Ang Liga ng Pilipino: The Filipino Ideology of Nationhood
INTRODUCTION: DESTROYING THE PRESENT
“All profound human advancement destroys the society in which it was born.”
Herodotus said, “All things are born in war.” Notoriously anti-war, Herodotus obviously did not mean ‘war’ to mean bloodshed or armed conflict. Rather, he pointed to how everything that comes to being is born in struggle: butterflies fight their way out of cocoons, eagles peck and claw their way out of eggs and even babies must fight their way free of the birth canal.
Herodotus’ message is anything but comforting. However, I feel it is timely and appropriate in these times of anxiety and turmoil. All beginnings, whether birth or rebirth, are chaotic and terrifying, and therefore require innate strength and courage. The alternative is to suffocate and die in darkness.
Historical exigency and colonial exploitation has made the Filipinos forget of the great teachings of our heroes. However, the nation in crisis is again calling forth this spirit. This upheaval is a time of reawakening, a period of catharsis towards self-renewal.
The Filipino is coming of age.
Soon the children of the Nation will rediscover their heritage and reclaim their true identity as a nation of heroes. They will find their way, guided by the principles of the first sons of the Nation – Rizal and Mabini, to name but a few – to a new way of life. A new age. With a new ideology.
The Liga Ng Pilipino aims to help usher in this new age, to revive the spirit of our heroes and imbibe the nation with knowledge of their teachings and bring about the creation of a modern Filipino ideology. It aims to use that same spirit, the same way it was used by Rizal a century ago, to unite and galvanize a fractious nation into one tide, powerful enough to drive away the Spanish colonizers after almost 400 years of colonial domination.
In tangible terms, the Liga ng Pilipino aims to create and lead a political force firmly anchored in our Nation’s history and culture, with a sole purpose of uplifting the human dignity of every Filipino. This shall be accomplished by providing freedom from the want of food, shelter and education, the freedom to pursue their happiness, and the freedom to practice their beliefs.
While this work attempts to revisit and encapsulate the lessons of Philippine history to use in creating a road map for the future, it is not meant to be a historical textbook or authority on historical events. Rather, it is meant to present a new way of studying and interpreting the lessons of history, from a ‘dangal ng lahi” perspective,” as prescribed by Rizal. It is meant to be a reminder and a guide to the new patriots, as we prepare the soil for a bountiful harvest of patriotic fervor.
A century ago the teachings of Rizal gave birth to a revolution. Today, we shall again take up his fight, not against foreign oppressors, but our own nihilism, and armed not with bullets and swords but with knowledge and information.
I. SOME DOCTORS TREAT THE SYMPTOMS, THE BEST ONES CURE THE CAUSE
It is an undeniable fact that the Philippines, once to the most envied nation in Asia during the mid 20th century, is in crisis. Our people are poor, not only in economic terms, but we are culturally lost and morally weak. We were not always this way – our history was glorious and full of promise. Yet we look at our country now, at a loss as to how we have come down this path. Time and again we have tried to reverse ourselves, fix our perceived problems. As with physical pains, our automatic response has been attempt to gain relief and rid ourselves of the pain. We have applied salves, massaged the aching part of our body and maybe even taken medication orally. In the extreme situation, perhaps we may have even considered surgery, drastically cutting off limbs in order to spare the rest of the body. However, until we know the actual cause of our pain, all of these actions will only aggravate the pain, worsen our condition, or even lead to our death.
Our country is suffering a lot of pain right now. We have been witness to numerous efforts to relieve the Nation of these difficulties. We have tampered with our Constitution, created various commissions –from good governance to values formation,– we have raised a couple of EDSA revolutions, a number of coup d’ etats, negotiated peace agreements with armed insurgents, and others, all of which were supposed to cure the country of its malady and set it on the road to progress and prosperity. Most of these efforts to improve the living conditions of the Filipinos have failed. Some of these programs are even to blame for worsening the situation.
The failure of these attempts may be attributed to a litany of reasons, such as graft and corruption in government, corrupt politician, undisciplined people, lazy Filipinos, Talangka mentality, etc. It is the proverbial situation where the patient not only fails to recover, he is in fact chastised and blamed by the doctor, when in fact the doctor had given the wrong prescription/diagnosis. A situation reminiscent of the Spanish colonizers’ attempt to justify their enslavement of our people by blaming the indolence of the Filipinos for the misery they were suffering under the Spaniards.
Just as Rizal repudiated the claims of the Spaniards through his scholarly opus “The Indolent Filipino,” we must arm ourselves with scholarly knowledge of our culture and history in order that we may clearly identify the causes of our Nation’s suffering. For it is only with full knowledge of the true causes can we summon the courage and resolve to extinguish our people’s suffering, one painful step at a time, freeing them from poverty and restoring their dignity and humanity.
We were a new Filipino Nation fighting for our freedom at the twilight of the 19th century when our country came neareast to a genuine nationalist freedom more than any other time in history. It is the spirit of that struggle that we must recapture in preparing our people for nationhood in the 21st century. It is a spirit firmly anchored in our history and our culture. A spirit that was sparked by Rizal and that will permeate through every aspect of our lives, from the education of our children, the practice of arts and culture, the bureaucracy of our government, the conduct of business and politics in our beloved country.
II. THE PHILIPPINES AS A BASTARD CHILD
A short interpretation of history
To the Filipino, God is ever our father and the country is our mother. However, our innocent mother was discovered by the Spanish in 1521 and ravaged in 1565 by the arrival of the conquistadores led by Legazpi. Generations of Filipinos lived and died as abused bastard children of an exploitive foreigner. Our Mother suffered greatly with the oppression of her children who were shackled in ignorance and kept away from the exploding social and industrial developments of the 18th and 19th century.
The year 1872 marked the awakening of the country when the innocent blood of Gomes, Burgos and Zamora were spilled in reprisal for an aborted mutiny. These children of 1872, particularly Jose Rizal and Marcelo Del Pilar, bravely went to the home of our foreign conquerors to ask that we be treated more like stepchildren than slaves. These propagandists were instrumental in the patriotic awakening of more Filipinos, particularly Andres Bonifacio and Apolinario Mabini, who joined in the fight to defend our trampled rights as citizens in our own country.
The year 1896, witness to the execution of the country’s Eldest Son, Jose Rizal, was the breaking point of this asphyxiating surrogate relationship. Inspired by the ideals of Rizal, Andres Bonifacio led the cry for justice and the movement to break free to chart our own Filipino course. Soon most of the children were nursed with these same ideals and the surrogate was faced with the fury of exploding social volcano.
Divide and Conquer
However, on May 1897, a day of darkness prevailed. Andres Bonifacio died at the treacherous hands of a covetous countryman, Emilio Aguinaldo. Soon after his death the revolution lost its spirit, a situation taken advantage of by other less patriotic children, especially those favored by the surrogate father with material wealth. And a peace pact was immediately concluded at Biak-na-Bato between the surrogate and the covetous child, who was rewarded with 800,000 pesos in selling out the aspiration of the Filipino people for freedom and self determination.
At the same era, far away in the west, a great young nation born out of the spirit of freedom and equality of mankind was then contemplating freeing all the lands under the weight of our old and corrupt surrogate masters. While it seemed a very noble undertaking at the surface, it was underlined with imperialistic designs. They schemed to wrest our mother country from our false father that they may fulfill their own imperialistic desires. In 1898, this imperialist power waged war on our surrogate in the name of freedom and rescued the covetous son of our country from lawsuits in Hong Kong as a result of his wanton splurging of the movement’s money. He was a perfect puppet for the imperialist, being naive and unsophisticated in world affairs. The covetous son was brought home by the imperialist to rally support for the movement, now tacitly backed by the young western power.
Manifest Destiny
Soon, the surrogate father was running out of supplies and losing the war against the determined children of our land. During these times of euphoria, another great son of our country continued to warn the covetous son of the dangers he and the imperialists brought top the land, but was dismissed as the alarmist thoughts of a paralytic. At the end 1898, the unthinkable happened, the motherland suffered another betrayal. She was sold by the false father to the imperialist for $20M, her children like a herd of sheep, with a price of $2.50 per Filipino head.
Too late the naïve covetous son realized that he had been duped by the American imperialist ambition. Belatedly, he took arms against his former allies, who has now turned invaders. The motherland was once again afire with hatred and awash with blood that the new invaders spilled in the name of their “pacification campaign.” More than 220,000 Filipinos were lost, in battles such as those of Balangiga and Tirad Pass. The Philippines had now become a sacrifice to the American’s cause of “benevolent assimilation.” It is interesting to note that this is also what is happening to Iraq today. In short, the Philippines was America’s Iraq a hundred years ago.
Our young nation, born from the blood of heroes who fought Spain, now grew up recognizing America as her father, a misassumption encouraged by Aguinaldo when he forced the revolutionaries to swear fealty to the new conqueror. A few patriots, knowing the truth, chose to die rather than accept this lie.
In 1902, the bullets stopped flying, but only with the deaths of those who refused to recognize America’s sovereignty. This marked the full enslavement of our fledging nation, considered a barbarian and kept in chains by its new master.
Not Armed Occupation but Economic Domination
Our fledging country learned to walk, aided and shadowed by the new father it now recognized. All traces and records of its short history as a nation was captured and confiscated by the imperialist father, in order that the young nation would never grow to be its own independent people. In time, the young nation grew to recognize and love the imperialistic conqueror as a true father, not realizing that it had actually enslaved its mother country.
History reveals that there are ways to keep a nation in chains: (1) keep them in ignorance, (2) keep them in poverty, or (3) exterminate them. The Spaniards had kept the Filipinos ignorant and poor but had been unable to exterminate them. The new imperialists, on the other hand educated us but kept us poor. They allowed civil and political freedom while justifying the colonization of our motherland by claiming that the Filipinos were unfit for self-government and that it was their manifest destiny and their mandate from God “to educate uplift, civilize and Christianize” the Filipinos. They allowed us civil and political freedoms that the Spaniards had denied us, but claimed that we were yet unfit for self-government.
The American foster father educated the young nation, allowed the Filipinos civil and political liberties, but at a great price to the nation. In exchange, the imperialist took advantage of the strategic location of the Philippines to establish military bases and the kept control of our economy. Not only did our new nation’s identity become lost and corrupted, its riches were sacrificed for the economic interest of the Americans.
All this occurred with nary a protest from the young and innocent nation who trusted the foster father for its well-being.
