SUGGESTIONS: the philippine economy!!!!

[wanderlust]

stop talking about president , start thinking MORE INTELLIGENT PEOPLE .

she/he is only one (president)Â* Â*if we hope she can make a better life than we should think she expected more from us bcoz we are more than million . lets not leave her/his alone . we voted him/her so lets help him/her who ever is the presidentÂ* .. lets not make ourself as judges but lets put ourselves as part of a working government .

Very insightful post.

Bolshoi has some good points, too.Â* Education lacks necessary budget; this is because a large part of our national budget still goes to paying off debts that have been accumulated over decades.Â* Still, education continues to get the lion's share compared to other items on the budget.Â*

Bolshoi's argument, however, does not fully exonerate the people from our responsibility to contribute to economic development.Â* kurtcobain is right--we need more intelligent people; but more importantly, we need more PATRIOTIC people.Â* Unfortunately, patriotism is one thing that we lack in this country.

(Hmm.Â* What exactly are these inventions that the government failed to support and was brought to other countries?)

[Bolshoi]

I agree Kurtcobain has a point, but to achieve this goal we need financial support from our gov't. According my instructor in Political Science during college days, there are 3 major factor to make our nation a progressive one.
1st - Build a strong foundation ( Education )
2nd - Infrastructure ( construct roads )
3rd - strong, honest and well desciplined leaders to govern our nation

Do you know who invented the first micro chips in the computer history? He's a filipino scientist from Cagayan Valley in Luzon. I really forgot his name, promise i will send you by tomorrow as well as all of his statement regarding our skilled fellow filipinos ( engineers and scientist) as per interview by a television show here in Pnas.

[jerx d great]

sayng jed ang talent sa pinoy......diwe suportaan sa goverment...

[wanderlust]

Very insightful post.

Bolshoi has some good points, too. Education lacks necessary budget; this is because a large part of our national budget still goes to paying off debts that have been accumulated over decades. Still, education continues to get the lion's share compared to other items on the budget.

Bolshoi's argument, however, does not fully exonerate the people from our responsibility to contribute to economic development. kurtcobain is right--we need more intelligent people; but more importantly, we need more PATRIOTIC people. Unfortunately, patriotism is one thing that we lack in this country.

(Hmm. What exactly are these inventions that the government failed to support and was brought to other countries?)

I agree Kurtcobain has a point, but to achieve this goal we need financial support from our gov't. According my instructor in Political Science during college days, there are 3 major factor to make our nation a progressive one.
1st - Build a strong foundation ( Education )
2nd - Infrastructure ( construct roads )
3rd - strong, honest and well desciplined leaders to govern our nation

Do you know who invented the first micro chips in the computer history? He's a filipino scientist from Cagayan Valley in Luzon. I really forgot his name, promise i will send you by tomorrow as well as all of his statement regarding our skilled fellow filipinos ( engineers and scientist) as per interview by a television show here in Pnas.

Hmm. Tila nagma-madyik ang post ko dito. I tried clicking all three pages several times pero hindi lumalabas, then when I clicked the QUOTE button on your post, lo and behold, there my post is right above yours.

Anyway...despite the lack of budget for education, it is noteworthy that we have achieved a 1:1 book-to-student ratio for most subjects. Per DBM:

According to Relampagos, education is a top priority in the agenda. In fact, the education department with P111 B has the largest allocation among other departments/agencies. Its budget this year increased by as much as P2.1 billion over the 2004 figure.

The education budget will be used to realize the government’s intent of accessible and quality education. This means providing for 10,000 additional teachers to help reduce the shortage of teachers by 30 percent and building 7,500 classrooms in those areas experiencing acute classroom shortage, those whose student-classroom ratio is 60:1 or worse, or those without any classroom at all.

“We have apportioned some P153 M to increase textbook allocation. Such move would help us maintain a 1:1 book-to-student ratio per subject per grade/year level. Moreover, we have also infused an increased amount of P1.8 billion for the Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education (GASTPE) to benefit 457,389 grantees in 2005,� the acting Budget Chief said.

A total of P928.04 million is also set aside to provide scholarships to 58,085 students in tertiary and vocational education.

(See also the infrastructure budget)

Frankly I haven't heard of many Filipinos with notable inventions and would be glad for some info.

"Strong, honest and well-disciplined leaders" is rather subjective, depending on our personal perceptions of our leaders. I believe that there are some strong, honest and well-disciplined leaders on government, quite capable of delivering, but are stifled by a rotten system.