Time for government to look in its own backyard

[journeyman]

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modesty aside,si secret tool kay valedictorian nga wa kagrad kay naminyu ug sayu sa usa ka puti,,kerara ang beauty ani niya.kabos nga taw 3rd yr ra taman sa USJR.

thanks for sharing us some of your personal info. And how are you related to shogunfreak?

[shogunfreak]

thanks for sharing us some of your personal info. And how are you related to shogunfreak?

no relations whatsoever bro....

we are real people, different accounts but with same sentiments. not like other people here.... magtubag tubag lng sa forums, nya usa ra diay ka tawo.... hinuon, its your call man to make that...

you are completely absurd bro. you are getting more and more subjective. abi kay pareha man ug views, muana dayon ka any relation? well, did ever anyone asked you nga kani imo uban kauban dri nga thread mao ra japun magtubag tubag? hmmmm.... fishy indeed...

and @ben777: you sound like a perfect human being bro. we are not saying we didnt check our own backyards. of course we do, coz we are the lower class and tend to be more observant and keen to details.
dont sound like my mother bro.....

OT: @journeyman: maybe u can explain your multiple IDs here in istorya.net

[pnoize]

you wish... well' good luck on those dreams bro. being practical means grabbing any opportunity that knocks on our windows ONCE. like for an instance, an overseas job tempts you to go places and earn ten times...would you not go unless the government shows its sincerity to make this nation work, thats the time we workers would not want to live this place and earn for our family...

i don't have to wish.

why settle in being an employee when you can become the employer?

[giddyboy]

OT: first off, let me dispel some of the assumptions of some posters here:

(1) Not everyone in government are corrupt and rich. There are those who are true servants of our country and are not even thinking of getting rich.

(2) Not all Pinoys want to work abroad or live abroad, even if they have the means to do so.

(3) Not all Pinoys wanting to work abroad or have been working abroad have the mindset that their reasons are because our govt sucks.

(4) Our gov't doesn't suck. If we say otherwise, then we might as well say the Filipino people suck.

quoted from shogunfreak:

"this country is just f&^%$ up!"

i can't agree to this hasty generalization. any level-minded person would too.

"politicians don't care about the country, why would they care? problem with us, all we think is ourselves."

i can't agree w/ this statement also.

"this fu&^&* up nation"

i vehemently disagree. where's our pride for our country naman? if u really insist so, as a Pinoy, u r fu&^&* up too.

"let me ask you this? if an individual is jobless, would the government care enough to help such as to support his/her family? NO! of course not. and when that individual hits the jackpot and earns much, why would the government ask for such BIG BIG TAX?"

u r making a twisted comparison outside the bounds of logic and reason. u r trying to compare "unemployment" with "taxes". this doesn't figure at all.

"im not saying taxes are bad, but to the extent unta nga dli dako kau. kung ang rason dako mi ug sweldo, well we earned this, nagtulo amo singot nga managko amo mga ranggo ug managko amoang mga sweldo!"

kindly read Taxation 101 for Dummies...(if ever there is such)

"so dont ever tell us bay nga dli mi pilipino...and we care about this god forsaken country... its just the rich and politicians dont care coz they dont share our sentiments."

Caring for our country but at the same time bad-mouthing ("godforsaken, f&^%$ up country") it, doesn't make sense. That's CLEARLY A BLATANT SHOW OF HYPOCRISY.

godforsaken = inhospitable, barren, unfavorable to life or growth, desolate or dreary.

choose ur words well my friend, and carefully...peace.

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Now back to the topic, i can't understand why some people use this Malacanang issue as one platform of reasons to leave the Phils...this doesn't make sense at all.

[Gwynhuever]

@secret tool...you are entitled to your own opinion...but please be careful with statements like "ALL pinoys wanna leave the country etc etc"...kay in the first place ako (and i know a lot of other friends) mo prefer jud sa pilipinas....setting modesty aside sad ...i have lived (not vacationed mind you but LIVED) in first world countries like Japan and USA...and i have visited a lot of other countries..pero you know what balik ko sa ato...and i would DEFINITELY raise my son sa Pilipinas over America ...ANYTIME.....

ok ra man mi pobre...kay inspite of it all the filipino spirit will prevail....tan awa nang mga mercano...dali kaayo ma praning...adto dayon shrinks...ngano mana? aw ma OT na ko samot ana if tukion pa tana he he he

so yes...puede ka mag pahungaw sa imong gibati...ayaw lang diretso assume nga tanan parehas nimo ug standard sa kalipay.....

[journeyman]

no relations whatsoever bro....

we are real people, different accounts but with same sentiments. not like other people here.... magtubag tubag lng sa forums, nya usa ra diay ka tawo.... hinuon, its your call man to make that...

you are completely absurd bro. you are getting more and more subjective. abi kay pareha man ug views, muana dayon ka any relation? well, did ever anyone asked you nga kani imo uban kauban dri nga thread mao ra japun magtubag tubag? hmmmm.... fishy indeed...

and @ben777: you sound like a perfect human being bro. we are not saying we didnt check our own backyards. of course we do, coz we are the lower class and tend to be more observant and keen to details.
dont sound like my mother bro.....

OT: @journeyman: maybe u can explain your multiple IDs here in istorya.net

Di na lang ko mo reply sa imong OT bai kay nagkalayo na man ta sa topic...

