Forget about the promises that Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s told you in her State of the Nation Address. One could only depend on his ability to contribute to community development if a Filipino wants to see change in his lifetime — unless he wants to pay more taxes to which the President claims have …well, saved the [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 21, 2008
Straight and simple
You must have seen the recent footages of students rallying for Gloria’s ouster. It’s really amazing how they did it this time. No hyperboles. No superlatives. You could really say there were hundreds of students that trooped to Mendiola and thousands who joined the school-based protests last week. The spokespersons also gave crisp, quick messages this time.
They [...]
July 21, 2008
Learn the ABCs of Food Crisis
So long as there’s rice in our tables, who cares about the food crisis? That attitude will not be for long. It’s time to learn more about the food crisis and how it will affect you. This invitation came yesterday:
The continuing rice crisis, coupled with the non-stop increases in the prices of petroleum products, positioned [...]
July 18, 2008
Juday stains her career over Meralco infommercial
Juday’s intention must have been good. It’s just too bad that her Manager Alfie Lorenzo was just able to brief her on the monetary benefits of clinching the deal with Meralco — and failed to tell her of its major consequences. This infommercial of Meralco really turned Juday’s icon of the masses into [...]
July 4, 2008
Make your data move mountains
Advocacy researches just love to saturate their audiences with tables and numbers. I do get it: the more numbers, the more evidence there is and the more the chances of getting the audiences convinced. But that’s not how it always work.
You’ve invited a legislator to your forum. You did see him come and that’s a great [...]