In 1941, a new conqueror arrived, this time from within Asia. A race that refused to bow down to the Westerners, their goal was to stop the lands in Asia from being conquered or seized by these outsiders. Our young nation was once again plunged into war and violence, fighting beside its recognized father. After a protracted and brutal struggle, the imperialists were forced to abandon the country, promising to return. Starved of aid, thousands upon thousands of Filipinos died under the hands of this new conqueror, while they waited for their “father” to return.
In 1946, our growing nation was “granted” freedom and independence by the Western foster father, but only upon the condition that its riches would remain in their keeping and that its military would remain on our land.
Time passed and the young nation continued to be led by leaders that remained loyal to the interests of the western father. While these leaders had good intentions and truly wished to see our young nation prosper, they failed. Their hands, as well as the reins of the government and the economy, were still tied, with the foreigners pulling the purse-strings.
By 1972, more and more children awakened to the truth that the “father” they had long recognized was not their true father. They began to question the true motives of the Americans. They were harshly rebuked and bidden to be silent through the threats of a brilliant and ambitious leader, Marcos. He was able to threaten the new patriots with the encouragement and support of the Americans who promised him more wealth and power as long he kept the status quo. The nation continued to weaken, become more divided, under Marcos’ martial law regime. But even its armies of police and death squads was unable to squash all resistance. Ultimately, the people, with their history of courage and love of freedom, would rise up against the Marcos government, spelling the death of one of the country’s best opportunity to rise up as one Nation under the visionary leadership of Marcos.
The New Revolution
In 1986, the brilliant yet misguided leader-son was cast off by his brothers and he was quickly snatched away and brought to safety by the foreign father he had served well for so long. He was brought to the father’s land and stayed there until the hour of his death. The whole world celebrated the peaceful “People Power” revolution brought about by the Filipino brothers, but most of the people who replaced the old governance also grew up on the shadow and teachings of the foreign foster father and continued to fulfill its teachings and serve its interests, such as continuing to pay debts incurred during the time of the dictatorship, none of which benefited the nation.
The joy and celebration faded quickly as the people continued to suffer poverty and hardship, to the point of hopelessness and starvation. Some children of the new nation decided to take their fates into their own hands and tried to seize power from the sitting government, believing they would be able to do more for their country and better serve their fellow Filipinos, however, when they were near victory the foreign imperialist once again meddled, negating the efforts of these idealist Filipinos, it was a very clever and effective way of expressing American support for the government who had remained obedient to their instructions and interest.
In the 1990s, the Philippines underwent three leadership changes. All three promised hope and prosperity for the country but none could alleviate the suffering. The unrest and struggle continued to worsen, the hostilities between brothers spread further. More people lost hope for reconciliation and progress.
In the 2000s, the nation joined the foster father it its fight against Iraq and was rewarded by a mere visit, and not even the financial support that it had given to other nations. This brought forth more questions about the nature of the relationship between our fledging nation and our “father.” While it is true that our “father” is powerful, is it really to our benefit to continue to cater to his whims? If this relationship is truly beneficial, why do we continue to suffer when our land is rife with riches and the Filipinos are some of the most brilliant, talented and hardworking people in the world? Till when are we supposed to go on like this? How much more suffering can our poor country take?
The aim of this document is not merely to recount the events but to ask the question, the way Rizal did so long ago: “Tayo ba ay sadyang hamak na ginawa ng Diyos or sadyang hindi pa lamang nabibigyan ng pagkakataon?” Are we inherently poor because we were created that way or is it only that we have not had the chance to forge our destiny ourselves?
“Knowledge of the past is a potent weapon in the conquest of the future.” If by revisiting the past we can find the answer to this question, or even if only raises new questions as to why our nation is suffering as it is, then it will have done its purpose. We hope this is the start of the awakening of our minds towards the lessons of history, our heritage and our Dangal Ng Lahi; an awakening sorely overdue towards recovery and renewal, and ultimately true independence and progress of the Filipino people.
III. ANG LIGA NG PILIPINO: RATIONALE FOR A REVOLUTION
A study of Philippine history allows us insight on our psyche as a people, it provides many examples of turning points where the Filipino could have had seized control of his destiny yet failed. Many of us have therefore become resigned to the idea that it is too late for our country, that we are too much in debt, our government is too corrupt, our people are too undisciplined, etc. Many of our countrymen have fled to other shores in search of better lives, thinking as if the Filipino culture is not capable of progress anymore and only the foreign culture are capable of progress. However, many more of us are like Rizal, who despite three hundred years of enslavement and turmoil held fast to his faith in the Filipino.
A hundred years later, we continue to place our trust and pin our hopes on the youth. Just as Rizal once exhorted them to break free from the shackles that bound their hearts and minds so that they may soar to the heavens and attain their dreams, so do we call on the Filipino of today to remember their heritage and destiny, to hold fast and revive the Filipino values that we believe will propel the nation to independence and preserve time-honored traditions as a distinct race. We seek to remind the Filipino of his true heritage, the truth of the blood that flows in his veins, and in doing so redefine and re-ignite his sense of nationalism.
While others may have prescriptive answers for the problems of the Philippines, we recognize, just as Rizal and Mabini and the patriots of old, that the power belongs to the people and change must begin within a person. We believe that once the Filipinos posses the same vision, set their minds on the same goals, we will naturally unite and act in accordance to the fulfillment of that shared aspiration. In a nutshell, the right mindset leads to the correct behaviors, which will in turn lead to the desired result, in this case a revitalized Philippines. Towards this shared vision, therefore, we have created the Liga ng Pilipino, in the hopes of calling together nationalists of the same persuasion, enlightening and guiding the lost, that we may band together, work towards and finally achieve our true destiny.
A century ago, Rizal identified specific conditions for a “just revolution.” An avid advocate of peace, he nevertheless stated that under very special and specific circumstances, it is necessary that we take control of our own destiny.
1. There must be a grievous situation that warrants action.
Mere dissatisfaction or disagreement with policy is not enough cause for revolution. Strict and healthy respect for diversity is vital in a democracy. Here we must be able to distinguish between mere political noise and genuine cause, between unpopular opinion and true oppression. Before any fight is taken up, it must first be determined if the cause is just. Even then, the people must first exhaust all peaceful means to seek resolution. Once all other options have failed, then the Filipino must be prepared to do whatever is necessary, even take up arms, in order to set the country right and the Filipino free.
2. We must prepare for imminent victory.
Once it has been determined that a revolution is necessary and once the people have resolved to change the situation, the people must already have a plan of action to replace the old system. Most freedom movements were concerned mostly with how to wrest the reins of power and not how to establish a new order. Due to this absence of a post-victory scenario, the Philippines has wasted many opportunities for significant change and renewal. Aside from 1898 Philippine Revolution, the nearest the Philippines has ever come to genuine freedom was in 1986, during the first People Power Revolution. However, the leaders of that movement were unprepared for such historic opportunity. Once they were established as the new government, they simply change the personalities and continued to build on an existing system that was already flawed. It was the same dog with a different collar!
3. We must not leave even a single trace of the system we fought against or it will simply come back in a more vicious form.
Corollary to the above “condition,” the Filipinos must not only prepare for victory, they must prepare to completely restructure the system of government. Again, after the first EDSA revolution, corruption continued to hold the “new” government in a death-grip, being comprised of the old crony-dynasties: the Cojuangcos, the Aquinos and the Marcoses. A more recent example, replacing Estrada with Macapagal-Arroyo, was an equally divisive & futile task. While replacing the head operator of flawed machinery is crucial, it means nothing if the machinery itself remains in place.
The Liga Ng Pilipino believes that this “grievous situation” alluded to by Rizal exists, that it has existed since the Spaniards created the conditions in the Philippines and continues to exist till this day. We believe that the time is not only ripe for a social revolution, that it is necessary and inevitable. To this end, it becomes clear that the task of the Filipino in bringing forth a brighter future is two-fold: establishing and supporting the proper system of government and electing the right leaders.
The current crisis in government reaffirms the exigency of the above tasks. The media is flooded by the two most pressing issues whose answers are purported to be the answers to the nation’s problems. Will our country’s problems truly be solved by a shift to a federal parliamentary form of government and the removal of Arroyo from office? Do Filipinos even understand what a federal parliament entails? In the same vein, while the ouster of the current president is certainly an option, the people remain confused and tentative in their choice for a replacement.
The following sections of this document are dedicated to sharing our vision of a post-victory scenario and our ideology of leadership. The aim of the Liga Ng Bayan is not to endorse a specific form of government or candidate. What form of government is right and who leads it will be for the people to decide. However, we believe that what is necessary is to equip the people with capacity to make value judgements on what is right for the nation. We believe that what is necessary is to strengthen the institutions such as the election process and the justice system, as they are the foundations of the government and community, and that this is possible only through the empowerment of the people.
Bridging the gap between our unstable present and our desired future is a task that will require discipline, determination and a shared vision of a future. Keeping our desired end in mind and guided by this shared mindset, we can now begin to find the path to progress and our way to becoming the great citizens of the world that we were destined to be.
IV. ANG DOCTRINA NG BAGONG BAYAN: A POST-VICTORY SCENARIO
The post-victory scenario envisioned by the Liga is simple. This scenario, which we call the Doctrina ng Bagong Bayan, is based on the principle of Dangal Ng Lahi.
We believe that despite having lost our way, we Filipinos continue to hold within ourselves the promise that Rizal saw so brightly shining within us. We believe that given the opportunity, we can stand side by side with any nation, achieve progress on our terms and without compromising our ideals.
We recognize food sufficiency as the source of political power of the people. Food sufficiency supports the creation of a truly symbiotic political relationship between the leaders and their constituents. We believe that the people must first be freed from hunger of the body in order that we may pursue the higher needs of the mind and the soul.
We recognize the protection and enforcement of property rights as the source of economic power of the people. Property rights supports the creation of wealth among the people in their practice of exchange economy, as well as the creation of wealth for the State in their practice of re-distributive economy.
We recognize a shared belief in the goodness and talent of the Filipino race as the source of social Capital. The ideology of goodness supports the creation of an organization of social relationships between the leaders and the constituents based on trust, respect and equality.
This doctrine is designed to strengthen the socio, economic, political pillars required of a modern Nation State, as we envisioned the Philippines to be in the 21st century. It is the mindset, the tool, the weapon that we believe will be the proponent first of an internal paradigm shift and ultimately a social revolution towards the true Bayan ng Pilipinas.
