Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Kultura bilang isang konsiderasyon sa paggawa ng patalastas

Batid ng mga bumuo ng Bear Brand Choco* komersyal
na tampok si Eugene Domingo ang kinasanayang paraan
ng mga karaniwang Pilipino sa pagsukat ng inumin/likido.

Gumamit ang patalastas ng mga pamilyar na kagamitan
ng mga Pilipino tulad ng pitsel, baso, punchbowl at
galon ng samalamig upang isalarawan ang dami
ng matitimpla sa isang paketeng may 800 gramo.


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*Inilabas ng Nestle ang produktong ito dahil diumano sa
malaganap na "milk taste fatigue" syndrome sa mga kabataan ngayon.


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Born to Be Wild

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Thesis Topics (to be updated)

  • Disaster Management in the Municipality of X
  • Political Efficacy of Senior Citizens in the Municipality of X
  • Social Medicine in the Philippines: Challenges and Prospects
  • Rice Self-Sufficiency vs. Rice Security: The Philippine Experience
  • Political Efficacy of the Catholic Church Against Irresponsible Mining
  • Teaching of Marxism in the University of the Philippines
  • Supreme Court-Media Relations
  • Political Psychology of Vice President Noli de Castro
  • Localizing Gross National Happiness in the Philippines
  • Pinoy Weekly as a Form of Counter-Hegemony
  • Political Economy of "Palengkenomics" of Manuel Roxas
  • The Phenomenon of Hidden Unemployment in the Philippines
  • Labor Penetration Rate of Women in the Municipality of X
  • E-waste Management in the Municipality of X
  • Ecofeminism in Environmental Governance
  • Political Economy of Ethical Recruitment Involving Health Professionals
  • Health Activism in UP Manila
  • Political Activism among UP Manila Faculty
  • Water Democracy in the Municipality of X
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DSS (2008-2009)

Department Chair: Prof. Bernard Karganilla, MPA
Area Studies Program Head: Prof. Jerome Ong, MA
Development Studies Program Head: Prof. John Ponsaran, MPM
Political Science Program Head: Prof. Doroteo Abaya, MA

Academic Personnel Commitee (APC):
Prof. Celestina Boncan, Ph.D.
Prof. Jerome Ong, MA
Prof. Doroteo Abaya, MA
Prof. Chester Arcilla, MDE
Prof. Edberto Villegas, DPA
Prof. Bernard Karganilla, MPA
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random points about UP

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DS 127 1st Compilation Project

  • Form a group with 6-7 members.
  • Submit a compilation of 50 original editorial cartoons that depict
    contemporary Philippine environmental issues and concerns.
    You may seek the assistance of your artistic friends provided
    that they will be cited properly in the acknowledgement page.
    You may also draw some idea from the sample
    cartoons I provided the class last session.
  • Group and sequence the entries according to categories/themes.
  • Come up with a title for the compilation.
  • Write a preface and an acknowledgement.
  • Provide each entry with a title and a caption
    (2-3 sentences, Filipino or English).
    Encode the texts. Do not plagiarize.
  • Observe proper citation of sources.
  • Indicate the tasking of responsibilities.
  • Submit it on July 5 (S).
  • Grading system:
    Equal weight for originality, substance (editorial cartoon),
    and substance (title, caption)
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random points

  • world's grain supply:
    -for human consumption
    -for animal consumption (feeds)
    -for biofuel production
  • critical analysis of global issues = http://www.globalresearch.ca/
  • indigenous cultural communities (ICCs) = indigenous people (IP)
  • life insurance = a contract that keeps you poor all your
    life so that you can die rich (a forwarded text joke)
  • criminal = a person no different from the rest of us
    except he gets caught (a forwarded text joke)
  • "director's cut" = either no cuts or
    edited by the director the way he likes it
    (as explained to me by a Star Cinema employee)
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random points

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

DS 123, Econ 101 (TF), Econ 11 (TF), Econ 101 (W), DS 127 (S)

What: Book Re-launching of CENPEG's Corruptionary*
When: June 20 (Friday), 2:30-5:00 PM
Where: CAS Little Theater

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*http://www.cenpeg.org/corruptionary%20launch.htm
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Econ 11 (Friday, June 20, 2:30-4 pm)

I am postponing the first long exam scheduled this Friday (June 20).
In lieu of this, attend the re-launching of CENPEG's publication
entitled 'Corruptionary' at the CAS Little Theater (Rizal Hall).
The activity will complement our discussions in Econ 11
about Philippine public finance few weeks from now.
Take down notes.
Attendance will be checked.
Kindly inform the rest.
Salamat.
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*Center for People Empowerment in Governance
Please check: http://www.cenpeg.org/corruptionary%20launch.htm
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Is this how we intend to celebrate UP Centennial?

