging kuntento na rin at umayon na lamang? I'm sorry pero hindi ako madaling bolahin at mauto... Be grateful that we, dissents, are still around. Dahil kung lahat ay yes men, that's not democracy anymore...
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| posted December 16, 2011 11:12AM |
rvp1156 Majestic2 Sulitizen 13118 posts - Registered: Jul 11, 2009
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| salamat po sa inyong paliwanag, in the same manner na hindi nyo tinatanggap ang paliwanag ng iba. ang iba rin naman ay hindi katanggap tanggap ang inyong paliwanag. kung magkaganito ang sitwasyon, ang tama ay igalang ang bawat isang pananaw at ang sarili ang pagbutihin. kung sa tingin nyo ay may mabuti ang ginagawa nyo that is your own. |
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| posted December 16, 2011 11:17AM |
danielperez501 Ultimate Sulitizen 2472 posts - Registered: Sep 11, 2009
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| salamat po sa inyong paliwanag, in the same manner na hindi nyo tinatanggap ang paliwanag ng iba. ang iba rin naman ay hindi katanggap tanggap ang inyong paliwanag. kung magkaganito ang sitwasyon, ang tama ay igalang ang bawat isang pananaw at ang sarili ang pagbutihin. kung sa tingin nyo ay may mabuti ang ginagawa nyo that is your own.
Aling paliwanag ng iba? Aside from quoting surveys and ratings results, wala namang ibinibigay na magandang dahilan kung bakit dapat maging satisfied, eh. What's satisfying with sweeping poverty, by the way?
Instead of acceptance, those surveys will just put into question the soundness of the respondents' psychological state of mind.
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| posted December 16, 2011 07:57PM |
ardeelo Ultimate Sulitizen 2288 posts - Registered: Sep 23, 2010
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| Some people put PNoy Aquino so high up on a pedestal. The bar is set high. The expectations are high. They believe he can do no wrong? Why? Because he was the son of a martyred hero and an democracy icon.
No - inspiration should come from him. He has yet to prove himself.
A message to be sent to him, yes. It is a must. |
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| posted December 16, 2011 08:26PM |
jmxstudiosnet Ultimate Sulitizen 3030 posts - Registered: Apr 19, 2010
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| #9 Poster (Last Hour) #7 Poster (Last 24 Hours) #6 Poster (Last 7 Days) #3 Poster (Last 30 Days) Some people put PNoy Aquino so high up on a pedestal. The bar is set high. The expectations are high. They believe he can do no wrong? Why? Because he was the son of a martyred hero and an democracy icon.
No - inspiration should come from him. He has yet to prove himself.
A message to be sent to him, yes. It is a must.
sir ardeelo im surprised! coz you're the last person that i have ever thought to see here kasi naman hindi naman siguro ito papansinin ni Pnoy busy siya ngayon dito:
President Benigno Aquino III for disapproving the proposed debt cap in the 2012 budget which could limit the borrowing power of the chief executive.
As he signed the General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2012 on Thursday, Aquino directly vetoed the imposition of a debt cap that sought to limit the total government indebtedness to 60% of the gross domestic product.
The provision further stated that if the government needs to borrow more, it would have to obtain approval from Congress.
unlimited debt for the next 4years or so..
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| posted December 17, 2011 12:38AM |
danielperez501 Ultimate Sulitizen 2472 posts - Registered: Sep 11, 2009
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| Some people put PNoy Aquino so high up on a pedestal. The bar is set high. The expectations are high. They believe he can do no wrong? Why? Because he was the son of a martyred hero and an democracy icon.
No - inspiration should come from him. He has yet to prove himself.
A message to be sent to him, yes. It is a must.
sir ardeelo im surprised! coz you're the last person that i have ever thought to see here kasi naman hindi naman siguro ito papansinin ni Pnoy busy siya ngayon dito:
President Benigno Aquino III for disapproving the proposed debt cap in the 2012 budget which could limit the borrowing power of the chief executive.
As he signed the General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2012 on Thursday, Aquino directly vetoed the imposition of a debt cap that sought to limit the total government indebtedness to 60% of the gross domestic product.
