Posts by tag: pnoy

11 years ago

Davao folks ask Aquino where’s growth?

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Davao folks ask Aquino where’s growth?

Unfazed by the recent bombings in Mindanao, President Benigno Aquino III on Thursday attended the 22nd Mindanao Business Conference (MinBizCon) to deliver his message that the region is stepping closer to being “a land of promises fulfilled.” But such confidence is not shared by some sectors in Davao.

11 years ago

CONTRAST

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Despite the Aquino government’s declaration of “great economic success” with the supposed 7.8 percent growth rate of the country’s Gross…

11 years ago

WATER FOR THE PEOPLE

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Chanting “Serbisyo, serbisyo, dili negosyo,” consumers led by the Water for the People Network and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan protest the…

11 years ago

Today’s View: The price of education

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Today’s View:  The price of education

By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.

Davao Today

I don’t know if I can afford one if ever I will have kids in the future given the K+12 Law and the commercialization of education.  It is a sad and infuriating fact that education should liberate us from the quagmires of poverty but it is the one thing which drives us to despair knowing that our children and our children’s children may never get one.

11 years ago

Today’s View: The unwise leader

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By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.

Davao Today

As a leader, one must know when to attack and when to surrender.  A good leader must have principles which must not only to be morally upright, but knows what is right and must have the conviction to stand by it.