Blog Posts on governance

The President’s Speech During the Bureau of Customs 110th Anniversary by The Way It Is on Feb 7, 2012...

My Speech on the Occasion of BOC 110th Anniversary by The Way It Is on Feb 6, 2012At the outset, allow me to express my most sincere appreciation for the President’s accommodation of our invitation for him to grace the 110th Anniversary of the Bureau of Customs. I was told that it has been quite some time since a President was a...

My Official Statement on Porsche-Riding Shooter of the BOC by The Way It Is on Feb 2, 2012It makes me sad that the efforts of the Bureau of Customs to regain the trust and confidence of the People have been set back by the actions of one man. It makes me mad that a man who took an oath to serve the people instead displayed arrogance and a...

9th National Youth Parliament Opens with Theme "Revolutionizing Youth Development" by The Nightingale Chronicles on Jan 24, 2012“We need your voice! Join us usher in change," said NYC Commissioner Gio Tingson Thursday, marking the opening of the applications to the 9th Parliament of Youth Leaders. With the theme, “Revoluti...

The Corona Impeachment Trial: Déjà vu! Will It Go by the Way of Erap? by The D Spot on Jan 20, 2012When you say the word “impeachment”to the common Pinoy, he will probably tell you, “Erap.” This is because the only person to have ever been impeached in our country was former President Joseph Estrada. From Impeachment to People Power The...

The Corona Impeachment Trial: Don’t we all know how to count? by The D Spot on Jan 17, 2012Yesterday was the second day of the much awaited Impeachment Trialof Chief Justice Renato Corona. The country waited in baited breath as the people listened to their radios and watched the TV to see what evidence the prosecution had against the Chie...

The Corona Impeachment Trial: Will it be fair? by The D Spot on Jan 16, 2012If you don’t know that thePhilippine Chief Justice Renato Corona is on trial for impeachment, then you must have been living under a rock the last few weeks. This is undoubtedly one of the most important political and legal events to happen in rece...

“It’s the Economy, Student!” – GMA to PNoy (A Former Student in Economics) by The D Spot on Jan 12, 2012“IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUDENT!” This is the title of ex-president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s article that she has written from October to December of last year “…on and off in my spare time during my during my house recuperation, re-hospitali...

DISCIPLINE – The One Thing We Need for Change (Part 2) by The D Spot on Nov 11, 2011Discipline is much needed and sorely lacking in the country today. It is probably why things are the way they are. There is chaos, no order, no system. It’s a mess! Promises aren’t kept, there’s no palabra de honor, there’s no delicadeza and...

Partnership for Revenue by The Way It Is on Nov 2, 2011As generally known, our government is made up of three branches – the Legislative Branch, the Executive Branch and the Judiciary. Under this structure, there is a distribution of responsibilities and a balance of power. The Legislative Branch formu...