SAVE YOUR KIDS FROM ILLEGAL DRUGS!

CLASSES START TOMORROW AND HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE KIDS WILL AGAIN BE TARGETS OF PUSHERS. I HOPE THESE SUGGESTIONS WILL HELP YOU SAVE THEM FROM ILLEGAL DRUGS.

BE A FRIEND to your children. BE READY TO LISTEN when they ask for a private audience with you because they have a problem. If necessary, join them in solving the problem.

If they achieve something, whether in or out of school, openly show your appreciation and be proud of them to your friends and relatives.

A common reason kids turn to drugs is they feel unappreciated or unwanted. They get the impression that they have no one else to turn to, especially in times of trouble.

Learn about illegal drugs, especially its bad effects on the health, and orient your kids about it in the warmest and jovial manner possible. Some kids try illegal drugs simply because they want to know how it feels.

Make it a point to personally know the friends of your kids. Invite them to your home so you can observe them up close.

If you find somebody‘s behavior suspicious, don’t condemn the person but relay your observation to your kids in a caring tone. Kids nowadays tend to be overly protective of their peers.

If you have the time and the means, do a background check on that person.

Inquire from your friends and neighbors on the drug problem, if any, in your area. Get as much details as possible, especially names of alleged pushers and their henchmen, and where they sell their goods.

Then, relay this to your children so they would know who and what to avoid.

Encourage your co-parents in the neighborhood, and if possible In the entire barangay, to form yourselves into an association as common guardians of your kids against drugs.

Meet regularly on the status of the drug problem in your area and share whatever information you know with each other.

And most of all, NEVER EVER AFORGET to pray for your kids. 30

USELESS MALACANANG WARNING!

Whoever thought of, and approved, the Malacañang warning against ‘unpleasant surprises’ by schools in the assessment of fees this school year had better be relieved, if not fired.

Two reasons: Either Malacanang is trying to make GULLIBLE IDIOTS out of us or they don’t know what they’re doing, OR BOTH.

The warning comes JUST THREE DAYS before classes begin in majority of both public and private schools nationwide, when probably 90 percent or more of parents have already enrolled their kids.

And have HELPLESSLY PAID for whatever QUESTIONABLE, OR OUTRAGEOUS, fees which had been charged by schools. THREE SHORT DAYS, instead of before enrollment started which would have been not just the LOGICAL but SANE thing to do.

Using Malacanang’s terminology, the ‘unpleasant surprise’, has already been collected before Pnoy’s boys even thought of warning against it.

Making that warning a USELESS, SELF-SERVING or ‘pa-pogi’ press statement SHAMELESSLY aimed at giving a semblance of concern and sympathy to the general public outcry against UNAFFORDABLE tuition.

Apart from the fact that it s a warning WITHOUT SANCTIONS against those who will not heed it.

And before anyone raises an eyebrow, get this:

Reports in the Philippine Daily Inquirer quoted Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda as saying that the Commission on Higher Education “is working on a framework to rationalize the miscellaneous fees charged by colleges and universities.”

WORKING ON A FRAMEWORK. Meaning, whatever is that framework is STILL BEING READIED, and not yet done.

So again, what’s the use of this warning against ‘unpleasant surprises’? I’ll gladly welcome any comment that can prove the contrary.

One thing I’ll tell you, boys and girls, this warning is another proof of Malacanang’s PATHETIC LACK of foresight in dealing with, and handling, very vital concerns of the people.

Pnoy shouldn’t be surprised if his ratings PLUNGE DEEPER in the next survey.

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Eight of our friends on “Questions on the Batangas, Pangasinan fish kill”:

ALBERTO ROJO of Bacolod City

I beg to disagree with Lacierda that the reduction in the number of fishpens can prevent fish kills Even when there are no fishpens anymore, all marine fauna will still be gradually extinguished because of deficiency of oxygen brought about by algal blooms due to EUTROPHICATION or leaching of nitrates and phosphate fertilizers from nearby agricultural farms.

ARCHIE GRAPA of Manila

It’s all about greed. Dapat kasi, illegal talaga lahat ng fishpens sa mga lakes natin. Those selfish bastards are killing the lakes which should be inherited by our grandchildren. Baklasin na dapat lahat yan. And sa mga illegal diyan: We don't give a damn kung kabuhayan ninyo yan. What part of illegal don't you understand?

MARIA CRISOSTOMO IBARRA

Whatt happened is a variety of reasons. But one thing i have in mind is environmental problems, the first time it occurred in fishponds. Or maybe the greedi of owners.

