Comments on: If you could ask them just one question…

By: corianderie

corianderie — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:58:02 +0000

As president, what would you be prepared to give up in exchange for the freedom of your favorite family member being held hostage by vicious terrorists?

You, your family and most trusted personnel happen to be in the presidential yacht that has met an accident and is now sinking. For whatever reason, you as President must be saved and hence have to board the rescue raft that could unfortunately fit only one other person. Those you leave behind have a very slim chance of survival. Who would you bring along with you–your mom, spouse, your only child, your lawyer, defense secretary, etc?

Assuming you staunchly practice your religion and there is a law being proposed that is widely popular among legislators and the masa alike but which goes against the very core of what you believe in, would you support this law?

Great blog!

By: marichu ramos

marichu ramos — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:08:43 +0000

This is my dream scenario too and it’ll be easy for me to ask “DO YOU SUPPORT THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH BILL?” I feel the bottomline of all our problems is runaway population growth. There are no problems with our attitude. We have our values in place. Our problems lie with our political leaders and our staggering population. No matter how many slex, nlex, wlex or elex we build, no matter if our growth is like China’s, IF WE DO NOT CONTROL OUR POPULATION, every effort, time, money will go down the drain. It’s a no brainer. No matter how big the vessel is, if water continues to pour, it will overflow and overflow relentlessly.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:02:48 +0000

I would ask, “Of all your accomplishments as a public servant, which one has served the greatest good – the one that has impacted the most Filipinos positively?”

By: Andy S

Andy S — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:42:26 +0000

IF 90% of Filipinos earn less than 20,000 pesos/year, we must first improve their income.
1. Encourage rural folks to plant more fruits and vege. Give them FREE seeds like Ponkan oranges that can grow locally, supervised by agriculturist. Build roads and bridges to bring product to market. Will result to more income and less importation of Ponkan orange.
2. Encourage same to grow small animals like chiken, sell what they cannot consume. Adopt lease/lend animal program. Result would be more income, healthier Pinoys and less imports.
3. Make sure there is money for the above, corruption must STOP from top to bottom. Elect only uncorruptable offcials or those less prone to corruption. Don’t vote for a candidate that
is spending BILLIONS for a position that earns less than a million. You know for sure he will get it back plus 500% or more interest that is why he wants the positionn badly. Elect an honest person so funds will ba available for roads, bridges, schools, medicines and other programs that will improve the earnings of 90% of Filipinos. GOD bless the Philippines

By: jules winnfield

jules winnfield — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:03:26 +0000

GianT, you’d be surprised to find out some of these street kings, with their police sirens and back-up suv’s (with basic military arsenal) aren’t even government officials. some of them are just rich, well-connected businessmen who either have genuine fear for the laws of karma catching up with them or they just want to impress their kind.

ok mm, here’s my one question:

exactly how passionate are you in your desire to improve the lives of the hungry and impoverished?

By: Getter Dragon 1

Getter Dragon 1 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:36:46 +0000

@MM & CC – monitoring your posts, a few things come to mind. 1. The historical trend of the PI coming from first to last in terms of economic growth. 2. Politics 3. Culture.

Watching news from the Philippines, its seems that the issues within these three are well known. From the reports it seems that the politicians are discussing issues, albeit with altruistic endeavors. Despite this and the continuing downward slope, there is a sympathy and acceptance for what it is. It seems that despite all of this, is when all of this going to stop?

The world has benefited from Philippine talent (medicine, engineering, etc). What is it going to take for the leaders and their colleagues in those professions, to invest and develop in the Philippine economy and at the same time, be role models to the international community to invest in the Philippines? By investing, not meaning taking advantage of ‘cheap labor’, but rather as global economic partners.

I guess that would be my elevator question.

By: Footloose

Footloose — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:20:09 +0000

Did Molly IvinÂ´s jive about removing all the fools in congress makes it unrepresentative mean we only get the government we deserve?

By: Jing_Bacolod

Jing_Bacolod — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:01:21 +0000

“How often will you travel abroad and dine at expensive restaurants?”

By: Maki

Maki — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:27:54 +0000

i will ask… so how did you find the super bowl earlier? ehehe

By: GianT

GianT — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:09:03 +0000

Why do we, the tax payers, have to give way to politicians / officials in the streets? Motors / SUV’s with sirens pave the way for them to come thru, even if they dont carry red plates. It just ticks me off because they are the ones who should experience the full force of Manila traffic for them to do something about it. Don’t they know that we are the ones paying for their salaries, including their “hagads”… talk about unfair….