PLATFORM OF JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA Vision: A democracy that is truly pro-poor. A country with peace and order. A government of transparency and accountability. Economic Agenda REVIVING THE ECONOMY Steady economic growth that is felt by the masses. GNP growth is meaningless if poverty and hunger levels and other measures of quality of life remain poor. An Estrada Administration will increase growth while also increasing the country’s human development index. This will be achieved by strengthening
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Curbing Graft and Corruption A DBM Job That Goes Beyond Budgeting Itself By: John E. Lansangan Department of Budget and Management With the financial crisis slowly creeping out itself from the Asian economic landscape‚ many countries in Asia have realized how crucial the policy and structural reforms that they laid down in the past two decades were. Many weaknesses were exposed ranging from governmental to economic‚ financial to political‚ and social to moral. One area that has been
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Abigail Aquino‚ a Confidant Against Trolls This year is only in its third month but for Senator Antonio Trillanes‚ no time is too early to blare their stance in countering another worldly issue of this time: the spread of fake news and social media trolls. The senator has already filed two Senate resolutions‚ one in January and one just this month‚ seeking to probe the spread false information and accounts in the country and their impending effects. However‚ this seriousness does not quite fit
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Ronnie Love December 3‚ 2010 Mama Day "Granny Midwives and Black Women Writers: Double-Dutched Readings‚" African American Review 33:1 [Spring 1999] p.155-156 by Valerie Lee Introduction: the similarities and differences in Song of Solomon and Gloria Naylor’s Mama Day discover the ways in which to theorize the ’’politics of identity‚ race‚ and class’’ By relating the chracters such as Pilate and Naylor’s Miranda to real-life stories of Black‚ Southern midwives (called granny midwives)
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Gloria Anzaldua How to Tame a Wild Tongue I really enjoyed this particular essay‚ I thought that Anzaldua did an excellent job informing the reader about her struggles and how she refused to reject her culture for the sake of belonging. When she writes in Spanish‚ she is verbally telling us about who she is. I feel as if Anzaldua really tried to stay true to herself and her language‚ which is why she switches to Spanish throughout the essay. I really admired her want to learn and listen to
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providing a group identity while allowing them to flower into an individual. But what happens when mixtures of opposing cultures come in conflict with imposing societal standards? What form will the culture take? In her book Borderlands/ La Frontera‚ Gloria Anzaldua uses poetic prose to relate her many years of anger from trying to integrate the clashing morals of her Mexican‚ American‚ and Indian cultures. Anzaldua ultimately concludes that for people caught in this clash‚ decolonization from both Mexican
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2008 245 FOR WHOM IS PHILIPPINE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION?*Professor and Dean‚ National College of Public Administration and Governance(NCPAG)‚ University of the Philippines Diliman‚ and University Researcher (NCPAG)and former instructor of Saint Paul University Philippines‚ respectively.The assistance of Kate Asilo in the preparation of this article and of PaulynBautista (with her insights and contribution in developing the section on GawadKalinga) is gratefully acknowledged. Philippine Journal
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RP should ensure implementation of AFP modernization program — Angara * Written by Tribune * Tuesday‚ 25 June 2013 08:00 * font size * Print * 1 comment Sen. Edgardo Angara emphasized that government should ensure the successful implementation of the country’s revised Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) modernization program‚ amid ongoing territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea. Angara was one of those who shepherded the original AFP Modernization Act of 1995
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Watchdog Journalism: Investigative Reporting in Southeast Asia Watchdog Journalism‚ is a training video produced by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) that talks about how the Investigative Journalism helped the citizens of Southeast Asian countries to be aware on the wrongdoings of the public officials. It presented cases in Philippines‚ Thailand and Indonesia wherein the media served as a tool for unraveling anomalous act in the government. Through this film‚ I was able
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Money makes the world go round thats what they say. Money plays an important role in our lives; it is money which often dictates ones power - more money‚ more power‚ more recognized; less money‚ less power‚ unrecognized. A problem worldwide is the unequal distribution of the money. The rich gets richer and the poor gets poorer. While the rich is constantly having big houses‚ the poor is constantly struggling to get a house well built. The rich often raises less children while the poor believes that
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