Tag: governance

#SONA2015: What to expect from #PNoy’s last and least State of the Nation Address

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#SONA2015: What to expect from #PNoy’s last and least State of the Nation Address

According to Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma in a response to the Inquirer, the last State of the Nation Address (SONA) to be delivered by President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III to joint sessions of Congress is a “story of governance”. On an 11-th hour “platform” consisting of promises revolving mainly around “anti-corruption”, “inclusive” development,…

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Crime, Government, Politics

Parliament and the Philippines: A match made in hell?

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Parliament and the Philippines: A match made in hell?

[The following is a copy of an article written by the late great culture-is-culprit champion Teddy Benigno originally published on the excellent Philippine Broadsheet The Philippine Star on the 9th May 2003.] * * * Parliamentary system not for Philippines: The wherefores by Teodoro C. Benigno Philippine Star 09 May 2003 The raging debate in…

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Culture, Development

Are we over-governing political campaign activities?

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In recent days we’ve been seeing a few new “movements” and “advocacies” emerging (or being repackaged) as dominant topics amongst the chattering classes. Many of these involve one or another form of implementing some sort of “governance” around the way the Philippines’ wondrous cacophony of activity and voices that is its “democracy” work their way…

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Civics, Government, Media, Politics

I slap, I squat, we rule (it is not your fiefdom, it is our country)

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I slap, I squat, we rule (it is not your fiefdom, it is our country)

We all have to remember that in a democracy, we still adhere to the rule of law and the mandate given by the people; or emanating from the people. There is the Constitution which was enshrined through the people’s mandate. There is the highest elective officer in the land, elected by all registered voters (flying,…

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Government, Politics, Society

Occupy the sidewalk

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Occupy the sidewalk

Sidewalk vendors have always been a site to behold in the panorama of Philippine society. Although we cannot claim that this phenomenon is endemic or indigenous to Filipino culture and society, the persona of the sidewalk vendor is omnipresent within and in the very fabric of Filipino society. We see these sidewalk vendors along the…

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Development, Economy, Government, Politics, Society

It Is a Good Time for Change, Starting with Changing to Someone Who Can Actually Do It

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It Is a Good Time for Change, Starting with Changing to Someone Who Can Actually Do It

I read with some interest Jaime Garchitorena’s “End of Year Thoughts: If there’s a good time to initiate change I think that good time is now”, and I found it intriguing in that it echoes in many ways my own understanding of the futility of ‘ideal democracy’: That rules many times are nothing more than…

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Government, Politics