Democrazy: The Philippine Democracy

Many scholars have puzzled with the kind of government that the Philippines has. This is because of the complex and obscure practices and laws in the system. Many practices that not anymore abide in the Constitution but still it continue. The lawmakers are the lawbreakers and it seems no one has the trust of the government’s capacity to serve. There are questions of transparency, accountability and fairness on the part of government officials. The state is so weak because it is controlled by the few. Elite individuals bind the state and control its operation. Patron-clientilism is very common that weakens the system. These and many other others constitute the present label of the Philippine Government by some scholar “The Philippine Democrazy”.

It can not be denied that election period in the Philippines is very popular. The different issues and scandals will appear in the media and fraud and violence is so rampant. Election in the Philippines is a competition not of qualities and credentials but of largest amount paid to particular voters. The government has nothing to do to stop such kind of happening because they are part of the evil exercise. Many are afraid to stop because the government can not ensure enough protection.

Church meddling is also common in the Philippines. It is one of the greatest counter-powerful against the government. Church leaders are very active in Politics that it was known as one of the greatest contributed to oust the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Cardinal Sin is just one of them. Governor Panlilio who was a parish priest but he was willing to relinquish his refutation as priest to serve in the government. He ran last 2007 election and won the sit. The Philippine system of governance is really crazy. It is the Philippine democrazy.

Yet the bottom-line, Philippine has never prosper and develop. It left behind by the neighboring countries. Poverty is still rampant all throughout the country. The supposed title known before was Philippines is one of the Tiger of Asia but here comes it became instead the little dog of Asia. It is crazy.

Thus, a teacher of mine defined the Philippine Democracy as the government off the people, buy the people and poor the people. This is the Philippine Democrazy.

Claimate Change: The claim of Climate Change is real

The documentary movie “Inconvenient Truth” particularly presented by Former Vice President of the United States is basically a global warning to hardheaded people who don’t believe the existence of Global Warming. I watched the movie and I found it very comprehensive and informative. It discusses the effects of global warming to humanity, and to all living inhabitants of the earth. I had also asked myself whether their claim was true. But it can not be denied that they have the scientific evidences and examples. There is no more reason to still ignore the fact that can never be twisted because in everyday life we also experienced the different signs of it.

Global Warming is here. And one of its impacts is the change of the climates around the world. The relocation of climates and abrupt changes of the weather are also manifested. And it created a lot of damages and accidents nowadays. Most of the accidents happened in the maritime travel. This is because of unexpected change of speed of winds with heavy rains. There are also massive floods that killed millions of people in Asia, longer drought that resulted great famine to some countries.

Thus, we should believe it. The truth is manifested in strong arguments and fact related evidence. The claim is true. Climate change is here with us trying to destroy our mother earth and our lives. We should have believed this before things will be late where we could no longer have the chance to get it back. The claim is true; Claimate Change.

Susteenable Development: Teens are the center of Sustainable Development

Since the beginning of the time that the world had experienced and suffered from the evil impacts of its machineries and technologies, leaders around the world are aiming at a wider vision that is utilizing resources for the development not only for the present but also for the development in the future. The idea of development without the expense of the environment was born - Sustainable Development. Governments, agencies, and other institutions and even individuals of the world worried about the condition of the earth and all inhabitants living on it is at risk. Some resources were rapidly diminishing with the latest and high technologies that the world has. Yet, not everyone acts to pursue such change.

Governments are the primordial operator in this activity together with some organizations and units of society. The group of scientists with Former Vice-President Al Gore in the United States is informing everyone to be aware with the Global Warming which is also a Global Warning through the great and comprehensive documentary film – Inconvenient Truth. It was highlighted the passive reaction of the majority to the fact-claim of many scientist concerning Global Warming. That people are still pursuing development at the expense of environment. Massive industrialization especially from developing countries that contribute much amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and creating a warmer environment, melting of ice caps in polar regions, climate change, etc. The development that is unsustainable.

Along with the passive reactors on sustainable development are the teens or young individuals. It can not be argued that teens are usually not really active in this matter because they don’t like serous matters. A friend of mine, a parish priest shared to me his disgust feeling against his fellow priest. His fellow priests are always reluctant to deal with the youth in their parishes because they said that youth are problematic and hard to manage.

Youth occupies the majority of the population in the world as reports had said. This means ignoring their active participation is waste of great resources. Thus, teens should be promoted and activated in order to help the course of sustainable development. They are important actors of change. It is engraved in the term sustainable “susteenable” development. Further, teens are capable of pursuing sustainable development.

The purpose of sustainable development is to provide well environment for the future generations. Teens or youth are one of the generations referred by this. Teens are the future leaders of the world. They are the next protector and developer of the world. But how could they do it if they were not yet motivated?

Thus, the era of recognizing the role of teens has come. There is a need to activate the teens to get involve in the solving problems and pursuing sustainable development.