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“Leading other student leaders nationwide is fulfilled the time one felt and avowed that they respect him not because of fear but because of their own freewill, trust and prerogative.”
Taking one’s first travel down south of the Pearl of the Orient is memorable- the first plane carrier (5J 381) with accommodation on seat 5A leaning the window of Cebu Pacific going to Cagayan de Oro, the City of Golden Friendship, and boarding M/S St. Peter the Apostle of Negros Navigation back home memoir no other thing aside from “others to come starts at first”.
To represent Manila, the city capital of the country, to the 4th National Youth Parliament organized by the Office of the President of the Philippines through the National Youth Commission is really something that is worth telling- a story and notable history which gives no more an image of pride and personal reservation at all but rather a sense of fulfillment.
People in Luzon and Visayas region would wish not to go far down south. One, because perhaps it is a Muslim area where far different culture is practiced and two, there they might find and experience outlined terrorism and other “conflict” that is not clearly present. Exaggeration, that is. And, this apparently triggers the socio-cultural and socio-economic downfalls in both local and national arena. Instead of going into a clear and positive understanding on what really is in Mindanao, whether it may an issue of culture, economy or politics, some media personalities make it to contrary. It’s sad to picture out that “real” is continually switched over to what is “overstated real”.
I personally met some people of Mindanao. Surprisingly, they admitted that just like me, they are sad for the “responsible press” seemed to “overdraw” the contemporary scenario thus making them victims of “non existing” situation.
Now, where am I arriving at? Over exaggeration or even just a generalization by media kills its sworn principle, ethics and responsibility to the society which they are serving. And, for as long as don’t expect that the Philippines would have progressive and more developed economy, particularly in the South, that fast.
Philippine system of Government (or should I say “system of governance”), by virtue of its Constitutional mandate, is de facto good. When I say “system” it is assemblage alone regardless of the people in the system. Legislation system is relatively good. Just imagine two Chambers of House making up a Congress where a bill has to pass in both houses first before it is ready to become a law. Would you believe it oftentimes take at least a year for one proposed bill to be enacted? And if it is veto (not signed) by the president, it automatically goes back to Congress where 2/3 votes from both chambers is needed to overwrite the decision of the President.
If the President approves the law, it doesn’t automatically mean it is already appropriated. Note that there are lots of approved laws, which are not executed because of they are not appropriated with budget. How can the Supreme Court interpret the laws that are neither executed nor enforced? What would happen now to the broader system of Philippine Government coordinated by Legislative, Executive and judicial body embodied in the 1987 Constitution? Picture it now. One year or more period of legislation which includes discussions and debates going nowhere.
As one of the first certificate holders of Leadership and Legislative Governance Training for Youth Leaders of the University of the Philippines, National College of Public Administration and Governance, I believe that unless otherwise our national budget is appropriated “in conscience”, don’t anticipate that the system would be working as great as it should be vis-à-vis to its sure-win concept “na kapag nagkamali ang isang branch, meron pang magtutuwid dito” (that when one of its branches commits mistake, it can still be corrected by the other). The first concept of governance appeared to be good however somewhere along its way today, there must be something wrong. There is still time.
Student-leaders here in PUP are trademarks of a State University’s excellence in leadership. I have proofs of this. Just in the recently held 40th National Rizal Youth Leadership Institute in Baguio City, we were three who became Commission Heads and received National Leadership Institute Achievement Award. With me were Arlone Abello and Romila Mirador.
Leading other student leaders nationwide is fulfilled the time one felt and avowed that they respect him not because of fear but because of their own freewill, trust and prerogative. I am humble to say that my leadership then was one of the best I ever had and the rest was all but history. I had very supportive and cooperative members and a very active secretary in person of Leah Custodio of Western Visayas College of Science and Technology.
I am simply deriving at
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Lloyd A. Luna graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines in 2004. In 2001, he established the Network of Campus Journalists of the Philippines (NCJP). Fuelled by a passion for journalism, he was recognized by the Catholic Mass Media Awards in 2002 and now writes for the three biggest national daily newspapers in the country (The Manila BULLETIN, The Philippine Daily INQUIRER and the Manila TIMES). At 21, he was awarded the Presidential Leadership Medal, the highest award given by the President of the Republic of the Philippines. He also works now as the Presidential Technical Assistant in the Office of the President in Malaca
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I am from Mindanao Pink Rain | May 4th, 2005
That's exactly hoow I feel. I am from Mindanao, and it frustrates me lot how media can downplay the image of Mindanao. Inculcating doubts to potential investors. Thus, affecting our growth and development. So sad, how fellow Filipinos can hamper our growth potential - via exagerrated news.
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