KELLY LIM of Manila

It’s the fault of the people. Two fish pens side by side, parang sardines na. Look what happened.

TERESITA WOODARD of Gapan, Nueva Ecija

Madali kasi makalaimot mga tao. Huwag tayo sobra maghangad. Sinobrahan ng todo, di nawalan ng needed oxygen ang mga fish. Ibig sabihin niyan, lhat ng sobra kinakalos.

JAWORSKI YABES

Baka naman umabot na dito ang radiation na galing sa contaminated sea water ng Japan?

HILL ROBERTS

What exactly happened and who was responsible?

MANUEL TOLENTINO JR. of Manila

Who did this scenario?

Four of our friends in “My suggestions in allowing divorce”:

JUNEX DORONIO of Cebu City

Kuya Boyet, mukhang matagal na iyong three years na mungkahi mo para mag-remarry ang mga nag-divorce na. Tama lang yung after one year ay puwede nang mag-asawa muli. Biruin mo naman, tatlong taon na mental torture iyun, lalo na doon sa mga pinagtaksilan. Madaling sangayunan yang mungkahi mo para doon sa mga hindi.

THATA ESMAEL of Cotabato City

In Islam, we give an IIdda" period (allowing both parties to think thoroughly) for 90 days before divorce is fully granted.

ESTHER UYOCO of Oceanside, California, USA

Itong Kongreso, ang kanilang dapat problemahin ay itong mga taong walang hanapbuhay. Huwag yang aatupagin nila ay mga problema ng magasawa. Ang daming dapat gawin. Gumising kayo, mga halal ng bayan.

SUSAN CARO of Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Kung puwede, sa barngay na lang pagusapan nang hindi magastos.

EDWIN REYES of Gumaca, Quezon on “Commission on Higher Tuition”:

In increasing tuition, they're not only putting the burden on our parents but on the whole family as well. An increase in tuition would mean lesser expenses on other things. There are cases wherein one of the kids had to stop in order for the other sibling to finish school. 30

USELESS, SELF-SERVING WARNING BY MALACANANG!

Whoever thought of, and approved, the Malacañang warning against ‘unpleasant surprises’ by schools in the assessment of fees this school year had better be relieved, if not fired.

Two reasons: Either Malacanang is trying to make GULLIBLE IDIOTS out of us or they don’t know what they’re doing, OR BOTH.

The warning comes JUST THREE DAYS before classes begin in majority of both public and private schools nationwide, when probably 90 percent or more of parents have already enrolled their kids.

And have HELPLESSLY PAID for whatever QUESTIONABLE, OR OUTRAGEOUS, fees which had been charged by schools. THREE SHORT DAYS, instead of before enrollment started which would have been not just the LOGICAL but SANE thing to do.

Using Malacanang’s terminology, the ‘unpleasant surprise’, has already been collected before Pnoy’s boys even thought of warning against it.

Making that warning a USELESS, SELF-SERVING or ‘pa-pogi’ press statement SHAMELESSLY aimed at giving a semblance of concern and sympathy to the general public outcry against UNAFFORDABLE tuition.

Apart from the fact that it s a warning WITHOUT SANCTIONS against those who will not heed it.

And before anyone raises an eyebrow, get this:

Reports in the Philippine Daily Inquirer quoted Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda as saying that the Commission on Higher Education “is working on a framework to rationalize the miscellaneous fees charged by colleges and universities.”

WORKING ON A FRAMEWORK. Meaning, whatever is that framework is STILL BEING READIED, and not yet done.

So again, what’s the use of this warning against ‘unpleasant surprises’? I’ll gladly welcome any comment that can prove the contrary.

One thing I’ll tell you, boys and girls, this warning is another proof of Malacanang’s PATHETIC LACK of foresight in dealing with, and handling, very vital concerns of the people.

Pnoy shouldn’t be surprised if his ratings PLUNGE DEEPER in the next surveys.

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Eight of our friends on “Questions on the Batangas, Pangasinan fish kill”:

ALBERTO ROJO of Bacolod City

I beg to disagree with Lacierda that the reduction in the number of fishpens can prevent fish kills Even when there are no fishpens anymore, all marine fauna will still be gradually extinguished because of deficiency of oxygen brought about by algal blooms due to EUTROPHICATION or leaching of nitrates and phosphate fertilizers from nearby agricultural farms.

