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Aunt Tingting vs ‘Digi-President’
This puts in question all the top winners that the vote manipulations installed through the now infamous Smartmatic-PCOS 60-30-10 standard, cross-country pattern for administration, opposition and independent candidates. #OpinYon #opinion #PNoy#TingtingCojuangco
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INCOMPETENT, DISHONEST?
[by Miguel Raymundo]
THE guessing game is on. Will PNoy finish his term?
The answer to that question is not a dare to impeach him, but also how deep the Filipinos are hurt by an incompetent and dishonest President.
“Impeach me!” President Benigno S. Aquino III dares the people.
Believing in “doctored” surveys, Aquino is confident—and deludes himself that the people love him and his family so much that they can empty with impunity this poor country’s coffers and that still more Filipinos will keep them on the pedestal.
He is likely to lose this dare as the middle class has taken to the streets and is now leading the march to stamp out corruption in government and bring behind bars those who have stolen people’s money. #OpinYon #PNoy #Incompetent #Dishonest#Philippines
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Anak ng Dalampasigan
by: Ronald Roy
NO, dear Reader, there is absolutely no truth to the rumor that the festering decades-old Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) problem is virtually terminated. Do not believe the wild yarn that the Palace and the MNLF will soon officially announce details of a forthcoming exchange of nuptial vows between Pres. Benigno S. Aquino lll and the renegade MNLF founder and chairman, Nur Misuari.
I do not know who started the scuttlebutt, but if we are to believe a usually reliable Palace insider, the President’s protracted stay in war-torn Zamboanga is not an amorous rendezvous with Misuari, but an imperative to end the raging conflict in his capacity as the country’s President and Commander-in-Chief. “The buck stops where I stand, and I assume total responsibility”, he declared before the nation.
On the other hand, let’s take a look at the mustachioed Nur Misuari (Misua, for short), who was born in a Sulu beach and grew up in that beach — which explains why he reportedly carries the swashbuckling nom de guerre “Anak ng dalampasigan” ( ala “Anak ni Palaris” and “The son of Zorro”). #OpinYon #opinion #Zambo
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What’s With PNoy?
by: Ramon Orosa
SO PNoy went to Zamboanga to try and put an end to the conflict. After one week, he’s back in Manila, but though reduced, the fighting has not ended. Somehow, his “visit” to Mindanao has raised questions although even prior to his visit, other questions were already being raised.
For example, the MPM and all the brouhaha about government and the malfeasance of legislators high and low and the assemblies to protest and keep the pressure to ensure that PNOY follows his own slogan of “Matuwid na Daan”. The peoples” demand is that PNoy applies the demand for accountability before the bar of justice across the board, meaning allies and foes alike, seeking not just examples to prosecute but to have hailed to court any and all involved within 100 days as his sign of sincerity if he is truly allied with the MPM as his minions have declared although there is a strong sentiment that that was no more than an attempt to preempt the MPM march.
Some have suggested that a diversionary tactic had to be created. The problem is that as I had it recounted to me, two weeks before the Zamboanga problem started, a senior ranking military official had already indicated that indeed such a development would take place in Mindanao without being area specific. #OpinYon #opinion
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Technology for Direct Democracy
by: Ike Señeres
DURING the ancient days of the Greek city states, they were able to practice direct democracy, because the small numbers of citizens made it possible for anyone to stand up and vote. Even when they elected their Senators, consultation with their lawmakers was still possible due to their small numbers. Fast forward to the present times, direct democracy became difficult to practice because of the larger number of citizens, but now, new technologies already make it possible.
Because of the Electronic Commerce Act (ECA), electronic evidence is already admissible, and that includes the electronic signatures of natural persons. On that note, I would say that Private Key Infrastructure (PKI) and other authentication technologies are just high end options, because pre-registered Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards matched with Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) should also be admissible, enough to confirm the identities of their owners. #OpinYon #business
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UNUS INSTAR OMNIUM
by: Francis De Guzman
THE above is Latin, and translated in the English language to mean –“one for all.”
This is seen as the very essence that embodies the ‘soul of democracy’ if it were to be taken in the context of socio-political realities of our times.
The success of the “million people’s march” as this writer would term the recent turn of events in the country, which was birthed by a unified call to the nation against the excessive evils of corruption that has reached the highest echelons of political power, is but the tip of the iceberg that could hopefully bring about true transformational change.
Based on the final outcome of those tasked to investigate the said “Mother of all Scams” and how the truth and nothing but, will now determine the future course of events for this nation of more than 90 million Filipinos. #OpinYon #opinion
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SHOULD OCTOGENARIANS STILL RUN THE FAMILY BUSINESS?
by: Enrique Soriano
AS life expectancy rises, an increasing number of business leaders are in their 80s and demographic trends will ensure this rises further in the future. But does it make good business sense?
According to Joseph Fan, co-director of the Institute of Economics and Finance at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, family succession issue in Asia is “extremely challenging” as many dominant family-run firms are in transition period with the founders being very elderly.
Wisdom and relevance in family businesses
Ingvar Kamprad, although 85 years old, remains heavily involved in IKEA – the company he founded. He retired in 1986, but insiders say the flat-pack retailer’s “senior advisor” continues to direct strategic decision-making.
In the US, Si Newhouse, Jr., 83, and his 81-year-old brother Donald own and run Advance Publications, which includes Condé Nast. But a number of Condé Nast’s publications, including “Modern Bride”, “Elegant Bride”, “Gourmet” and “Cookie”, have folded in recent years, which might lead to questions over the Newhouse brothers’ leadership abilities, or at least whether they are capable of taking the business forward. #OpinYon #business
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