RITWAL
MEDIA BLITZ
KAKIKAYAN
MEMORY EVENTS
at the expense of

praxis (theory + practice)

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NSTP 1st Compilation Project (updated)

  • Form a group with 7-8 members.
  • Submit a compilation of 50 published editorial cartoons
    (photocopies only) that depict contemporary Philippine
    socio-politico-economic issues and concerns.
  • Group and sequence the entries according to
    categories i.e. social, political and economic.
  • Come up with an appropriate title for the entire compilation.
  • Write a preface and an acknowledgement.
  • Provide each entry with a title and a caption
    (2-3 sentences, Filipino or English).
    Encode the texts. Do not plagiarize.
  • Observe proper citation of sources.
  • Indicate the tasking of responsibilities.
  • Submit it on June 28 (S).
  • Grading system:
    substance and relevance: 70%
    presentation: 30%
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Ponsaran's academic load (1st semester, 2008-2009)

  • DS 123 (Filipino Identity and Culture)
  • Econ 101 (Macroeconomic Theories, Policies and Issues)*
  • Econ 11 (Introductory Economics)
  • DS 127 (Political Economy of the Environment)
  • NSTP (Poverty Studies)
    __________
    *2 sections

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random points

  • transparent = kitagos*
  • translucent = kitaninag*
  • test tube = subukang bubog*
  • semester = hatintaon
  • center = lunduyan
  • symposium = sampaksaan
  • existence = pag-iral

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*shared to me by Prof. Mary Dorothy Jose

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Monday, June 16, 2008

Selected online articles by Dr. Edberto Villegas

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Sunday, June 15, 2008

random points

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random points

  • wireless revolution = e-life
  • macro (global, national and sectoral)
    meso (community, local)
    micro (household)
  • 67 % of the poor Filipinos = belong to the agricultural sector
    (Source: Prof. Solita Monsod)
  • P728-M fertilizer fund = allegedly "fertilized" GMA's '04 presidential bid
  • Filipino family in transition in the era of overseas migration =
    http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=20080614-142614
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random points

  • firm = bahay-kalakal
  • presidential secrecy = legally known as executive privilege
    (Source: CJ Art Panganiban's With Due Respect)
    http://opinion.inquirer.net/columnist/?colid=4263
  • Economics = study of how society manages
    its scarce resources (Gregory Mankiw)
  • pariah = outcast
  • Subjects in Public Administration
    -Administrative Thought
    -Public Policy
    -Fiscal Administration
    -Local Government Administration
    -Regional Administration
    -Rural Administration
    -Urban Administration
    -Metropolitan Governance
    -Human Resource Development
    -Development Administration
    -Philippine Administrative System
  • efficiency = mantra of capitalists
  • GMA's populist posturing = "deodorant"
  • Noli de Castro = derided by critics as a mere news reader
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Agenda

  • DS 123 (June 17) - recitation: Abad on Pop Culture, experience economy
  • Econ 101 (June 17) - long exam (blue book): Sicat on Phil. Macroeconomics, PW
  • Econ 11 (June 17) - recitation: Mankiw on the 1o Principles of Economics
  • Econ 101 (June 18) - recitation: Balisacan on Poverty, PW
  • NSTP (June 21) - recitation: Mangahas and Monsod on Poverty, PW ; reporting
  • DS 127 (June 21) - recitation: eco-art, PW and IFF's Water Crisis;
    ACLE on E.F. Schumacher's "Small is Beautiful"

    ___________
    PW - Pinoy Weekly
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Friday, June 13, 2008

random points

  • Tokyo = Asia's most expensive city for expats;
    globally it's 13th (ECA International Survey)
  • Pinoy Dole Out Culture =
    http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Opinion&p=49&type=2&sec=25
  • vote padding and shaving = dagdag-bawas
  • lumad = Filipinos who were neither
    Islamized nor Christianized.
  • Mindanao's Tri-people = Muslim, Lumad & Christian
  • ABCs of tourism growth =
    http://www.philstar.com/archives.php?&aid=2008061227&type=2&
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Announcement

  • NSTP I is assigned to Rm 208 of Gusaling
    Andres Bonifacio (GAB) every Saturday (9-12 noon).
  • Pinoy Weekly is a required reading
    material in all my subjects this semester.
  • Kabataan para sa Tribung Pilipino (Katribu)
    and Development Studies Society (DevSoc)
    will jointly sponsor an exhibit about Philippine
    indigenous people on Friday next week.
  • My grading set-up:
    50% (outputs, exams)
    50% (recitation, ACLEs, attendance)
  • The Annual Practicum Conference of the Development
    Studies Program is scheduled on June 27 (9 am to 5 pm).
  • Ms. Jotabs Teves is the newly-elected
    DevSoc chair for SY 2008-2009.
  • Mass organizations are welcome to
    conduct ACLEs in my NSTP I class.
    Interested groups should coordinate with me.

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

random points

  • mass culture = mass produced culture for mass consumption
  • anthropogenic = human-made, human induced
  • Republic Service: Tungo sa Ganap na Kalayaan at Kaunlaran =
    theme of the 110th year of Philippine Independence
  • Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) =
    euphemism for "pork barrel"
  • "Ramdam ang Kaunlaran" =
    http://kapirasongkritika.wordpress.com/2008/06/
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random points

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NSTP CWTS (DevStud)

  • Use 4-5 references (book and online materials).
  • Observe proper citation of references.
  • Use visual aids.
  • Present the report on June 21 (S)
  • Limit the presentation to 4-5 minutes only.
  • Q & A will follow each report.
  • Note: The next set of topics for other
    students will be assigned on June 14 (S).