1. AFTER THE FALLOUT
Once victory is achieved, the first thing people will feel about the new government is uncertainty. Change will naturally make people uncertain, particularly people who used to hold a certain amount of power and enjoys the pleasure of wealth in the old establishment. The new government must immediately address these concerns or the consequences will be dire.
Fear always breaks down people into their most primal instincts – flee or fight. Those who feel threatened will always either fight the establishment or flee the country. Fighting, either in the form of resistance or rebellion, wastes time and resources better spent rebuilding and strengthening the new society. As for flight, flight of citizens translates to flight of capital and resources, capital that is valuable in acquiring the resources in rebuilding of the country. Such setbacks will only hinder the restoration and growth of the nation.
The first policy statement of any new government must therefore be dedicated in assuaging the fear of the people. They should be made to understand that they have nothing to fear, and the goal of the new government is to restore the rule of law.
II. ESTABLISH THE THREE PILLARS OF POWER
The key to unraveling any mess that the nation finds itself in is right governance. However, instead of trying to enforce a broad scope of governance, which would require much force and resources, and which would no doubt inspire much resistance, it would be better to focus on a minimum but definite set of laws that can be deeply enforced. Physics proves that similar forces applied to two areas of different sizes, will result in far more pressure in the smaller area relative to the bigger area.
Recognizing that the modern state rests on three pillars of governance – socio, economic and political – these pillars must be strengthened for a nation to be strong. It is necessary that we understand how power is created through these three pillars.
A. POLITICAL POWER: Food Sufficiency towards Political Stability
Watch any news program involving a protest and chances are it is someone protesting high prices and lack of livelihood. These are political problems that stem from a very basic need – the need of people to sustain their physiological needs. The most noble of speeches will always be drowned out by hunger pangs. Until government can adequately provide for the basic needs of its people, it cannot expect to move forward and grow. The key to growth and political stability, therefore, is clearly food sufficiency.
Any study of history will always point to food sufficiency as the cornerstone of civilization. In the earliest days, there were no superpowers, debtor countries, or monopolies. As hunter-gatherers, subsistence was the main agenda, and while people likely had different abilities, no one controlled the food supply. People were nomadic, following the food supply and slaves to the movements of nature. Once the people were able to produce food – through farming, fishing and animal husbandry – they were able to stay in one place, build permanent structure and have sedentary lifestyles. Communities began to be formed. Sharing technology and resources allowed them to produce more food. Once food sufficiency was attained, they could now engage in task specialization. From being socio-economic equals of hunter-gatherers, there arose class distinctions and classifications such as warrior, medicine women, farmers, teachers, and others. Thus civilization is born. It is no coincidence that the world’s most famous philosophers and thinkers came from the great civilizations. Freedom from physical hunger allows the pursuit of higher goals and aspirations.
Once a community grows and becomes progressive, however, it must focus on protecting its assets from external threats, traditionally either by annexing or annihilating the perceived threat. This gives birth to armies, and ultimately, to empires.
The oligarchy created first by the Spaniards and the monopolies created by the Americans have destroyed our capability for food self-sufficiency. Transforming a great number of our countrymen & women to today’s modern hunter-gatherers (the overseas workers), needing to go outside of the country-community to earn money. The money they send back is then used to buy food that mostly comes from outside the country – creating a vicious cycle and a cruel irony for people living in a land so blessed with natural resources.
The primary task of the government should therefore be to enforce laws that will ensure food sufficiency. The food sources – our farms, our fields, our forests and our waters – should be protected on a political level. Once food sufficiency is achieved, political stability and progress will naturally follow. In fact, it is the nature of man to always protect its source of sustenance. If the source of food is integrally tied to the political system, the people will act in accordance to its preservation.
B. ECONOMIC POWER: Protection of Property Rights towards Prosperity
While most people know that the Philippine economy is based on a capitalist system, they may not necessarily understand how capitalism works and some may not even care at all. While some educated citizens may argue that other systems may be more advantageous or desirable, we simply have to accept that this is the current reality, free market capitalism rules, not only in the Philippines but in the world. I always believe that to be good in a certain game, the first things we must know are the rules of the game. It is necessary therefore that you should know even the rudimentary rules of the capitalist game.
In a nutshell capitalism revolves around capital. Capital can mean many things but for our purpose we will define financial capital as the value assigned by an institution of capitalism (such as banks and stock exchange) to an ownership.this ownership can be real property (land), intellectual property (patents, books, etc.) or time (such as daily, monthly labor). In a capitalist society, therefore, the source of power is property rights. As with food sufficiency, the first priority of the revolutionary government in order to secure economic stability is to balance the distribution of wealth by protecting and enforcing property rights.
Land reform is also the most obvious demonstration of social egalitarianism. As Lenin noted in 1905, mere land distribution is not enough. Only those who posses the capital to till the land can do so and therefore “socialization of the land” cannot be effected without “socialization of capital.” This has been the flaw of all the land reform movements in the last hundred years. Even Marcos’s Agrarian Reform project was aimed at social emancipation rather than an economic movement of “socializing capital.”
Of the approximately 30 million hectares of land owned by the government, only 15 million are titled, that leaves 15 million hectares that can be still be distributed and utilized productively. Assigning value to property rights to the land allows it to be translated into financial capital, which is in turn translated to a source of economic power, rightfully in the hands of the people.
C. SOCIAL POWER: Transformative Education towards empowered Citizenry
Modern States derived its power to rule from the consent of the people, Abraham Lincoln’s government of the people, by the people and for the people still is the norm of today’s nation states’ government.
People being the primary building blocks of modern democratic societies is one of the most important form of capital in nation building, the so called Social Capital ranks as one of the pre-requisite in creating a modern nation State. Thus, it is a sacred duty of the government to serve the advancement of the children of this generation and the succeeding generations of Filipinos in the field of education. A complete overhaul of the current education system beginning with the institutions of public education to the curriculum and teaching methodologies must be employed to fulfill this duty to our people. Because we believe that only an empowered citizenry can participate in the political dynamics required in a modern democratic society, without an empowered citizenry, it will simply be a mockery of democratic processes by an elite ruling class over a multitude of destitute and mal-educated majority of working class Filipinos.
This scenario must be presented well to the people in order to get their consent for the program of government that will be implemented to turn this scenario into reality. Once this consent is manifested in a legitimate electoral exercise or a plebiscite, the business of establishing the institutions that will administer the execution of governance and delivery of State services to the people must immediately commence.
Building the institutions that will build the Nation
History has shown including the most recent events in Iraq that regime change is the easy part in effecting change in a Nation’s leadership, what has proven to be more difficult is the tasks of establishing a new order of government. Choosing which institutions to build is a very critical decision that a new Government must make, because any perception of failure entails risking the withdrawal of consent of the people that may lead to a political crisis that could spiral out of control.
Institutions of Prosperity before institutions of democracy
Another look at history has shown us that it is prosperity that leads towards a strengthening of democratic institutions and not the other way around of democracy leading to prosperity. Examples abound from the most recent economic miracles that were borne out authoritarian regimes such as Singapore, Korea, Malaysia that matured into a more democratic society once prosperity has been achieved. Even the present democratic States such as the United States of America were first prosperous colonies of an imperial monarchy before becoming a Democratic independent nation. While poor countries that were constituted as democratic State from its birth of independence from its former rulers, most of them have remained undeveloped and mired in poverty. Making a farce of its democratic processes and institutions and serving the interest of the ruling elite rather than the majority of the people.
It is with this realization that I propose the building of these institutions of Prosperity that will govern the Nation towards a progressive and democratic State.
Institution of Protection and enforcement of Property rights
Land or real property is the most basic source of capital according to the rules of Capitalism, being the de facto economic system of the present world, wherein it states that Capital is created only upon the assignment of value to a certain property rights by the institutions of Capitalism which are the banks and the stock exchange. We propose the creation of a single body managing and administering the protection of property Rights, it must address the infirmities of the current system and easily allow the conversion of the entire Nation’s real property asset into capital whenever there is a need to do so. It shall also unleash the confidence of the public to invest and develop real property assets knowing that their investment are covered with secure titles & certificates and shall be protected with a firm enforcement of property rights laws.
This institution shall secure for the Nation the most basic building block of prosperity in the modern economic society and must be protected from being captured by vested interest groups with a robust set of laws. All efforts must be exerted and all resources must be employed to hold this most essential institution free to serve the interest of the Filipino people.
Institution of Scientific Research and Technological Development
Technology is another source of capital thru the creation of Intellectual Property Rights or IPR, looking at the top corporations of the world will show you that IPR and not real property rights are the main source of wealth of the modern world. It is therefore a must that an Institution dedicated to scientific research be created and supported by the highest level of government, the establishment of this institution shall ensure the next level of wealth creation for the Nation. Particular focus on environmental restorative technology and life based technology will be the priority areas for development, it is a niche that offers the most potential for a rich bio-diverse territory like ours.
This is consistent with the post victory scenario of implementing a transformative education for the youth of the Nation, this institution shall be responsible in managing the output of the revitalized education system towards creating a new basis for wealth and prosperity.
Institution of Capitals Market administration
With the abundance of capital created with the protection of real property rights and the development of Intellectual Property Rights. An institution that will administer and protect the investing public shall be created, its mandate is to seriously enforce rules and carry out severe punishment to those who will compromise the integrity of the market that may undermine the trust of the public to such a vital institution to the country’s progress. The liberty to make money must be tempered with rules of fairness and accountability, unlike the present times where outright thievery in the market such as the pre-need debacle and inside trading are slapped with the proverbial “slap on the wrist” penalty.
The primary aim of this institution is to provide access to low cost capital to invest and develop to our mis-valued real property sector and to fund scientific research and technological development of Intellectual Property Rights, thereby creating a spiraling of economic growth and prosperity that can be sustained throughout future generations of Filipinos.
Institution of Communications and Transportation
With the investment of internally generated capital into our land and industry, we expect productivity in our farms and industry to grow, these growth will require transportation systems to move the goods from the source to the market and communications infrastructure to move information between producers and consumers. An institution that will supervise the most cost effective way to move goods and information is essential to the realization of the country’s prosperity.
This institution must learn from the lessons of the past and the not so recent past, where communications and transportation projects are pushed for approval and funding simply to become expensive white elephants without any economic benefit to the people. I must reiterate that a vigilant system of checks and balance must be enforced to protect such institution from getting captured by vested interest groups.