The provision further stated that if the government needs to borrow more, it would have to obtain approval from Congress.
unlimited debt for the next 4years or so..
That could be true dahil upgraded din daw ang credit rating ng Pilipinas. Sana kung mangungutang man ay ilaan ang pera sa long-term job-generating projects at hindi para sa dole-outs at dagdag na pork barrel ng mga kongresistang may singkaw sa ilong para mapasunod sa mga kapritso ng Malakanyang. We have to bear in mind that those loans are not given for free and without interests kaya tinawag na loans. Babayaran pa rin natin yun...
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| posted December 17, 2011 01:04AM |
keisuke15  Veteran Sulitizen 371 posts - Registered: Sep 3, 2011
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| message ko sa presedenter naten sana magtrabaho siya ng maayus unahin nia yung mga taong nasa paligid nia bago sarili nia kase ang nanyayari parang inuuna nia yung lovelife nia kesa sa bayan |
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| posted December 17, 2011 09:05AM |
Cruze  Sulitizen 53 posts - Registered: Sep 11, 2011
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| message ko sa presedenter naten sana magtrabaho siya ng maayus unahin nia yung mga taong nasa paligid nia bago sarili nia kase ang nanyayari parang inuuna nia yung lovelife nia kesa sa bayan
Hindi nga nanliligaw dahil wala nga siyang panahon, ang inaasikaso niya ang pag angat pa ng ekonomiya ng Pilipinas. Kung magpost naman kayo dito, Yong hindi kasinungalingan.
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| posted December 17, 2011 10:37AM |
armaguiddo Ultimate Sulitizen 1825 posts - Registered: Sep 9, 2008
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| kung malinis ang hangarin ng pangulo at seryuso na sugpuin ang corruption ay dapat inuna na sanang ipasa ang information bill. sa totoo lang wala naman tuwid na politico at puro panluluko lang ang kanilang sinasabi. |
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| posted December 17, 2011 11:13AM |
petersingh  Elite Sulitizen 763 posts - Registered: Mar 7, 2010
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| Message sa ating Pangulo: maging mahinahon at wag padalusdalus!!hindi maitutuwid ang mali sa pamamaraan na mali. Sana yung daan matuwid ay lagyan ng magandang patutunguhan. |
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| posted December 17, 2011 11:40AM |
danielperez501 Ultimate Sulitizen 2472 posts - Registered: Sep 11, 2009
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| Maglingkod sa bayan! At huwag sa angkan lamang... Itigil na ang paggamit sa mga mamamayan para sa pansariling interes. Boses nga ba ng bayan ang sinasabi ng mga surveys? O boses ng iilang nagmamay-ari ng mga survey firms na ito? Read on...
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30522717/The-Maturation-of-Phil-Democ#fullscreen:on Interlocking directorship within two polling firms The SWS was founded in 1986 by Dr. Mahar Mangahas, Prof. Felipe Miranda, then DPWH Sec. Jose P. de Jesus (under President Cory Aquino), Mercy Abad among others while Pulse Asia was founded in the 90s when Prof. Felipe Miranda separated from Mangahas and bolted SWS. It should be noted that Managhas is the cousin of the late presidential candidate Fernando Poe, Jr while some of the prominent members of the board and stockholders of the Pulse Asia are blood relatives of Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, official candidate for the president of the Liberal Party. The corporate records of both firms that are available at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will also show interlocking directorship with several personalities appearing as stockholders of both SWS and Pulse Asia. Felipe Miranda, Rosalinda T. Miranda, Gemino H. Abad, Mercedes R. Abad, Jose P. de Jesus appear in SEC records as being founders and or stockholders of both SWS and Pulse Asia. Mercedes R. Abad who is president of TRENDS-MBL, is the one who used to conduct the field research for both SWS and Pulse Asia. Jose P. de Jesus of Pulse Asia was the DPWH Secretary during the time of the late President Cory Aquino. Antonio O. Conjuangco and Rafael Conjuangco Lopa of Pulse Asia are cousins of Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Conjuangco Aquino III |
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