Villar still on top but GIBO now in 2nd

[raski]

at least someone shares the same views that I have.

relax lang gamay raski. basin initan na sad ka sa uban dinhe.

What I am admiring more and more in Noynoy is he is not afraid to take positions that may hurt his chances of winning, in other words when he has principles he cares about he really sticks to them. Another example to this is his stand against the Catholic Church regarding reproductive health. He could easily just lie through his teeth (like some of the other candidates, who supposedly had a change of heart like Gibo, even though they clearly used to support the bill 100%), or change his stand to satisfy the masses but instead he tells the truth and risk the wrath of the Catholic vote.

I haven't heard about Noynoy supporting contractualization though but this is a very good sign that he understands the problems of businessmen with regard to labor flexibility. I also understand the plight of workers who are worried they may lose their jobs at any time and their families suffer but in my opinion the welfare of the people is not the responsibility of businesses but that of the government, hence the need for a social safety net provided by the State, instead of this regularization/minimum wage scheme that transfers all responsibility for the welfare of the worker onto the businessman who already has a hundred other things on his mind, primarily the continued existence of his business.

I don't think I said anything too strong and angrily, I am just stating things from my point of view. I am not a heartless person who thinks throwing people out the street with no job is a right thing to do, but sometimes businessmen are left with hard choices, either let some people go or allow the entire company to collapse. You can imagine which will have direr effects on employment...

But I have a feeling that the leftists in this country still have way too much power, this has always been the case from the time of Cory when she was forced to agree to a P25 hike (at that time from P55 to P80 daily wage which represented a whopping 45% increase in wages) even though she demanded Congress to limit the increase to no more than P15.

[smurkydad]

... and the game is on...

[raski]

Reminds me of the time I was in a shop in SM. The employees were lambasting their bosses (within earshot of all the customers pa gyud) because they thought they were doing all the hard work while their bosses were sitting in their offices and reaping all the rewards of their (the employees') labor. In other words, "Dawat Limpyo" lang daw ilang mga boss.

After I paid for the item I bought, I asked them if they thought so badly of their bosses or hated their jobs so much, why didn't they go work elsewhere? Wala man lagi nakatubag.

I've been on both sides of the fence. If everything were as easy as employees think, we'd be living in some kind of Wonderland. And one thing I've learned over the years, really good employees aren't all that easy to find while idiots are dime-a-dozen in the workforce.

The really good employees are no longer in our country, they are working overseas, making foreign companies happy and hopefully also tossing a few coins back home to their families (if they are still living here). That is why we are the most OFW-dependent country in the world, our otherwise badly run country manages to stay afloat on the backs of skilled workers who aren't even in our country anymore. The few that remain here, keep pondering whether they should make the move abroad as well. The really sad thing here is that nobody is calculating the cost of our OFW reliance, that is of broken families and homes where the father/mother is overseas while the kids are here, and the cost of having children growing up without one or in some cases both parents.

Furthermore, nobody is calculating the real damage caused by the phenomenon known as remittance dependence, which is becoming more and more common nowadays. This is a kind of dependence where the kids/wife/husband of the OFW worker become addicted to the remittance and no longer desire to seek work and remain unemployed and dependent on their parents/husband/wife for the rest of their lives. That is the real damage done by our OFW economics....

Here's an article discussing remittance dependence: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/new...h----recruiter

[mr.twin]

basta eleksyon kwartahay gyod na if wla ka kwarta 100% pildi.. mao man ang reality sa eleksyon nato...

[SaywatUwant]

Nice man diay lineup ni Gibo pang showbiz na pang cabinet pa.

President: Gibo Teodoro
Vice President: Edu Manzano

Senators:
1. Silvestre Bello III
2. Bong Revilla
3. Ramon Guico
4. Raul Lambino
5. Rey Langit
6. Lito Lapid

[networkguy]

hahaha. katawanan kaayo imo gisulti bai pero tinuod gyud.

pero kung kwartahay lang bai, modaog gyud ni si villar or si Gibo.

ako manok nga LP wala wawarts. wala 3B nga ikagasto pareho no villar.

sure ka torni walay kwarta? ayaw lagi anang paluoy-luoy effect kay di na mokita na karon. asa man diay ang mga donor like Ayala's, Lopeze's and others?

[ranaticsrule]

There's a saying that MAN is EVIL and LIAR..

Combine MAN EVIL LIAR = MANEVILIAR

Cheers

[dcr15]

The really good employees are no longer in our country, they are working overseas, making foreign companies happy and hopefully also tossing a few coins back home to their families (if they are still living here). That is why we are the most OFW-dependent country in the world, our otherwise badly run country manages to stay afloat on the backs of skilled workers who aren't even in our country anymore. The few that remain here, keep pondering whether they should make the move abroad as well. The really sad thing here is that nobody is calculating the cost of our OFW reliance, that is of broken families and homes where the father/mother is overseas while the kids are here, and the cost of having children growing up without one or in some cases both parents.

Furthermore, nobody is calculating the real damage caused by the phenomenon known as remittance dependence, which is becoming more and more common nowadays. This is a kind of dependence where the kids/wife/husband of the OFW worker become addicted to the remittance and no longer desire to seek work and remain unemployed and dependent on their parents/husband/wife for the rest of their lives. That is the real damage done by our OFW economics....

Here's an article discussing remittance dependence: RP dependence on OFW earnings leads to jobless growth -- recruiter - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

true. the social cost is simply too much of a burden. ok lang kung nimigrate kung single, pero those who are forced to work abroad, families tend to suffer. naa study ana before that the most common cause of broker families is migration by one spouse.

I salute the sacrifice of our countrymen, but I wish to see the day that we will export labor on the basis of want and not of need.

[J_AIRBUS3XX]

Naa pud nang-abroad tungod kay politically motivated. Kay hasta sa opisina naa ni ang politika. Mentality na siguro ni sa bawat filipino.

[typia]

i dnt believe in surveys coz wla man ko nasurvey and none of the people i know ang na.apil sa sample sa survey. hmmmm