Conclusion
We have now discussed a broad range of subjects from a new ideology, through history, a rationale for revolution, a post victory scenario and finally to building institutions to support our thrust to prosperity. It has been intellectually stimulating writing this paper in trying to decipher what is ailing our beloved Nation and what could probably cure such affliction, whatever mistake or omission is entirely my own fault. I hope that you will find some useful idea that you may use to serve our Nation, it will be a great source of joy if my writing will even lead you to take action towards helping our people.
I am sure that there still so many Filipinos out there who shares our longing for a peaceful and progressive Philippines, a country, we shall leave to our children in a better shape than the one we came into.
Let me end this paper with a quote from my favorite hero Jose Mercado Rizal……
“It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal, It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of a great edifice.”
Let us be part of the edifice of the Filipino Nation.
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Re: THE PHILIPPINES AS A BASTARD CHILD
You may add 87 million cowards. Why abusive and corrupt Arroyo regime is being tolerated?
Ang haba ng article… tinatamad ako magbasa… later na lang ako mag-comment.
Lozada gutom lang yan!!!! Pati yung mga madre tumulong na lang kayo sa mga iskuwater kaysa sunod kayo ng sunod sa KSP na lozada na yan!!!
Para kay Jo Ty:
Kapatid na Jo Ty, kung ayaw mong tumulong sa mga taong ang hangad ay mabuti sa kapwa, wag kana lang sanang magsalita. KSP talaga si Lozada, KSP ng mga taong nagbubulag-bulagan sa malaking sakit ng lipunan. Pero sa mata naming mahihirap, bayani sya na dapat itanghal at pamarisan. Dahil kahit paano me tapang sya na ipaglaban ang katotohanan.
Mabuhay po kayo Ginoong Lozada at dumami pa ang iyong lahi. Kami sampu ng aming sambahayan dito sa Binondo ay sumusuporta sa iyo
Siguro itong si Mr. Jo Ty ay nakikinabang rin sa mga milyon milyong pera ng taumbayan na ipinamimigay ni Arroyo? Isa ka rin sa mga BAYARANG TUTA ni Arroyo!
Jun Lozada is one in a million. I wonder how many in the governent service could come out just to help introduce reforms in the Philippine Government….JDV and Romy Neri included…and yet for lack of BALLS they just decide to remain silent!
How much longer are we going to have these undesirables in the government service who will continue to support graft and corruption in government? We need more of the likes of Jun Lozada, the Hyatt 10, Joey de Venecia, Magdalo soldiers, and thousands more who have offered their lives for the Filipino people.
like liars like him…..why dont they ask officials from america to coordinate some machine that would handle t\cases…..bolok../../
Hindi si Lozada ang nagsulat nito. ECE grad, makakasulat ng ganito? Mga Lawyers ang usually nakakasulat nito..
ang his too busy campaigning right?
May ghost writer si Jun
Mabuhay ang mga mandarambong! Okay, may 200 kayo.
Hoy Lozada KSP…. magkano na ang nakalap mong kuntribusyon 10 million na ba… sa mga nauto ni Lozada sorry na lang kayo dami na pera Lozada… kayo mga poor pa rin!!!! Mga madre sipsip kay Lozada tulong na lang kayo sa mga pulubi na kakalatkalat sa maynila…mayaman na yang si Lozada nauto lang kayong mga madre…HEHEHEHE.
There are many who keep saying that J. Lozada is lying yet not one of them has come out with the reason why he is lying. Government and military officials who say J. Lozada is lying has not come up with a single argument to prove that indeed Lozada is lying.
Lozada has presented himself as one whom the youth can look up to. He might have had his share of corruption but that precisely makes him a credible witness not very different from the Trojan Horse who can only defeat the enemy from the inside.
The problem with Jun Lozada’s demeanor is that he struts like a candidate in the middle of a campaign trail. Sure, he exposed the alleged corruptions in the ZTE-NBN contract. But how come when he goes to schools, all he says are generalizations without any specifics on the web of corruption. I think the activists and the Church people can handle the moralizing speeches; Jun Lozada should concentrate on explaining the web of corruption and the people behind them.
Anung truth truth… pwe!!!! Yang Lozada na yan e kasama rin sa pangungulimbat yan e….nabulilyaso lang ang kumisyon nya kay JDV… Sa mga PARI at MADRE na sunud ng sunud kay Lozada na yan !!!! mag tanim nalang kayo ng kamote para makatulong kayo sa food krisis sa atin…. para may makain ang mga iskuwater na lagi nyung sinasabihan ng “go and multiply”…. AMEN!!!!
lozada has been proven lying…even here….just like what he said in in this article…
Questions and comments from the readers, either anti- or pro-Lozada, are also welcomed. Palatino, however, said he hopes that readers will be responsible when leaving their comments.
“Sa pamamagitan ng blog na ito ay magkakaroon ng interaction si Mr. Jun Lozada, at ang mga kabataan ay malayang makakapagtanong kay Mr. Lozada. At dito rin niya masasagot ang mga katanungan ng ating mga kababayan,” he said.
Palatino said he hopes that reputations won’t be maligned through this blog.
Lozada, meanwhile, is unperturbed by getting scathing remarks from readers, saying he is not afraid to answer all criticisms.
this is from abs-cbn…if you trust me….just look it up…he doesn’t even right this article…bak may ghost writer nga siya… he’s already lying to the public…did he even answer our criticisms…??he didn’t even touch a finger in his blog…..
is this enough abs of la…??
jhoy…george dee…this is a blog so you are free what you want to say…even jun lozada himself wants to know what is the public’s reaction towards his “truth story”.you should be the one to shut up….we are here to say something for ourselves…there is freedom of speech…isn’t there???
Kung si J. Lo ay talagang nagsisinungaling, bakit maraming maga Pilipino na naniniwala
sa kanya? Ang sa aking palagay ay lahat na uma alipusta sa kanya ay yung mga ayaw na bumaba si GMA sa puwesto.
Kung talagang walang kabuluhan ang pinagsasabi ni J. Lo siguro ay lahat ng naniniwala
sa kanya sampu ng mga religioso at mga professional kasama na ang mga milyon milyong mga guro, estudyante at mga mamayanag Pilipino ay mga BOBO!
Kung may sasabihn k a Mr Lozada sabihin mo na> Mukha naman wala ka ng tinatago pa. Ang ibig mo bang sabihn nagulat ang mga kababayan mo ng sabihin mong may kurakutang nagaganap sa NTN at iba pang transakyon sa gobyerno??? Saan ba wala? I am sure na ikaw mismo ay nangurakot din kahit papaano nung “happy days” pa at naka upo ka. Di ko sinasabi na tama ang mangurakot. 13 yrs ako dyan nagtrabaho sa govt and nakakasuka ang nakawan. kawawa yung mga hindi govt employee dahil wala silang chance makanakaw kahit man lang coupon band o yellow pad . Lahat nangungurakot in a way. Kung gusto mo talaga ng pagbabago sabihin mo na na dhope na magising na mga kababayan mo. Problema nga sa inyo umamin na si GMA na tumwag kay Garci (ito na lang) e wala pa rin kayong nagawa. Ano pa kaya sa tingin mo itong kurakutan na sanay na sanay na sanay na sanay na kayong lahat. Kung nagpapakatino ba kayo sa gobyerno e di sana di kami umalis dyan. Govt scholar pa ako(Civil Service) pero wala kang makitang pag asenso dyan kung wala kang “connect”. Pero kung di rin sa mga mangungurakot e di sana nagpapaka tyaga din ako dyang pinapawisan ang singit at kili-kili kaka trabaho tapos ang yumamayaman lang kaunti. Yun ang maganda dito, yung nagagawa at kinakain ng mayaman nagagawa rin namin. Mas marami kaming middle class kaysa mayaman dito. Wake up mga pinoy
go j lo marami kaming naniniwala sayo
jo tying inamo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ang baba ng reasoning mo……di mo kasing bobo ang mga pilipino.
Mababa nga reasoning ko pero sino naman sa atin ang mas maganda ang buhay sige nga. Nagmumura ka pa e blog nga ito tanga!
SAbi mo pati di ko kasing bobo mga pinoy na tulad mo. Sige kung ako andyan di ako payag na pa blog-blog lang. Lalaban ako pag mandaraya ang namumuno sa akin. Ikaw ano payag ka na yan ang presidente mo. UMAMIN na nga. Ang galing mo bili ka na ng bigas baka maubusan ka pa hahaha!
Anung maraming naniniwala kay Lozada …yung mga uto-uto lang na katulad mo …
Wala na tayo nung panahon ng Espana….yang mga Madre at Pari na yan feeling ay mga prayle pa rin sila…. Hoy mga Pari at Madre ang mahal mahal ng tuition ang mga Catholic School nyo… akala nyo makamahirap yang mga yan Pwe!!!! Duduguin kayo sa pesteng tuition ng mga eskuwelahan ng mga yan…. YAN BA ANG MAKAMAHIRAP.!!!!… kung kayo ay makamahirap i open nyu ang mga eskuwelahan nyu sa mga iskuwater na gusto nyung paramihin!!!!
nope jo ty not even a digit of my inteligence………..
u sucks!!!!!!lolz
Oo na… matalino ka na… that’s why philippines is one of the poorest country, & thanks for your intelligence & to all very intelligent filipinos for making our country one of the poorest….good job let make our country to the bottom last…..Ano Batangeno masaya ka!!! na!!!
I pity this creature Jun Lozada, na halatang bayaran ni Ping Lacson para makigulo para sa Opposition.
You have your money now, what can we expect of you “Liar”
Kung gusto mo sumikat para maging Senador, sna hindi ka na lang nanira ng tao.
Kitang kita sa TV kung paano ka magsinungaling.
Ang this is all part of plan by Ping Lacson.
Remember, nakipag-meeting ka pa king Lacson and Legarda, sometime last quarter of 2006.
Then itong meeting lang pala na ito, dapat kaduda duda din pla.
Eh ang golf ni Gloria, pinagdududahan mo pa.
