GOVERNANCE: ITS PRESENT & FUTURE
[Talk of Sen. Nene Pimentel before the Philippine
Business Leaders Forum, Manila Polo Club, April 19,
2007]
Before we talk of the future of governance, let us
first discuss its present state.
The state of governance today is, to say the least,
sad.
MANILA — The World Health Organization (WHO) says deaths and disabilities resulting from motorcycle accidents involving young people have become a public health epidemic in Asia, particularly in low and medium-income countries.
Young motorcyclists make up a significant percentage of injuries and fatalities among road users in many Asian countries, including Cambodia and Malaysia (see graph). Factors such as speed, no helmets, risk-taking behaviour and drink-driving contribute to the rising trend.
MANILA — Partylist frontrunners Bayan Muna, Anakpawis and Gabriela today called
on the Commission on Elections to uphold due process in the disqualification case filed by military proxies against the three parties.
Each year, the Philippine Science High School admits 240 students in its Diliman Campus, and about 90 students in its Southern Mindanao, Ilocos Region, Western, Central and Eastern Visayas, Bicol Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Mindanao campuses to its freshmen year.
On its second year a limited number of scholarship slots become vacant due to failure to meet the needed academic requirements and willful abandonment of scholarship grant.
SURROUNDED by the neighboring Gulf cities and provinces, the Island Garden City of Samal or Igacos has become the natural idyllic ground for summer adventure vacationers wanting to escape boredom and the scorching sun downtown.
Once called by its own corporate identity as Samal, the island was all alone by itself in the 50’s and 60’s or even earlier when Davao City had the whole length and breadth of what was once the blue, clean and inviting waters of Times Beach and the nearby Talomo. With all the so-called informal settlers invading our shorelines, city residents had left no choice but to go island-hopping in places where the sand is light and the seas are clear.