ARCHIE GRAPA of Manila

It’s all about greed. Dapat kasi, illegal talaga lahat ng fishpens sa mga lakes natin. Those selfish bastards are killing the lakes which should be inherited by our grandchildren. Baklasin na dapat lahat yan. And sa mga illegal diyan: We don't give a damn kung kabuhayan ninyo yan. What part of illegal don't you understand?

MARIA CRISOSTOMO IBARRA

Whatt happened is a variety of reasons. But one thing i have in mind is environmental problems, the first time it occurred in fishponds. Or maybe the greedi of owners.

KELLY LIM of Manila

It’s the fault of the people. Two fish pens side by side, parang sardines na. Look what happened.

TERESITA WOODARD of Gapan, Nueva Ecija

Madali kasi makalaimot mga tao. Huwag tayo sobra maghangad. Sinobrahan ng todo, di nawalan ng needed oxygen ang mga fish. Ibig sabihin niyan, lhat ng sobra kinakalos.

JAWORSKI YABES

Baka naman umabot na dito ang radiation na galing sa contaminated sea water ng Japan?

HILL ROBERTS

What exactly happened and who was responsible?

MANUEL TOLENTINO JR. of Manila

Who did this scenario?

Four of our friends in “My suggestions in allowing divorce”:

JUNEX DORONIO of Cebu City

Kuya Boyet, mukhang matagal na iyong three years na mungkahi mo para mag-remarry ang mga nag-divorce na. Tama lang yung after one year ay puwede nang mag-asawa muli. Biruin mo naman, tatlong taon na mental torture iyun, lalo na doon sa mga pinagtaksilan. Madaling sangayunan yang mungkahi mo para doon sa mga hindi.

THATA ESMAEL of Cotabato City

In Islam, we give an IIdda" period (allowing both parties to think thoroughly) for 90 days before divorce is fully granted.

ESTHER UYOCO of Oceanside, California, USA

Itong Kongreso, ang kanilang dapat problemahin ay itong mga taong walang hanapbuhay. Huwag yang aatupagin nila ay mga problema ng magasawa. Ang daming dapat gawin. Gumising kayo, mga halal ng bayan.

SUSAN CARO of Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Kung puwede, sa barngay na lang pagusapan nang hindi magastos.

EDWIN REYES of Gumaca, Quezon on “Commission on Higher Tuition”:

In increasing tuition, they're not only putting the burden on our parents but on the whole family as well. An increase in tuition would mean lesser expenses on other things. There are cases wherein one of the kids had to stop in order for the other sibling to finish school.

QUESTIONS ON THE BATANGAS, PANGASINAN FISHKILL!

A lot of people will have a whole damned lot of explaining to do in the fish kills that have struck Batangas and Pangasinan.

Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda says in 2009, the Protected Area Management Board recommended that 14,000 fish cages in Taal Lake be reduced to 6,000. But some disregarded the order, resulting in the fish kill.

So does this mean that the problem has remained unattended since 2009, that even the Aquino Government had not done anything, or has not done enough, to address the problem in the one year that it has been in power?

Lacierda said Interior and Local Government Sec. Jessie Robredo will order the dismantling of illegal fish cages in Taal Lake in Batangas.

It had to take a fish kill for you people to act, Mr. Lacierda? So if there had been no fish kill, only God knows when the dismantling would begin, is that it?

Mr. Lacierda must also explain what the Aquino Government has done to those whom he says did not heed the recommendation to reduce the number of fish cages from 14,000 to 6,000.

He must identify these people, if indeed there are any, and specify what action has been taken against them. If Lacierda can’t name names and detail any preemptive move the Government had made against a fish kill, he had better have one hell of a reason why.

Because Esmeralda Paz Manalang, officer in charge of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Calabarzon, denies Mr. Lacierda’s allegations.

Manalang says the Batangas provincial government is continuously dismantling illegal fish cages. But hold on, Madam.

Before anything else, you must first tell us first what, if any, has the BFAR done against illegal fish cages. BFAR, not the Batangas provincial government.

Illegal fish cages and more importantly, the plans or preemptive measures you have in preventing a fish kill.

If you’lll say BFAR does not have any, and has not implemented even a SINGLE preemptive move against a fish kill or other disasters, WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING in your jobs?

Batangas Gov. Vilma Santos Recto must also start talking about the tragedy, especially now that seven towns in the province have been placed under a state of calamity and fish losses as of June 1 have been placed at 972.6 metric tons valued at P76.586 million.

Ms. Recto herself should present detailed proof of Manalang’s claims that the provincial government is continuously dismantling illegal fish cages.

All these questions and issues must also be answered by BFAR and local officials of areas in Pangasinan which have been affected by the fish kill.