What more to you?
tama si logical thinker. bilang isang naging bahagi ng madlang corrupsiyon, alam niya ang mga pasikot- sikot nito. at itong pasikot sikot ay ang dapat malaman ng tao.
pero minsan ang mga tao ay bingi na sa sinasabi ng simbaha. minsan, mas malakas ang epekto kung isang nagbagong buhay ang magsalita tungkol sa mga usaping moral. sa pagkakatanong iyon, mas maraming tao ang makaka-relate sa kanya sapagkat isa rin siyang karaniwang tao gaya nila
mga taga batangas mga walang utak…halos lahat…especially…you of course…hehehehehe…ibagsak ang batangas…ga salig man mo mga dato mu dinha…oa pud mu da….
palagay ng palagay paka abs of la…ilambosa kita run…..mga way utok gud nang mitoo niya…bolok jjud ka abs of la….ibalibag ka run…..oplok…heheheh
JO TY… I am just wondering, Have you gotten any formal education? Coz even a grade 1 student can write a very simple sentence in English. I mean, going back to all your blogs you have written a straight Filipino (tagalog) and it would cause a shame to all Filipinos coz we are known to be 3rd nation to be speaking in English in the whole world. Anyway, I am here to help you open your eyes about the truth. Do you even ask yourself why poor Filipinos become poorer and poorer? why a lot of OFW’s would choose to go out of the country and choose to work away from their family? Have you even realize why can’t you even say a single English word? Maybe because the book that you should be reading hasn’t reached you and that it was turned into money and was sent to the “tutas” of GMA. Please try to analyze every situation that we have… coz I know even you can’t buy the things that you want and can’t make your life better because of the predicaments (problems that’s the meaning in case you don’t know) that we have. We can’t move forward if you sound like that. Why don’t you just help and support the people who chose to spill the truth? Anyway, it’s what we’re all after for. Right? If you were in Mr. Lozada’s shoes, would you do exactly the same? I doubt it because you’re also a money - hungry individual who enjoys the millions of Filipinos. Please come to your senses, now is the right time and stop your ill - natured style of blogging. Tell these to all the bloggers who share the same nonesense view of yours…
Hoy Lozada atin atin lang…..magkano na ba ang mga donasyon mo… balita ko going 20-30 million na…. WOW!!!!…. pwede bang i share mo sa aming mga poor na ipinagtatangol mo….o baka naman e naparte parte nyu na ng mga madre at LaSalle bro. na chu chu sayu….
JUN LOZADA DAPAT MATAKOT KA SA KARMA SA MGA PINAGGAGAWA MO, HUWAG NAMAN SANA BUMALIK SA PAMILYA MO ANG PANGLOLOKO MO SA MGA TAO..YUN KASING BINAYAD SYO PAA MAGSALITA KA NG KUNG ANO ANO KAHIT MALUGMOK ANG EKONOMIYA NATIN AY MALAKING KASALANAN KAHIT SA DIYOS..KAHIT WAG MO NA IBALIK YUNG MGA MILYON MILYON NINAKAW MO SA GOBYERNO (PHIL FOREST GUMP) KASI WISH NA LANG NAMIN NA PAGBAYAN MO YUN KULUNGAN KYA WAG KA NAMAN MAGTAGO SA SAYA AT SASABIHIN MONG HARASSMENT, IKAW NA LANG YATA ANG NANINIWALA SA SARILI MO KAYA ANG MGA BATA ANG NAPIPILI MONG AUDIENCE NGAYON SA IYONG MGA SARSWELA.
NAAAWA AKO SAYO KASI BAKA MAMAYA SA KAPAG DI NA KUNTENTO SYO ANG MGA KASAMA MO SA PLANO (HANDLER) AY SILA NA ANG MAGPAPATAY SYO.. KAAWA AWA KA, ANG DAMI MONG KASINUNGALINGAN SA SARILI, BUTI NAPAPAKAIN MO SA MGA ANAK MO ANG GALING SA GANYANG ISTILO.. MAGNANAKAW AT AMBISYOSO
AMEN to that!!!! Nagigising na rin ang taong bayan…. sa mga prayleng ugali ng mga pari at madre na yan….. History repeats by itself, lumalabas na naman ang totoong ugali ng mga pari na yan….CONTROLIN ang goyerno at brain washin ang taong bayan gaya ng ginawa ng mga prayleng Espanol….. Lalo na yang manyakis na si BACANI na yan na a perfect resemblance of Padre Damaso…. Di nyu ba napapansin unti unting gumagapang na naman ang mga galamay ng mga peste ng lipunan na mga madre at pari na mga yan…. They are building again their influences in politics……Be aware mga kababayan yang mga pesteng TAX EVADER na yan ang lumalason sa mga isipan natin!!!!
JO TY kawawa ka naman. Bukod sa bobo ka mag english e pati pari at madre ba naman kinakalaban mo. May karapatan din ang mga yan. ngayon kung mali sila e di wag mo sundin di ba? simple lang kasi buhay pinahihirapan nyo pa. Ito lang ang isipin mo…. Bakit dyan sa inyo sa pinas pag di ka maputi pangit ka. pag di ka english speaking jologs o mahirap ka? Manood ka na lang ng TV patrol. Tagalog news pero nagpipilit mag english lahat ng tao?? Tagalog ang tanong sasagutin ng english at ang masaklap mauubusan kaya mag tatagalog din. Di ba ginagaya nyo lang kami dito sa US? Kaya hirap kayo umasenso.
Ay naku! Jun Lozada wala ka bang bagong gimmick? Puro ka lang salita. Ilabas ang mga ebidensya dito sa blog mo. Magkano ba Jun?
Bakit umatras si Romy Neri sa pag testigo sa Senado? Dahil ayaw nyang maging kamukha ni Jun Lozada. Ayaw nyang mawalan ng trabaho. Ayaw nyang umasa sa tulong ng mga taong bayan na may malasakit sa pag labas ng katotohanan. Ang gusto nya ay umasa lamang sa mga ibibigay ni GMA na bonus sa kanya.
Si Jun Lozada ay matapang at si Romy Neri naman ay walang kuwan! hehehe.
Jo Ty. Ang yabang mo naman, porke nakarating ka sa ibang bansa, inapi mo na kaming lahat ng pilipino dito sa pilipinas. AT yun na mismo! Kung yan bang gobyerno ng amo mong si Gloria, ay di kinukurakot ang yaman ng AMING bansa, (Taiwanese ka na di ba) di sana napupunta sa tao ang mga serbisyo na dapat mapunta sa kanila in terms of education, social services, medical benefits, and infrastructure…like roads, bridges, leisure parks, and so much more that the people should get from their government. Sa iyo na din nang galing na malaki ang problema ng pilipinas under Gloria’s rule. So, you’re not even a Philippine taxpayer pala! Now, what gives you the right na magyabang na magyabang dito! Taiwanese ka na at di ka taxpayer! And with all respect to the Taiwanese people that i have come to know, di nila pinagtatawanan ang nag I - Ingles diyan. Kung mamarapatin mo, gawa ng negosyo ko dati, maraming beses ako nagpupunta diyan sa isang taon. I was never laughed at pag Nag ingles, kahit saang lugar ako nakarating. Di ko naranasang pagtawanan. If you want. I can ask my friends there to call you naman, at mukhang napakalungkot mo diyan. They speak GOOD ENGLISH as well as Mandarin. Di ka mahihirapan. I saw many Filipinos there on Sundays, sa simbahan, gusto mo, instead na insultuhin mo ang mga pari at madre, mag attend ka kaya ng misa, baka sakaling maintindihan mo. Peace be with you Jo Ty. You seem like an angry soul.
Mikey : Arroyo ba? Tanong mo magkano, kaya mo ba bayaran? ah, talagang marami kayong nakurakot..Sa daming tinanggihan ni Jun na offer, mukhang kaya mo nang taasan pa. Naka delihensiya na naman ata kayo, sa bigas ba o sa jueteng?
Nihaw Bernadette …hindi ako taiwanese at lagi ako uwuuwi dyan sa pilipinas may bussiness ako dyan nag babayad ako ng tax at Evat di gaya ng mga pari at madre… MAY kasabihan tayo na Kung Hindi UKOL di BUBUKOL … kung may sala si gloria e na peoples power na yan nuun pa katulad ni erap at marcos…. bakit nan didiyan pa yan si gloria at alepores nya , alam ng pinoy by instict kung kung may sala yan…. kaya kung may reklamo kayong mga chu chu ni Lozada e pumunta kayo sa korte at wag magpapansin sa media, at sa mga pari at madre dyan nalang kayo sa simbahan at nauubos na ang katolico sa pilipinas at mag recuit na lang kayo ng mga bagong pari at wala ng nageenroll na mga seminarista ngayon…di na masikmura ng nga pinoy ang pakikialam nyo sa pulitika… BACANI kamusta na yung hinipuan mong peste ka naanakan mo na ba!!!!
Bakit hindi pumupunta si Lozada sa korte, sa sandigan bayan at sa umbudsman para maghain ng reklamo? Dahil alam ng lahat na pag ginawa nya yon ay walang mangyayari. Ano ba ang nangyari sa Motion for Reconsideration ng Senado tungkol sa Neri case sa Supreme Court? Mukhang nakalimutan na yata ng atin magigiting na mga mahistrado na karamihan ay iniluklok ni GMA sa puwesto.
Ano na ang nang yari sa kasong isinampa ni Sen. Madrigal sa korte laban sa mga Militar na kumidnap kay Jun Lozada? Nakalimutan na rin. Ano na ang nangyari sa mga imbestigasyon sa mga political killings ng mga aktibista at mga mamahayag na nagkawala na lang nang kusa? Mukhang nailibing na rin yung kanilang mga kaso.
Kaya tama ang ginagawa ni Jun Lozada na ipinararating nya ang katotohanan directa sa mga tao dahil kung hindi nya gagawin ito ay tuluyan na ring makakalimutan ng ating mga kababayan. Ang mga sumusuporta sa kanya sampu ng mga pari at madre at mga mamamayan ay walang hangad kundi MAILANTAD LAMANG ANG KATOTOHANAN AT SI JUN LOZADA AY NAKAHANDANG IBIGAY ANG KANYANG BUHAY PARA DITO.
BAKIT HINDI NATIN BIGYAN NG PAGKAKATAON ANG KATOTOHANAN NA LUMANTAD PARA SA IKAUUNLAD NG ATING BAYAN? AKING IKINARARANGAL ANG ATING MGA KABATAAN NA WALANG HUMPAY NA SUMUSUPORT SA PAGLANTAD NG KATOTOHANAN DAHIL SILA MISMO ANG MAGDURUSA O MAKIKINABANG PADATING NG KANILANG PANAHON.D
Hahaha ngayon ay pinapakita mo ang iyong totoong kulay. Ipinapakita mo ang pagiisip ng mga nasa poder ngayon. Ke se Juda kung mali si Gloria basta nasa poder ay WALANG MAGAGAWA ANG TAONG BAYAN.
