Wake up!

Can you remember of yesterday’s Filipino situation? According to everyone’s experiences, especially in Marcos’ Administration, people were not suffering. You know, people could buy a candy with 25 cents. All kinds of goods, especially rice, noodles, etc. were in lower prizes.

But now, cents has been devalued. This time, what all can say is that crisis in the Philippines rises. Everything goes high. This is a big trouble in family who has fewer earnings. They can only buy a little amount of what they need. Like for example, rice instead of 1 kilo of it, they can only buy a half of it. So a family can’t have enough food because they have to make both ends meet especially when the family is big.

But not only in that situation can we say that crisis is present. There are more situations to be cited. Not in citizen(s) is the conflict. It is in the administration that governs the country. In the present administration, you can notice that more people are starved. In that situation, you can’t help but think that the administration is corrupting the people’s money.

Are they not contented? Can’t they see what’s happening around? If you only know, our president is negotiating to more, big and rich countries, in terms of financial help for our country, and indeed he succeeds. The question is where does the money go? What about the taxes paid by the people? Let’s wake up!

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By: Andrea Paula Mandabon

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Election in the Philippines

Every election time in our country, the honesty of the Filipinos is in catastrophe. Every politician claims to be pure and worthy of the peoples’ trust. They point one another as corrupt to win the sympathy of the voters. When the election is over, there is always a cheating protest of the candidates who think they won and cheated.

On May 13, 2013 and on Oct 28 of the same year were the local and national and the barangay elections. Candidates were too busy for the campaign. They tried hard to win in the position they aim at. Because of trying hard, they disobeyed the rules even a very simple rule which was NO VOTE BUYING was not followed.

And not only here in Davao Oriental, but many places in the Philippines. Many of us allowed dishonesty even to ourselves. We accepted money from the candidates and vote for them even our conscience is against it. Many took advantage in having extra income during election without thinking of the consequences of their actions.

Because of crisis, it doesn’t matter for them to know if the candidate they had voted for was responsible to handle the position. They were happy accepting grocery items in exchange of their sacred vote which is supposed to be given to the one who is really service oriented who thinks nothing but the good of everyone. They don’t realize that it’s just for a day for a moment of their happiness. They didn’t also analyze that if that candidate won, they would suffer for a long time because of greed and selfishness.

Filipinos don’t learn from the lessons in the past. Whenever there is election, the same thing is done over and over again. Vote buying, destroying ones reputation, dishonor another. What else is new? If all these are absent in our country’s election, you may ask, is this Philippines?

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By: Krisiah Laguidong

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Showing Off Won't Do Good

by: Jelenne Kaye Cloma

Some people are used to show off and trying to do well in front of others so that those people who observe them will be impressed. This is actually done by some rumored candidates this coming 2010 election to make people believe that they deserve to be voted.

At present, faces of the big men in the political arena are seen on television. They advertise everything they did from simple to complex spending millions of pesos while many Filipinos are hungry. They said it is their own money. Well, there's no question with that. But if they have many riches, didn't they think of using them wisely? Instead of advertising their faces on TV, they may put up some business and provide employment to the people. Isn't it far better than what they are doing right now?

Actually, those TV ads are just tools to impress people and to make them think that certain politician is a good person. And in that way, people would vote them.

But, they can impress more people if they are really helping and that is the time the public would know that they are really kind.

Those advertisements are just a waste of time and money. Instead of spending much to nonsense commercial, why should not use the money to construct houses for the homeless, or give works or business to the unemployed. So, they project the real image of a servant because they have the hearts which are willing to help others and ready to extend their hands to the less privileged.

Bragging won't do any good to human and to politicians in particular. They are just making fun of themselves on the television. If you are good, you don't need to show it off. It can be seen through your deeds.

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