We’re not just talking of a fish kill here.

We’re talking of a disaster that could very well endanger the health, if not the lives, of the millions who eat fish. We’re looking at hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of fishermen, vendors and other people who depend on fish for their livelihood.

We’re staring at a disaster which could have been MINIMIZED, if not PREVENTED, had immediate action been done by authorities, a disaster that could HAPPEN AGAIN. ***

Twelve of our friends on “My suggestions in allowing divorce”:

ISAGANI MACARAIG of San Pascual, Batangas

Once you divorce your wife, you automatically divorce your children. This is a sequel which the affected party, the kids, can do nothing about.

CHIQUI APE

Meron naman annulment. Babaan ang fee at bilisan lang ang process.

JAN VICTOR AYSON of Quezon City

Amen to that!

LARRYMIRANDA of Al Khobar, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia

Against ako sa pamilya na maghihiwalay, but even in the Bible Moses allowed that. Hindi nga kayo divorced but wala na yung essence ng pagiging magasawa. Nagsasama kayo pero nakatalikod kayo sa isa't isa.Minsan ka lang mabuhay, at magiging miserable pa habang buhay.

DANILO PACOMIO of Virginia Beach. Virginia. USA

Good points. In addition, there should be a stipulation that the couple had gone to marriage counselling before granting the divorce. Who knows, an intervening body might open the eyes of both parties.

KELLY LIM of Manila

Correct po kayo!

WINSTON TIZON of New Manila, Quezon City

The kids will be the losers. No one will take care of them. Make a law, no to divorce. if they have a child, let them feed and protect the kid. if they cannot do it, punish and put them in jail.

CHRISTINE MALLORCA of Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Pabor ako sa divorce. Sana, maisulong na agad iyan ASAP!

ROMEO TOLENTINO of Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Sa ating mga Kristyano, hindi na natin kailangan magrationalize with regards to divorce. Bawal yun. Ngayon, kung may gustong gumawa ay WALA tayong magagawa.

REBECCA KOOMANS of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Talagang ayaw nilang kilalanin ang batas ng Diyos!

JULIE PALANA

No to divorce!

JUAN DELA CRUZ

No to divorce. Marami pang dapat pagtuunan na mas importante.

Four of our friends on “Double talk, Pnoy style”

RIGOBERTO TIPONES

A thorough investigation must be conducted to find out the whole truth, and the whole extent of the modus operandi inside Bilibid. There is prima facie evidence already, and I am sure a lot will be exposed sooner or later.There should be no sacred cows.

MARIA CRISOSTOMO IBARRA of Manila

Ano ba guys? It was a closed-door meeting. Usapang magkaibigan na lang yan. Basta magresign ka, then i give another position/ That's all.

JULIAN RABAGO of Cavite City

Double talk is an art that politicians need to master or else they can't be politicians.

JERUEL PLAZO of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Halatang-halata naman na malamya talaga si Pnoy sa mga ganiyang bagay. Aat pinuri pa niya ang nagbitiw na si Diokno. Kaya sang-ayon ako sa lahat ng sinulat mo kasamang Boyet.

On the question “Do you agree to the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani?”:

LARZK 44

Hindi usapin dito na naging diktador siya noong panahon na siya ang Pangulo. Ang usapin ditto, kung paano nya ipinagtanggol ang Pilipinas nung digmaan. Halimbawa ang ama mo, matapos kayo palakihin ay naging kriminal. Hindi nangangahulugan na hindi s'ya naging mabuting ama. 30

MY SUGGESTIONS IN ALLOWING DIVORCE!

QUESTION OF THE DAY

Do you agree to the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani?

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II am for the legalization of divorce.

But NOT JUST \a simple divorce, wherein only basic grounds like totally irreconcilable differences and the couple having been legally separated first are among the major requirements.

I/’m not totally aware of the provisions of the proposed divorce law but these are my personal suggestions:

Apart from a THOROUGHLY EQUAL partition of the conjugal assets, the husband must have at least 15 percent more of the total value IN CASH to be given to the wife before the divorce is granted.

This is to ensure that the wife, and the kids, WON’T START FROM ZERO in their new life.

The man will be required to REGULARLY INFORM the ex-wife on EVERY EMPLOYMENT or BUSINESS he goes into, including the COMPLETE ADDRESSES of his office and new home, once the divorce is granted.

The family will be UNCONDITIONALLY entitled to a minimum of 15 percent of the man’s TOTAL EARNINGS, until ALL THE KIDS finish college.