Hindi kasimple ang magalsa laban sa imperialismo ng Malakanyang kaibigan. Antayin mo at sa susunod na eleksiyon ay ipapakita ng mga taong bayan kung sino talaga ang may kapangyarihan. Si Jun Lozada ay nagiikot hindi dahil sya ay tatakbo bilang politiko kundi dahil gusto nyang MATALO LAHAT NG KANDIDATO NI GMA SA 2010.
huwag ninyo namang sabihin kay jo ty hindi marunong mag english…english is just a second language…mauel quezon declared that tagalog should be the national language…tinatangkilik mlang niya ang kanyan mother tongue…..filipino first ikanga nang paborito kong presidente na si carlos p garcia……..go carlos……you should be the ones ashamed…di marunong mag bisaya at tagalog…pisot mo…
Bakit nandiyan pa si Greedy Gloria? Aba, sing-kapal ng asero ang mukha e! Natural, kapag kapit-tuko hindi madaling alisin ‘yan.
Jo Ty : Hi! Ngayon, nakiki Pinoy ka, sa previous post mo, pinag-aapi mo na kami. Saka, why are you so ANGRY? Actually, it would be fun if we stick to issues rather than name calling and foul language. masarap mag discuss ng issues actually, if we just keep cool heads.
Speaking of hinihipuan…Kumusta naman kaya yung mga biktima ni Mr. sexual harassment , tuta ni arroyo Gonzales din ano?
hahaha..bvernadettrer boplukk..ungas siya…hahaha…oplok msi bernadette murag nawung og baboy…hahaha….nakaktawa talaga…hehehehe…abs of la….murag nawung ungggoy…..kagaya kayo ni jun lozada…mga anak ng tetenng… at unggoy……like father like son…hahahahahha
hahaha..bvernadettrer boplukk..ungas siya…hahaha…oplok msi bernadette murag nawung og baboy…hahaha….nakaktawa talaga…hehehehe…abs of la….murag nawung ungggoy…..kagaya kayo ni jun lozada…mga anak ng tetenng… at unggoy……like father like son…hahahahahhavvv
Based on the typing pattern, si ‘gikapoyan na’ ay kapareho ni ‘jo ty’.
Thanks cvj, I was beginning to suspect that as well. Kala ko, nahilo lang ako from reading so many of their posts. Also for someone in business, Jo Ty, can’t even spell the word business.
“this is from abs-cbn…if you trust me….just look it up…he doesn’t even right this article…bak may ghost writer nga siya… he’s already lying to the public…did he even answer our criticisms…??he didn’t even touch a finger in his blog…..”
Gikapoyan naman eh! Ano na naman to?
write po, hindi right..he didn’t - hindi he doesn’t..he didn’t even touch a finger in his blog? baka lift a finger??? Yun kaya , my esteemed jlozada.com commentator? hehehe, napapg tripan lang kita and your alter ego Jo TY. friends tayo ha?
The post is lengthy. Parang pinaghirapang gawin. Sayang lang at hindi ko maintindihan. Anyway, it looks like a guide. Para bang kapag naintindihan mo malalaman mo kung ano ang iyong magiging panindigan sa isang isyu. You will know what direction to take.
Here’s a sample situation. Testing lang po. It seem imminent that Congress and the Senate are bent on bringing us towards federalism, what do we do? Support it? Fight it? or just talk about it?
Ang taong naubusan ng argumento ay wala nang magagawa kundi mamersonal ng atake sa kanyang katungali. Lahat ng atake kay J. Lozada ay personal. Sabi nga ni kaibigang Jonas ay wala namang argumento inilalahad na laban sa sinasabi ni J. Lo.
Kung puwede lang ay ilabas natin ang personalan at mag concentrate tayo sa isyu.
Talaga bang may anomalya sa ZTE? Kung meron ay sino ang may pasimuno nito? Kung wala naman ay ilahad natin ang ating mga argumento para maliwanagan ang ating mga mamamayang pilipino.
bernadette…bernadette…bernadette…kagwapa ba nimu uyu…..magsama kayo ni jun lozada…joke….kapoy naman comment.kay nonsense ra gihapon…di tan awun…halo…..
Jo Ty : The taped conversation has been spliced. Sorry, tagalog pala dapat, “Pinag dugtong - dugtong”. That is proof that wiretapping has been used to eavesdrop to private conversations. This is possible with sophisicated gadgets, used by ISAFP, incidentally, the US Military were the ones who provided these gadgets to the AFP,I think during Gen Corpus’ tenure as ISAFP head. As you may recall Jun was working closely with General Corpus on school projects until Gen Corpus’ retirement.
Note ; The Hello Garci tape (also wiretapped by ISAFP) was acknowledged by gloria as authentic, for which she has extended a hollow apology. Also, on ZTE - NBN Deal, she again has extended a hollow apology. Alam ni Gloria na mapagpatawad and mga Filipino, kaya kahit ilang ulit niya gawin ito ay okay lang sa mga Filipino. ps. Hindi puede sa akin iyan. Siya kinikilalang Pseudo-president, where there is no room for oversight or lapse in judgment, especially if concerns the wlefare of the 87++Filipinos.!!!
Ano ba ang pinag puputok ng butche ng mga maka Lozada na yan…porket hindi pabor sa kanila e barayan na raw kami. Daanin nyo sa proseso ang mga hinaing nyu!! dinala nyu na sa media pero flop pa rin kayo, dalhin nyu na sa korte pero di naman kayo naniniwala sa korte.. ano ba ang gusto nyo , gusto nyo kasi ay yun laging papabor sa inyo, mga maka lozada hindi lang kayo ang tao sa pilipinas marami rin ang hindi naniniwala dyan sa pesteng Lozada na yan…. Isa lang ang solusyon dyan sa gusto nyu, hindi na pala kayo naniniwala sa proseso ng batas…..MAGREBOLUSYON KAYO!!!!! Pag kayo ang nanalo e di TAPOS ang Istoria….. wala ng naniniwala sa mga patakbo takbong pari at madre ngayon….
JO TY
I don’t think bayaran ka. Wala ka lang masyadong alam sa mga isyu.
hoy…..if you think that ako…si gikapoyan na and jo ty has the same identity….then your right…..what is my true name…gma….mga oa pudm mo.,………….you bernadette….is not capable of being a detective….im a bisayan and have jo ty even spoke a language in my dialect…..no…he hasn’t…even once…..and don’t even accuse me of not knowing hbow to spell business you idiots…….haven’t you monkeys heard of “sayop og pagtype”…do you even understand bisaya???answer me….what a loser….im also beginning to suspect that you three…cvj,abs of la,tax joven and bernadette….ar all dum witted persons and associates with your oa leader jon ozada in his crusade for truth..daw….divba jo ty…
jo ty:yes gikapoyan na…hahahha….mga bolok……..detective mo???di intaawn…/kung detective man gani mo…imbestigahi si lozada…blok…business….b-u-s-i-n-e-s-s….salamat wikipedia……hahahahha….lozada boluk…..-l-o-z-a-d-a-b-oluk….and frankly ive won contest in spelling and literature…..mu uslti napud na sila og fake ko…lengthy pud kaayo akong suwat…ang…..ang….
why MR. Jonas do you have knowledge on the issue?
i think and very apparent that your only purpose on this blog is to safeguard,protect Jun Lozada and attack those who are criticizing jun lozada by means of misleading the real issue.
isn’t it?
Rod, what you think of me is wrong. Because you easily assume something that is wrong and unfair I’m not surprise that you do the same to me. Why will I “safeguard and protect” Lozada? What is your basis for saying that? Did you guess again just like what you did in your previous posts here?
I don’t attack those who criticize Lozada I take them to task to clarify what they are saying or support what they are alleging. You talked of “the real issue,” what then is the real issue to you?
The real issue is WHAT IS THE TRUTH? Jun Lozada is trying to expose the truth. GMA and her cohorts are trying to HIDE THE TRUTH. THAT I THINK IS THE REAL ISSUE. The Filipino people want to hear the truth come out. GMA is heading the conspiracy of suppressing and hiding the truth from the Filipino people.
I like this blog. Asal bata ang karamihan. Mura nang mura. Masaya. It makes your mind a bit away from gnawing hunger. Oh, the thrill of being able to put one over another! Masarap talaga magmura at mang mang-asar. Masarap talaga mag-asal bata. Babata ka talaga. Isip bata. Dito ako bagay. And, the comments suit jlo’s post to a T.
Revolution? Ginawa na natin ‘yan. Sino’ng nakinabang? Taong bayan ba? Post victory scenario! Come on. Get real. Ikaw ba’ng masusunod kapag may nanalo? Bakit, sino ka ba sa akala mo? Alam mo ba kung saan ka pupulutin kapag nagkagulo? Kasama ka ba sa magpapatakbo ng bagong gobiyerno? Masusunod ba’ng mga panukala mo? Iyan ba talaga ang kailangan?
Kaya ayaw kang tantanan ng tropa namin nina Jo Ty at Rod. Bakit hindi kami ang iyong tanungin kung mo ano ang gusto naming mangyari? Magugulat ka. Mas maganda ang sasabihin namin. Maniwala ka. You get the best advice from the worst persons, di ba? Try us!
Tax, why don’t you share your insights on how the scenario would run. Like, what are your suggestions to reclaim the credibility of the government. The trust that the people has bestowed to the institution. That is one of the reasons for creating a blog. Exchange of ideas and analyzed through healthy discussions. Like brainstorming. Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, what matters is that this opinion has relevance to the issues and task at hand.
Presently, Truth and Accountability are some of the issues. How can we accept the programs and projects of the present government if we we distrust them?
The government has to redeem itself in the face of the anomalies that it has created, for which the Filipino people are suffering. Look at it this way:
GMA gives out Php500.00 to lifeline users. She may have good intentions, but this is interpreted as electioneering. Pang plaster sa malaking sugat na ginawa niya. If you would analyze the Meralco situation, it could be :
GSIS - Objective is to correct the mismanagement of the Power Utility.
What mismanagement is Garcia talking about, when the company is making a hefty profit? Any stockholder would be happy to have a profitable company, as this would result in increased ROI.
GSIS Plan was to break up the company into Four and sold to private holdings company, most likely Arroyo owned and Arroyo Crony. Is that a good management style? Breaking up a profitable company? You might as well break up Microsoft, since it is quite profitable.
Note: NAWASA was broken up, one part is profiting, while the other is losing money. What if it was broken up in Four? Would we be able to have the same efficiency in terms of service provided? Not that the services rendered are efficient at all.
Distrust on GSIS plan. People have wised up and realized on the possible real reason behind the hostile takeover of Meralco, that is Arroyo would place NERI at the helm of the power utility, as Neri has been asking for this since Two years ago. To appease Neri, they tried to do this.
