Tuesday, October 16, 2007

random points about development administration

  • Before it's LEDAC (Legislative-Executive Dev't Advisory Council). Now JEDAC is being proposed (to include the Judiciary) in order to facilitate the coordination of powers among the 3 branches of the gov't.
  • NEDA is proposing to reduce the financial cost of sending remittances to cushion the impact of peso appreciation to OFWs and their families.
  • The repeal of PD 1177 (automatic appropriations law) is a policy imperative.
  • To be effective fiscalizers and change agents, environmental activists should utilize social investigation and class analysis.
  • The payment of onerous and illegitimate foreign debts is a human rights issue because it corners a huge chunk of the national budget that could have financed more basic social services such as health, education, social security and community development.
  • A more poverty-sensitive computation in determining the internal revenue allotment (IRA) is being sought to amend the usual factors, namely population and land area, which don't actually take into account the LGU's level of economic (under)development.
  • The Palace is using the federalism proposal to make Charter change acceptable to Mindanaoans who have been marginalized by the long tradition of centralism in the country.

DS 141 instructional video

Form a group of five members. Produce a 4-minute instructional video via Zoom recording based on your chosen topic.  Avoid duplication of to...