In case of sudden death or incapacity of the ex-wife to collect the child support, arrangements will be made between the eldest child and the man for the transmittal of the funds.

The arrangement will be prepared by a lawyer for the kids and duly notarized for legality and protection of the children’s welfare.

In case the man claims unemployment or loss of income, a thorough investigation will be first conducted by court-designated probers before amendments to the child support are initiated.

If iit turns out that the man is LYING and is just trying to avoid child support, the penalty will be imprisonment and seizure of ALL of his assets at that time or 50 percent of it if he already has a new family by then.

Both the man and the woman WILL NOTY BE ALLOWED TO RE-MARRY for the next three years after the divorce is granted.

This is to further ensure that they will devote all the time they have in preparing the kids emotionally, psychologically and financially for the new life that they will face following the separation of their parents.

Lastly, to minimize the possible baby boom and rise in the number of broken families that will most likely follow, divorce will only be granted TWICE to anyone. NO EXCEPTIONS WHATSOEVER.

I’ll appreciate further insights from you, boys and girls.

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Thirteen of our friends on “Commission on Higher Tuition”:

KIM ALLORDE of Paranaque

No longer alarming but it just sucks for people like me who can't be hired and can't go to college due to financial bills of the past. With our credentials being withheld as a guarantee of our payment.. This sucks. Why are we not being protected from this?

DANILO PACOMIO of Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

I bet you, if you do an audit trail on the overhead expenses for these 324 colleges and universities, you'll unearth some of the fraud.

DELI FRANCE

The issue of tuition fee increases is no longer alarming. People are already sedated by the annual tradition of tuition increases while the quality of education is decreasing. Education has transformed into a plain business.

GALILLEO ESTOCADA

Ang edukasyon ay karapatan!! Hindi ito dapat ibinibili o isang kalakal na dapat bilhin.

ARSENIO ANTONIO of Schoneberg, Berlin, Germany

This thing will never stop. Our system is patterned with the US. Our brain is programmed like them -- we talk like them, we almost look like them, we eat like them and we live like them.. Now. you want change? Be a REAL FILIPINO.

ESTHER UYOCO of Oceanside, California

Bakit ba di makontrol ng DepEd yang pagtaas ng tuition? Madami nga di na makapagarall. Pinapatay ninyo ang essence ng edukasyon. Business na iyan ah. Sana naman maawa sila. Kaya halos siksikan na sa public schools.

MANUEL TOLENTINO JR. of Manila

3 businesses that will never fail – Education is one.

RITZ CONSTANTINO of Victorias City, Negros Occidental

Wala dead na naman mga magulang nito. Marami na naman di makapagaaral ngayong taon.

MALOU MARIANO

Are they also raising teachers’ wages?

EVELYN DIAO

Do these schools really have the approval of Ched to raise their tuition?

JOSIE PATAWARAN of Hong Kong

Lagi namang ganiyan. Basta magpapasukan, itinataas nila ang tuition.

SIGRID SMITH of South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Good for the family with money. How about the family with nothing? Their dreams will die in vain.

JOHN PHILIP BAMBA of Paranaque

Kaya ba ang mahusay na edukasyon ay para lamang sa mga may kakayahan at mayayaman? Paano yung may mga angkin na husay sa pagaaral?

Two of our friends on “Double talk Pnoy style”:

ROMULUS BELTRAN of Quezon City

I do not foresee Penoy instituting reform of any kind unless we can find ways to compel him to do so.

ALBERTO LEE of Houston, Texas, USA

I agree with you on this one.

Two of our friends on “What I like about the RH Bill”:

OWEN GUE of Cavite City

Sex education should be taught in school, particularly in the secondary level, where most peer pressure and influence is likely to prey on the mind. Almost everybody want to try anything, if not everything and parental supervision is starting to lose its footing. Proper upbringing and having an open communication is vital and should be initiated by parents themselves.

MBW

Completely agree! 30

COMMISSION ON HIGHER TUITION!

QUESTION OF THE DAY

Are you in favor of divorce?

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I see very alarming issues in the news that a total of 324 colleges and universities have raised their tuition this coming school year.

The Commission on Higher Education (Ched) reported that the tuition increase was from P50.44 to as high as P72.77 per unit in Central and Southern Luzon and in Metro Manila.

So how many college kids were forced to stop studying this school year because their families could no longer afford their tuition? Did the number increase or decrease compared to last school year?

Somebody from Ched had better come out with the figure (s), fast, so that we’ll know what we’re REALLY up against as far as kids and the education sector are concerned.