Therefore, for ROM - as Jun would fondly call you, you gotta make your stand and divulge whatever knowledge you have_ Truth that is. You have precariously placed Jun in this situation, it is overdue that you rectify the problem. You could be one of the missing links to clarify the situation we are in at present. Just tell the truth in the open, so we can all proceed to going on with our lives. The Philippines is in dire need to restore her credibility, both local and international. Lets get this over and done with. The same goes to JdV.
Thanks.
ABS of LA — June 6, 2008 #
Ang taong naubusan ng argumento ay wala nang magagawa kundi mamersonal ng atake sa kanyang katungali. Lahat ng atake kay J. Lozada ay personal. Sabi nga ni kaibigang Jonas ay wala namang argumento inilalahad na laban sa sinasabi ni J. Lo.
Kung puwede lang ay ilabas natin ang personalan at mag concentrate tayo sa isyu.
Talaga bang may anomalya sa ZTE? Kung meron ay sino ang may pasimuno nito? Kung wala naman ay ilahad natin ang ating mga argumento para maliwanagan ang ating mga mamamayang pilipino.
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ABS of LA — June 8, 2008 #
The real issue is WHAT IS THE TRUTH? Jun Lozada is trying to expose the truth. GMA and her cohorts are trying to HIDE THE TRUTH. THAT I THINK IS THE REAL ISSUE. The Filipino people want to hear the truth come out. GMA is heading the conspiracy of suppressing and hiding the truth from the Filipino people.
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* The real is issue is not what is the TRUTH but the TRUTH itself of ZTE and Lozada is the bearer of a so called TRUTH issue.
* The subject is the TRUTH
* Lozada is part of the subject where in he is the bearer of the issue for TRUTH
* Now, to know the truth is not only to immediately believed of what the bearer of the issue saying about and much more without any evidence.
* Lozada therefore also a subject as he is the one forcing the people to believed on the TRUTH of ZTE.
* As a Filipino, seeking for the TRUTH, we have to look on the FOUR PILLAR of the issue.. and not to believed on the bearer of the issue.
* If the bearer is GENUINE enough or without any of violation against the TRUTH and so he is credible.
* If Lozada therefore, is GENUINE and he have no of any violations against the law, or he is not part of the ZTE testify in the senate for inquiry with all of his knowledge and without any annomalies in PhilForest which the same violation as corruption. THEN, maybe I will believed on Him.
* However, due to some instances that I’ve saw and such reason as Caravan for Truth, and Posting of this Blog yet I’m not convince to the Truth that he is talking about, because even the statement in blog I assume that this is not for truth BUT encouraging filipinos to join with him as he is forming a Big activist group against the government.
* Which I pressume that he is not helping people for truth but rather he is helping people to be violence as he urging filipinos to support with him.
* Talking of TRUTH, you cannot tell the people, of WHAT IS TRUE AND NOT TRUE, because the Truth is lying on the inviduals NOT by the other people.
* Actually I’ve really feel something wrong on what is the purpose of this Blog, if you people don’t want the BEARER FOR TRUTH to be critizes.
* I’M SURE THAT THIS BLOG IS FOR THE PURPOSE TO ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO JOIN WITH HIM AND A RESEARCH IN ORDER HIM TO GET SOME IDEAS, for that he can defend himself during the hearing.
* Therefor, I’m discouraging other blogers not to give an idea to be his tools or matetrials during his trials..IN THAT WAY WE CAN ASSURE THAT THIS JLO IS REALLY TELLING THE TRUTH OR HE IS JUST FOOLING US FILIPINOS.
* If Lozada therefore, is GENUINE and he have no of any violations against the law, or he is not previousely part of the ZTE before he testify in the senate for inquiry with all of his knowledge and without any annomalies in PhilForest which the same violation as corruption. THEN, maybe I will believed on Him.
====ANOTHER THINGS ANO BA KLASING IT EXPERT TO ANG BLOG ALANG EDIT..DELETE LANG?===HAY NAKO UNFAIR TALAGA…===
To ABS of LA…. you want to find the truth….FILE the case to the court… hire the best attorney and wait for the verdict, if you don’t like the verdict, make an appeal, if you don’t like the result of the appellate court, go to the supreme court, if the supreme court upholds the
appellate court, make another appeal…. that is the constitutional process if you don’t like that process, go to congress or to a congressman, file a bill to change or amend the constitution….. that’s the constitutional process of this land….. if you don’t like it go to the mountains and be a hermit!!!!!!
What is the truth? The same thing was addressed by Pilate to Jesus after he was arrested by the Jews just before His crucifixion. Jesus in another context said I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. So what is the truth? The truth is not in Jun Lozada. What he is doing is POINTING ALL OF US TO THE TRUTH. When people attack the messenger, it is because they do not want the message to come out in the open, so they do everything to silence the messenger at all cost.
GMA should not hinder her Cabinet mininisters and High ranking officials of the PNP and the Military to confront Lozada in the Senate Hearings. GMA should not hinder Romy Neri from testifying in the Senate investigations. GMA should do EVERYTHING TO BRING JOCJOC BOLANTE BACK TO THE PHILIPPINES TO FACE THE SENATE INVESTIGATIONS. JOCJOC, JDV, JOEY, ETC. ALL DO NOT HAVE THE TRUTH BUT THEY ARE INSTRUMENTS FOR ALL OF US TO ARRIVE AT THE TRUTH.
WHY, OH WHY DOES GMA WANT TO SUPPRESS THE TRUTH? THERE MUST BE A REASON AND ANYBODY WHO DOES NOT HAVE AN IDEA MUST BE AN IDIOT.
To ABS of LA…. you want to find the truth….FILE the case to the court… hire the best attorney and wait for the verdict, if you don’t like the verdict, make an appeal, if you don’t like the result of the appellate court, go to the supreme court, if the supreme court upholds the
appellate court, make another appeal…. that is the constitutional process if you don’t like that process, go to congress or to a congressman, file a bill to change or amend the constitution….. that’s the constitutional process of this land….. if you don’t like it go to the mountains and be a hermit!!!!!!
hahaha, so you’re comparing Lozada to Jesus Christ? and What can you say about Judas selling Jesus christ…hahahaha
JUDAS is JuDVas or JDV hehehe…. idol ng mga maka Lozada!!!!!
To ISSA, I am sorry to say that your logic does not make any sense. You simply did not get the point or are you just playing dumb?
JO Ty said “file a case to court.”
Translation: I cannot argue using common sense and reason on the case. I’m on a disadvantage on any level so I’m going to use the legal technicality for safety. That way nobody can pin me down.
I can attack Lozada and at the same time frustrate others to engage me in a debate.
Nice try.
TINGNAN NYO NAMAN…shes comparing Lozada to Jesus???? hell
===>>THE SAME THING WAS ADDRESSED BY PILATE TO JESUS..AS THE SAME THING TO LOZADA???..oh..cmon.
NAPAKALINAW HO ANG COMPARISON MO..wag kanang mag mangmaangan pa.
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ABS of LA — June 8, 2008 #
What is the truth? The same thing was addressed by Pilate to Jesus after he was arrested by the Jews just before His crucifixion. Jesus in another context said I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. So what is the truth? The truth is not in Jun Lozada. What he is doing is POINTING ALL OF US TO THE TRUTH. When people attack the messenger, it is because they do not want the message to come out in the open, so they do everything to silence the messenger at all cost.
GMA should not hinder her Cabinet mininisters and High ranking officials of the PNP and the Military to confront Lozada in the Senate Hearings. GMA should not hinder Romy Neri from testifying in the Senate investigations. GMA should do EVERYTHING TO BRING JOCJOC BOLANTE BACK TO THE PHILIPPINES TO FACE THE SENATE INVESTIGATIONS. JOCJOC, JDV, JOEY, ETC. ALL DO NOT HAVE THE TRUTH BUT THEY ARE INSTRUMENTS FOR ALL OF US TO ARRIVE AT THE TRUTH.
WHY, OH WHY DOES GMA WANT TO SUPPRESS THE TRUTH? THERE MUST BE A REASON AND ANYBODY WHO DOES NOT HAVE AN IDEA MUST BE AN IDIOT.
The same thing was addressed by Pilate to Jesus ( THE SAME THING is a word that somebody is compared ) Such as Lozada issue is THE SAME THING happen to Jesus.
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When people attack the messenger, it is because they do not want the message to come out in the open, so they do everything to silence the messenger at all cost.
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When people attack LOZADA, it is because they do not want the message to come out in the open, so they do everything to silence LOZADA at all cost.
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So hindi pala malinaw sayo at walang sense ang tanong ko :hahaha, so you’re comparing Lozada to Jesus Christ? and What can you say about Judas selling Jesus christ…hahahaha
ABS..basic lang yan na elaboration at konti palang yan na paliwanag…maliit na bata maintindihan yan…kaya wag mong dalhin sa Sense Sense kasi mga ALAGAD KAYO NG DYOS..wag kayong mang Humiliate ng TAO kasi ALAGAD KAYO NG DYOS…sagotin nyo ang dapat at tamang sagot kasi ALAGAD KAYO NG DYOS…wag nyong idaan sa ganitong pag sagot “your logic does not make any sense” kasi ALAGAD KAYO NG DYOS….sabihin nyo ang totoo kung hindi nyo alam KASI ALAGAD KAYO NG DYOS.
MGA KABABAYAN..ITO BA ANG SINASABI NAng MAKA DYOS?????? na dapat nating paniwalaan ang sabihan nila tayo na IDIOT??? kung hindi maniniwala sa kanila?.
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ABS of LA — June 8, 2008 #
ANYBODY WHO DOES NOT HAVE AN IDEA MUST BE AN IDIOT
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*Ito ba’y makatao? bilang alagad ng DYOS???
*Iyan ba ang tinuro ng Simbahan Katoliko kung ang tao ay hindi maniniwala sa sinasabi nila???DAHIL SILA AY MAKA DYOS???
* Ito ba ang Forum ng MAKA DYOS??
Issa : I would request you to read again, ABS of LA’s posting. I do not think that he is comparing Jun to Jesus or Jun’s predicament to Jesus. He merely mentioned that Jun is pointing us in the direction of the Truth. As mentioned by some people, and also by Jun, if you are the light then you are illuminated, hence, detractors would see you more clearly, which would provide them with ammo to besmirch what you are trying to arrive at… which is the TRUTH. Hope you are not offended.
