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Your mantra for the week: “What I radiate comes back to me increased and multiplied.”
Your mantra for the week: “What I radiate comes back to me increased and multiplied.”
In this rare instance, you are at a loss for words, or even thoughts. You are overwhelmed by images of destruction and tragedy which aren’t newsreels from some remote place abroad. They are from right here, at home, and somehow, you know of at least one person who is a casualty of this disaster.
What do you think of the pork barrel scam, and how can the public stop government officials from abusing this power?
In the Philippines, it is the budgetary allocation given to members of the Congress and the Senate. In 2006, the amount was P70 million for each member of Congress, and P200 million for each member of the Senate.
Never has the need to keep the fire burning been more pressing than now. Three weeks have passed since the Sept. 21 anti-pork barrel rally, and while the due process of law takes time, there have been no significant results. Meanwhile, the shadow of oppression and corruption still looms over our people.
“The culprits and the senators should return the money. They are setting a bad example for the youth.” —Benj Lopez Roy, 17, High-school junior, International School Manila, Taguig
What is the pork barrel? In the Philippines, it is the budgetary allocation given members of the Congress and the Senate. In 2006, the amount was P70 million for each member of Congress, and P200 million for each member of the Senate.
The other day, I woke up to a text from my grandfather, telling me to get dressed and to wear white. I faintly recalled him telling me a few days ago that he would take all his apo to the “Million People March.”
It takes one good man in the presidency to get us at least hoping again, no small triumph in itself. It’s been a while since we had someone with the moral ascendancy to lead the fight against the national contagion, corruption and, its running complication, poverty.
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