The Ched had also better tell us NOW how do they intend to help out-of-school college kids.

A friend of ours said he knows of a Ched program for poor but deserving college students. But the questions are how many beneficiaries can be accommodated and what is the budget for it, as against the multi-billion national outlay for Education?

Third: What is the basis of the Ched in approving the tuition increase of the 324 colleges and universities? Locally or nationally, I haven’t read or heard of anything about this. Have you, guys?

The immediate justification (s) for increased charges in any sector or enterprise is the business is losing.

But have you heard of EVEN ONE college or university, especially among the leading ones, who has warned of closure or has started to lay off employees because they lost a lot of money last school year?

If none of the 324 can’t claim, and PROVE, that it indeed lost money and will close shop if it won’t raise tuition, then there’s no other reason for added tuition but GREED, AN UNQUENCHABLE THIRST FOR MONEY.

And if the Ched can’t justify its approval of the higher tuition, then it’s nothing less than a PARTNER to this GREED, and thus should be renamed Commission on Higher Tuition.

I’m not anti-business, let that be for the record.

But the bottom line is UNAFFORDABLE COILLEGE EDUCATION IS FAST KILLING both the kids and their parents.

Families of college kids are FORCED TO TIGHTEN their belts, which in turn affects the quality of their life. When the kid can no longer be sent college, his future turns from BRIGH TO DIM,

The long-term effect is we’ll have lesser and lesser qualified leaders and professionals in the future, which will definitely decrease the productivity, efficiency and competitiveness of both the Filipino and the country in the world market.

A thousand to one, the Ched won’t take responsibility when that happens.

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Six of our friends on “’Double talk’ Pnoy style”:

VENIR VENZON of New Millford, New Jersey, USA

Just like in the past. Philippines politics ....resign before it gets worse, or resign so that the media's attention gets diverted to something else!

VIRGIIO PERALES of Bogo, Cebu

Patronage politics!!

JOSE REYES of Bacolod City

Bro, try to buy a balut...and they’ll give you a penoy if you would not ascertain it. Magical trance...dalawang daan baluktot at matuwid, pero malubak. Let’s get them.

JOSE MARIA MONTELIBANO of Bacolod City

I am now confused by what "administrative charges" mean and what they cover, especially when they are proven valid after an investigation. The news on TV says that the administrative charges against Diokno are moot and academic because he is resigned. Maybe, it is criminal charges you mean that Diokno cannot be saved from even if he resigns. Are there criminal charges against Diokno? it can help us discern if there was double talk on the part of Pnoy.

BENJAMIN SAMONTE of Chicafo, Illinois, USA

The usual style of politicians. Pa-resignin kuno, then give him another juicy job. Sobra utang na loob ni Pnoy diyan kay Diokno. That's why "bad eggs" in the government are "never" removed because of ‘UTANG NA LOOB’.

ISAGANI MACARAIG of San Pascual, Batangas

Our country is so small yet so divided. That is why it is hard for our leaders to muster all the support they need to catapult our country to greatness. Each and every Filipino is good even excellent as an individual but selfishness (regionalism and political patronage) is one trait we must overcome.

Seven of our friends on “On-the-spot lifestyle check for NBP bosses”:

JOEY TRAUSING

Pano nga ba ang batas sa Pilipinas kung ganun parati ang gagawin?

MARLENE HOWE of Tacoma, Washington, USA

Not just for NBP but all government positions should undergo a lifestyle check, including the President! After all, they are supposed to be public servants.

INDAYROSE CASTEEL of Los Angeles, California, USA

The rich commit crime but are treated like guests in prison! The poor just lay and die there. Hopeless unless the heavens openup. In America, criminals are locked up regardless of their status. No special treatment! With this Bilibid issue, it all boils down to who you know and what your money can do for you

VANGIE DELA CUESTA of San Juan. Batangas

Lifestyle check? Gasgas na itong lifestyle check. Walang nangyayari, walang napaparusahan. They're still flaunting their ill-gotten wealth, riding the best cars in town and having houses that are beyond imagination.

MALOU MARIANO

I thought that on-the-spot lifestyle check is a government policy for all officials? Who is supposed to conduct this check anyway?

NIQUEKY LAU

Sir Boyet, lifestyle check not just for NBP bosses. Why not include all attached bureaus and agencies of government departments?

DATU CAMAD ALI of Balo-1, lanao del Norte

Thumbs up! The other option is subject officials to PD 749. Maraming kakanta sa karaoke ng Bilibid. 30