Exchange of ideas - that is the purpose of this blog, or any other blog for that matter. Jun may very well get ideas from what we have posted, at least we contributed something. If you would notice when Jun speaks, and he would cite as an example what was provided to him, he would make it clear to the listeners that the bright idea was from someone, or from some blog that he came across.
I have listened to both Jun and Arroyo speak, and I have a personal opinion of both. If you want me to share that opinion, I would gladly do so. I am neither Pro-Jun nor Pro-Gloria, I am proudly PRO-FILIPINO!
In my line of business, I have had the opportunity to meet different types of people, from all walks of life and all nationalities. I feel sad when they ask about the corruption in the Philippines. Some say we are in the upper echelon of corruption. These my friends, I would rebut to foreign nationals, obviously, I am wrong and they know it. Reason for my rebuttal, is that I do not wish to wash my laundry outside of my “house”, but truth be told, our country is really going down the drain due to corruption.
I would wish, that we could disseminate and share with our countrymen the repercussions of corruption. Especially to the less fortunate amongst us who could be swayed with a simple measly handout. Dialogue especially in the grassroots level would be a great start, I would be doing this tomorrow. Bear in mind, I am NEITHER Pro-Jun nor Pro-Gloria. What I do is talk and listen, vis-a-vis.
I believe that Tax Joven agrees with me on the dialogues, don’t you Tax?
Thanks.
Thank you Ken for showing me that you do understand my point. It is unfortunate that people only LISTEN TO WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR. That is why GMA only says what her admirers want to hear from her. They never realize the repercussions of what she is doing as President of the Philippines.
To Issa, you do not have to write lengthy posts to explain how you understand my point. If you do not understand, all you have to do is say so. The more you explain, the more you show your ignorance.
REMEMBER MY FRIEND MEANINGS ARE NOT IN WORDS, THEY ARE IN PEOPLE.
I believe that one of the reasons this country has been left behind by its neighbors is our lack of a national identity and ideology. Marcos saw this too and crafted his version of “Filipino ideology” with the help of Nilo Tayag.
Up to now we are still clueless on who we are. Filipinos abroad couldn’t identify themselves with other asians. They like to be treated as “white” Americans or even adopt African-American culture and lifestyle and even language. First to 3rd generation immigrants to the US didn’t teach their kids their native tongue. Only now, are the grandchildren of these immigrants trying to reclaim their heritage. Nowadays, they are trying to learn how to write again the “baybayin” and even sport tattoos in the native script. They are trying to immerse themselves in the little native culture they can find in libraries and documents.
The concept of nationhood perhaps never blossomed to the level of the Chinese, Japanese and our outposts of the Sri Vijayan and the Madjapahit empires with the political and cultural centers located in Borneo, Sumatra and Java. With the arrival of the Spaniards, the islands were effectively cut off from these centers.
The “Laguna copperplate” suggests how much we were connected to the Malay archipelago before the arrival of the Europeans. We were writing in the Kavi script and the “baybayin” later. These scripts are related to the Java script and the Indian Dravidian scripts.
We must remember that the term “filipino” does not pertain to race. We are majority Malay and to a certain degree Chinese in ancestry. So maybe instead of looking at it from a racial point of view we must look at “filipino” as a political identity.
In the “Ang Doctrina ng bagong Bayan”, I have been looking for specific programs to address environmental concern. Corruption and greed also reared its ugly heads in this area. With wanton logging ang toxic factories given permits to operate, our environment has suffered greatly. Maybe we can establish concrete guidelines that will help ensure a viable eco-friendly society.
To Bodhi, there is no such thing as true Pilipino. A Pilipino is comprised of different influences from different cultures and races. One writer has it that:
A FILIPINO IS CHINESE AT THE BASE (REFLECTED IN SOME FOODS AND ATTIRE)
SPANISH AT HEART & (RELIGION AND OTHER BELIEFS)
AMERICAN IN MIND (COLONIAL MENTALITY)
We are composed of a mixture of the above in varying degrees, some have more of one than the others.
To Abs of LA,
That’s what I said… there is no real Filipino race from an anthropological point of view. We are a mix of Malays, Chinese, etc. And my point is if we are looking for identity from a racial vantage point we will be lost because of our diverse heritage. My proposal is we look at the term “Filipino” from a political perspective. As a political battle cry. As a economic unifying selling point. We unite under the banner of “Filipino” despite coming from different racial backgrounds but sharing the common heritage of being born and being citizens of the Philippines.
In the US for easy identification of racial background and citizenship they use such terms as Filipino-American, Korean-American, African-American, etc. Perhaps we can use a similar term here like Malay-Filipino, Chinese-Filipino(already in use, i.e., Chinoy), etc.
A TRUE FILIPINO SHOULD BE ABLE TO SING THE BAYANG MAGILIW/LUPANG HINIRANG AND RECITE THE PANATANG MAKABAYAN BY HEART. HE/SHE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A FILIPINO CITIZEN. AS LONG AS HE IS FILIPINO IN MIND, WORD AND DEED, THAT FOR ME IS THE REAL FILIPINO.
I AM SURE THAT MANY OF OUR POLITICIANS CAN SING THE BAYANG MAGILIW/ LUPANG HINIRANG AND I AM SURE AS WELL THAT NOT MANY OF THEM CAN RECITE THE PANATANG MAKABAYAN FROM THE HEART.
PANATANG MAKABAYAN: INIIBIG KO ANG PILIPINAS
ITO ANG AKING LUPANG SINILANGAN,
ITO ANG TAHANAN NG AKING LAHI,
AKO’Y KANYANG KINUKUPKOP AT TINUTULUNGAN,
UPANG MAGING MALAKAS, MALIGAYA AT KAPAKIPAKINABANG.
BILANG GANTI AY DIRINGIN KO ANG PAYO NG AKING MGA MAGULANG,
SUSUNDIN KO ANG MGA TUNTUNIN NG AKING PAARALAN,
TUTUPARIN KO ANG MGA TUNGKULIN NG ISANG MAMAMAYANG
MAKABAYAN AT MASUNURIN SA BATAS.
PAGLILINKURAN KO ANG AKING BAYAN
NG WALANG PAGIIMBOT AT NANG BUONG KATAPATAN.
SISIKAPIN KONG MAGING ISANG TUNAY NA PILIPINO
SA ISIP…..SA SALITA…..AT SA GAWA!
ows…kinapy ra na niya….
The Panatang Makabayan has already been replaced under Republic Act No. 8491
Sec. 25. The following shall be the Pledge of Allegiance to the Philippine Flag:
Ako ay Pilipino
Buong katapatang nanunumpa
sa watawat ng Pilipinas
at sa bansang kanyang sinasagisag
na may dangal, katarungan at kalayaan
na pinakikilos ng sambayanang
Maka-Diyos
maka-tao
makakalikasan at
Makabansa.
But personally, I like the original Panatang Makabayan due to its non-sectarian theme, the special mention to filial obligation being the core of character and the unifying thread of “ito ang tahanan ng aking lahi…” Except for the “makakalikasan” clause in the new one, the revamped version fails in both form and substance in reflecting universal democratic tenets.
there’s another Panatang Makabayan as issued by the DepEd in 2001:
Panatang makabayan Iniibig ko ang Pilipinas, aking lupang sinilangan,
Tahanan ng aking lahi, kinukupkop ako at tinutulungang
Maging malakas, masipag at marangal
Dahil mahal ko ang Pilipinas,
Diringgin ko ang payo ng aking magulang,
Susundin ko ang tuntunin ng aking paaralan,
Tutuparin ko ang tungkulin ng mamamayang makabayan,
Naglilingkod, nag-aaral at nagdarasal nang buong katapatan
Inaalay ko ang aking buhay, pangarap, pagsisikap
Sa bansang Pilipinas.
I still prefer the original version!
Hoy mga nagboblog dito magsawa naman kayo!!!! wala kayong mapapala na dito sa blog ni lozada LAOS na yan…. wala ng nakikinig dyan….. hindi na yan ang uso ngayon…. mag hanap na lang kayo ng pag-kakakitaan nyo….. wag nyun sayangin ang oras nyu dyan sa buwisit na lozada na yan…. malaki na ang pera na naabuloy dyan sa buwisit na yan 20 million na ang na donate dyan …. kayo uto-uto pa rin dyan!!!!
Ang tingin ko po ang pagiging tunay na Pilipino (makabayan) ay yung may pagmamahal sa bayang Pilipinas..Ito lang ang sangkap sa pagiging tunay na makabayan, susunod na lahat. Kung wala kang pagmamahal bale wala lahat. Ilan ba sa atin ang may tunay na may pagibig sa bayan.
Kahit na halo halong dugo ang nalalaytay sa atin, para sa akin ang sukatan ay pagmamahal sa ating bayan.
Sa pang araw araw na gawain puwede natin ipakita ang pagmamahal natin sa ating bayan, di pa natin magawa. Magreflect tayo, kung gusto natin magbago, simulan natin baguhin ang ating sarili, pamilya at bigyan pagmamahal na tunay ang ating bayan.
Sir Jun,
Sana mabasa mo ito. Di ako impluwensyal na tao at di ko mapaparating sa buong bayan itong saloobin na tulad mo, sana po bago natin pagawa sa ating kapwa Pilipino yung next level of pagiging makabayan, sana ma build muna natin yung foundation “love of our country”. Sana po yun muna ipahatid natin sa bawat Pilipino, bago tayo tumungo sa gusto ninyong pagbabago. Kasi umiikot lang tayo, kahit anong gobyerno iupo mo diyan at systema kung wala naman pagmamahal ang bawa’t isa sa atin sa ating bayan walang mangyayari.
(nakakaiyak ito ha.. naiiyak na ako..)
kumusta na po?5 months na po mula ng pumutok ang zte scandal.kahit po di na kayo masyadong lumalabas sa tv,lagi ko po kayo maaalala.ung pagsabi nyo po ng truth,di na po mabubura yun sa history ng Philippines at maging sa mga pinoynung bndang february po tutok po ako sa news nun.kumusta na rin po si sr.mary john mananzan?ang sa rap po talaga maging ”ADIK sa Truth”!napamahal po talaga ako sa TRUTH! sige po hanggang dito na lang! gud luck po lagi sa life!
go lozada!! naniniwala kami sayo… huwag mong pansinin mga taong walang pakialam sa mga nangyayari sa bansa natin ngayon. alam kung nagsasabi ka ng totoo kaya patuloy na sumusuporta sayo ang mga madre at pare.. maging kaming mga estudyante.