[Gwynhuever]

Nagkalayo na man ka sa imong thread intawn oi. Tinuod daghan gusto mogawas para maningkamot nga makasuporta sa ilang pamilya. Kung mahimo man gani makuyog nila ang ilang pamilya. And your post are not recent news, try reading some other threads and replies here. Halos tanan yangongo sa mga katawhan apil na nang imoha naa na diri. Ang wala lang kanang imong gipuno nga murag gihinginlan nimo ang pilipinas kay di nimo gusto diri modako imong mga anak ug di naka mopuyo diri. Imoha man nang personal nga desisyon ug katungod pero kay gi post man nimo ug apil diri, ayaw kahiubos kung maapil na sa reaction sa mga tawo.

...amen...

[mannyamador]

Philippines most corrupt, survey says
By Carlos H. Conde
Published: March 13, 2007
Philippines most corrupt, survey says - International Herald Tribune

MANILA: Expatriate businessmen in Asia perceive the Philippines as the most corrupt country in the region, according to a survey released Tuesday.

Singapore was ranked as the least corrupt of the 13 economies surveyed, followed by Hong Kong and Japan, according to the annual corruption survey conducted by the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy, based in Hong Kong.

"The Philippines has the distinction of being perceived in the worst light this year," the survey stated. "People are just growing tired of the inaction and insincerity of leading officials when they promise to fight corruption."

The survey, conducted in January and February, queried 1,476 expatriate executives in 13 countries and territories in Asia. The Philippines scored 9.40, where a score of zero is the least corrupt and 10 is the most corrupt.

In the 2006 survey, in which Indonesia was regarded as the most corrupt, the Philippines scored 7.80. Indonesia improved its score to 8.03 this year, a development that the report credits to a government anti-corruption campaign.

The report noted, however, that for the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand, where corruption is systemic, "it is really splitting hairs to say which one has a worse problem."

"The Philippines has been getting the least amount of foreign direct investment, and the level of foreign capital flowing to its stock market is also less than in either Indonesia or Thailand," the report noted.

To the question "How effective is the judicial system at prosecuting and punishing individuals for corruption when abuses are uncovered?" the respondents gave the Philippines a score of 9.06, with 10 being "ineffective."

The poll is certain to rile President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who has claimed that her government's efforts against corruption are bearing fruit. Arroyo hired Tony Kwok, an anti-corruption crusader from Hong Kong credited for stamping out corruption in the Chinese territory, as an adviser in 2005.

To the question "To what extent is corruption a deterrent to your willingness to invest and expand your business?" the Philippines scored 8.50, with 10 reflecting "a major deterrent."

Local corruption monitors confirm that graft and bribery in the Philippines remain rampant. Corruption has penetrated every level of government, from the Bureau of Customs down to the traffic police officers who pull over motorists to demand bribes.

Nearly $2 billion dollars, or roughly 13 percent of the Philippines' annual budget, is lost to corruption in the country each year, according to the United Nations Development Program.

[secret tool]

@secret tool...you are entitled to your own opinion...but please be careful with statements like "ALL pinoys wanna leave the country etc etc"...kay in the first place ako (and i know a lot of other friends) mo prefer jud sa pilipinas....setting modesty aside sad ...i have lived (not vacationed mind you but LIVED) in first world countries like Japan and USA...and i have visited a lot of other countries..pero you know what balik ko sa ato...and i would DEFINITELY raise my son sa Pilipinas over America ...ANYTIME.....

ok ra man mi pobre...kay inspite of it all the filipino spirit will prevail....tan awa nang mga mercano...dali kaayo ma praning...adto dayon shrinks...ngano mana? aw ma OT na ko samot ana if tukion pa tana he he he

so yes...puede ka mag pahungaw sa imong gibati...ayaw lang diretso assume nga tanan parehas nimo ug standard sa kalipay.....

Life teaches me it's better to live with enough money. wala ko nagwish ug dako, coz i am poor,i cant do some important things to be done for my family especially my children. I want to educate them till college, i want to have some money in reserve in case for emergency,dali ra ka mamatay sa ospital if wala ka money. all people i meant were the poor,and cant even eat 3 times a day..dont be denial.

[secret tool]

@secret tool...you are entitled to your own opinion...but please be careful with statements like "ALL pinoys wanna leave the country etc etc"...kay in the first place ako (and i know a lot of other friends) mo prefer jud sa pilipinas....setting modesty aside sad ...i have lived (not vacationed mind you but LIVED) in first world countries like Japan and USA...and i have visited a lot of other countries..pero you know what balik ko sa ato...and i would DEFINITELY raise my son sa Pilipinas over America ...ANYTIME.....

ok ra man mi pobre...kay inspite of it all the filipino spirit will prevail....tan awa nang mga mercano...dali kaayo ma praning...adto dayon shrinks...ngano mana? aw ma OT na ko samot ana if tukion pa tana he he he

so yes...puede ka mag pahungaw sa imong gibati...ayaw lang diretso assume nga tanan parehas nimo ug standard sa kalipay.....

usa ra ka channel imo nakit an dong, try sa uban then u will know the difference, what i meant was all poor people do want to leave the country. and dont ever say,it's our own fault why we are poor.do u know, kita ra sa pinas nay discrimination kung mangaplay ug work?must be pleasing personality,age should be betwen......,height must be....college grad...and bla blah......cant u see what i mean?