Updated: 2019-11-15 04:14:10 GMT
Indeed… Let jeepney drivers go on strike — PERMANENTLY š® https://t.co/aFDTjkQ1sw
— benign0 (@benign0) September 29, 2019
Metro Manila is at a virtual standstill practically EVERYDAY thanks to congestion and traffic gridlock.
This is the accumulated outcome of DECADES of negligence and short-term mediocre thinking amongst city bureaucrats and national governments.
A big chunk of the problem has to do with privately-run public utility vehicles which employ thousands of Filipinos and are, as such, vast voter plantations that politicians cultivate and harvest every election year.
The problem of traffic congestion requires difficult but obvious solutions to be implemented and the political will to see these solutions through.
- Maria Ressa showed her arrogance during her interview with Stephen Sackur of HardTalk.
- Leni Robredo is hindering efforts to ERADICATE the Philippinesā jeepney CANCER
- US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim should be SUMMONED to Malacanang to explain contempt of Philippine court!
- Reuters-Oxford report ranks Rappler with Abante and Bulgar among LEAST TRUSTED news media outlets!
- Rappler LIES in its claim that there is āoverwhelmingā interest in Maria Ressa documentary
Pinoys still stuck on Martial Law are keeping the country backward. They donāt help stir the conversation to the most pressing issues that affect the majority and help uplift the poor. https://t.co/quITBYjQxA
— ilda (@ilda_talk) September 18, 2019
It’s been several decades since the “Martial Law Era” ended. Yet the Philippines’ political discourse remains anchored in rhetoric surrounding it.
Rather than apply a prospective approach to the national “debate”, the country’s foremost “thought leaders” remain trapped in fear mongering around the bizarre notion that the Philippines could slide into “tyranny” as easily as it supposedly did back in 1972.
These constant “reminders” insult Philippine democracy and the intelligence of Filipinos by creating a collective conversation defined by fear rather than promise and aspiration.
