New Roads, Same Critiques

The City government of Iloilo is now busy repairing and widening roads in streets that are mostly used. There are a lot of speculations and reactions which are more often than not criticizing these works.

People are very predictable. If the government is not doing anything many would condemn it. If the government is doing everything, much more would criticize and put malice on it. Where would the government place itself? Most of the inhabitants of Iloilo City are complaining about the not so good roads in the city. Many would say that it is not good to travel around the city with these kinds of roads. Now that there are a lot of repairs and widening of roads they are also complaining and even more protesting about traffic and stuff. Many would say that why they don’t take this road first, not this or that. Or, why just now? Some would also say that election is fast approaching that’s why the government has a lot of projects sprouting like mushrooms. This might be true but bear in mind that the government is just doing its job to its people. These city-wide repairing of roads must be put to criticisms of skeptics who knew nothing but to throw bad apples against the government. It must be appreciated and praised for it is for the welfare of every citizen of Iloilo City.

The Department of Public Works and Highways have plans that are already set to make the roads better for the convenience of the people and also for tourism, economic purposes and others and not just for the upcoming election for the benefit of those incumbent politicians.

So, one must make it to a point that before they criticize something, they should weigh things first before jumping into conclusions that are detrimental to the part of the people concerned. 

P.R. Please!

Being an employee of a government run institution, one must consider that good public relations is a must in dealing with the residents of that certain place. However, it seems that some, if not all of the government employees do not know what public relations is all about.

One example is the staff of  one of the municipalities in Iloilo. Given the fact that they are there to serve the people where they work for, and they are getting paid enough to do their jobs well, but sad to say that they are not. In most cases, if a citizen of a certain local government would enter the municipal hall, employees are expected to give this poor fellow his needs or what he wants. These workers must greet and ask that person what he or she is up to. Yes, not all citizens are aggressive enough to go directly and ask. Most of these citizens are too shy so it is up to the employees to make this person feel comfortable. Deal with the person with a smile or just a face that doesn’t show that he or she is uninterested.

Another instance is that if a person asks for example what they would do in order to get a sedula, these employees, would just look at you and just points to a section of the room where there is no person around. Many people line up to wait for such person and only to find out that she is busy having her manicure along with her other colleagues. Another is that, one poor farmer is looking for a municipal councillor or any of the politicians to seek help. The employees told him to just wait and didn’t even bother to call for the attention of the person concerned. They are just busy playing computer games in the middle of office hours.

CCTV’s let’s say that are not just for thieves and for the authorities to solve crimes, but also, to check if the staff of a certain government institution are working according to what they are supposed to. Not sitting pretty in their rotating chairs busy watching noon time shows and leaving the people standing, lining up to get the chance that they get the answers they have intended in the municipal hall.

The government must see to it that the employees know what public relation is and practice it. It is just a matter of diplomacy we are talking about here. 

Cheating Never Wins!

It is such a great degradation of your dignity if you are being untrue to people, especially to yourself!

I don't say that i am the truest person and the most honest one, but HEY! try to be one also. Okay?? it is not what you want to let your children know someday! I do not pin point just to the person in this news but to those who take credit for the work of others. 

Another thing, you are being sent to school right?  We study to know the right thing. and to know what we are supposed to do. Hope that this will serve as an opener to those who keep on cheating their way up to college and even after. 

People, please take into consideration that each and every little thing you do, there is and there will always be others who might get involved. Your family, your community, your school, and your country. So better think a hundred times first before doing something.

I tell you, cheating is never wins!

Here, check this out!

http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php?t=652154&p=68360943

The Porky Thing!

Since the time that whistle-blower Benhur Luy appeared last July to the public, revealing the number one controversy that the Republic of the Philippines is now facing; the PDAF (Priority Development Assistance Fund) scam. Everyone seems to be clamoring and protesting about this. It is good to know that the social media is playing its great role in expressing the voice of the people; from the market place to the high society.

“Abolish Pork Barrel!” “Janet Napoles must be penalized!”. “Stop Corruption!” These are what we can often hear from the mouths of everybody and also what we can read in some of the social networking sites. However, do we really know what is really the meaning of what we are crying for? Or do we really know exactly what it entails us to do after?

Let me give you a brief background of the “Pork Scam”. The pork barrel scam controversy first revealed in July 2013 involving five senators, Bong Revilla, Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada, Bongbong Marcos and Gringo Honasan and 23 representatives to transfer their pork barrel funds with a total of 10 billion pesos in the fake non-government organizations (NGOs) for the non-existent projects. The alleged mastermind of pork barrel scam by whistleblower named Benhur Luy was Janet Lim Napoles, CEO and president of JLN Corp..

Now that Napoles is being charged guilty of this case, what about the senators who are involved? It will really take a long time for them to be convicted of such crime for they belong to the big names in the society.

May I just remind you that Napoles is not the only one who was able to wrong our country, and our people. And how can we ever stop corruption? Can we stop it by abolishing the PDAF? Again, PDAF is supposed to allocate funds equally to every congressional district to be used for the residents’ most urgent needs. And who knows the needs of these congressional communities better than the people they have elected to represent them? Well, I can see here that we have trusted the wrong people. We were deceived by the things that they have promised before we have casted our votes.

Another thing, we can see students rallying in the streets, marching and screaming to stop corruption. Is this what we are supposed to do? Yes for some reasons maybe. But come to think of it, if we do this, will the people up there will ever listen to us? I don’t say that expressing our sentiments and exercising our right for the Freedom of Expression is wrong but let me tell you that we are being sent to school to study. To what? Of course to become better citizens of this nation. Much better than what we have now. To what? To become good leaders someday or maybe to become the best that we might have. For what? For the betterment and welfare of our sick society. Why don’t we just do our own thing, let them do their jobs and let us wait for our turn.

This PDAF scam just reminds us that we are the victims of the crimes that is unknowingly we are also accomplices from the very start.