    (1st batch of reporters)
  • Daradal (poverty)
  • Gregorio (relative poverty)
  • Bautista (absolute poverty)
  • del Rosario (social exclusion)
  • Fabros (poverty line)
  • Florendo (food poverty)
  • Arnanta (culture of poverty)
  • Mangulabnan (self-rated poverty)
  • Arquiza (diseases of poverty)
  • More (voluntary poverty)
  • Coronel (Make Poverty History)
  • Lapena (Global Call to Action Against Poverty)
  • Cruz (relative deprivation)
  • Fernandez-Cuervo (chronic poverty)
  • Paneda (income poverty)

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Readings*

  • DS 123 (TF) - Sociological Perspective in the Study
    of Philippine Popular Culture     by Ricardo Abad
  • Econ 101 (TF) - Philippine Macroeconomic Issues
    and Challenges     by Gerardo Sicat
  • Econ 11 (TF) - Chapter 1 (Ten Principles of Economics)
    of Principle of Macroeconomics by Gregory Mankiw
  • Econ 101 (W) - Why Does Poverty Persist in
    the Philippines?: Facts, Fancies, and Policies     by Arsenio Balisacan
  • NSTP (S) - In Search of the Filipino, etc. by Renato Constantino
  • DS 127 (S) - Sustainable Development (FEER, May 2008)

    _______________
    *prepare for a graded recitation
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Friday, June 06, 2008

random points

  • party unity = main preoccupation of the US Democratic Party
  • regime survival and perpetuation =
    GMA's sole preoccupation hence
    her recent populist posturing
  • Medical tourism =
    first world healthcare at third world prices (Millican 2005)
  • Medical tourism =
    globalization of healthcare/diseases (a double-edged sword)
  • purchasing power of the Philippine peso =
    actual currency value in a particular period (May 2008)
    vis-a-vis the value of the peso during the base period (2000) = P 0.65
  • real value of P362 daily minimum wage in NCR
    considering the peso's purchasing power at present = P235.30
  • Inflation rate (May 2008) = 9.6%
  • 192 = UN member-states
  • 152 = WTO members and observers
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Thursday, June 05, 2008

random points

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Havaianas vs. Spartan

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Modern-day slavery

What do you think is the most glaring
form of modern-day slavery in the Philippines?


  • wage slavery
    -Dr. Edberto Villegas
    Professor of Political Economy, UP Manila
  • child labor for debts
    -Mr. Mike Wooton
    Columnist, Manila Times
  • child labor and child trafficking
    -Dr. Jaime Galvez-Tan
    Professor of Medicine, UP Manila
    former DOH Secretary
  • migration for employment
    -Prof. JPaul Manzanilla
    Professor of Humanities, UP Manila
  • all kinds of prostitution
    -Prof. Mariam Tuvera
    Professor of Economics, UP Manila
  • maids or domestic helpers
    -Prof. Roland Simbulan
    Professor of Development Studies and Managament, UP Manila
    Faculty Regent (2006)
  • Considering the emancipatory interest of humans, I
    see two glaring modern forms. In purely economic
    terms: unpaid child labor in farm, factory and related job sites.
    In terms of gender relations (with or without economic
    gain on the part of the "master"): sex slavery.
    However, the question should have covered the entire
    range of contemporary life. To me, the most glaring postmodern
    form of slavery is knowledge slavery that comes with and
    results from indoctrination in grand theories or narratives.
    -Prof. Leothiny Clavel
    Professor of Development Studies and Management, UP Manila
  • Contractual work because people just hop from one menial
    job to another without hope of financial emancipation
    -Dr. Lilet Galban
    Professor of Dentistry, UP Manila
  • materialism
    -Prof. Lumberto Mendoza
    Professor of Philosophy, UP Diliman and UP Manila
  • call centers
    -Prof. Fatima Alvarez-Castillo
    Professor in Political Science, UP Manila
  • uncontrollable increase in the price of commodities and services
    -Ms. Malou Cura
    Social Science Coordinator, St. Scholastica's HS Dep't
  • feeling inferior to other nations, being contented
    with being the world's supplier of domestic helpers
    -Ms. Ellen Tordesillas
    Columnist, Malaya
  • wage slavery
    -Prof. Bernard Karganilla
    Chair, Departmen of Social Sciences, UP Manila
  • child labor
    -Prof. Benjamin Mangubat
    Professor of History, UP Manila
  • underpayment of UP faculty
    -Dr. Lourdes Abadingo
    Secretary of the University and the Board of Regents
    Professor of Political Science, UP Manila
  • domestic helper
    -Mr. Emre Serbetci,
    DLSU-Manila masteral student
  • Our citizens are exploited, unable to use
    their potentials, serving others except
    their own    , forced to leave their family
    behind; broken families and all the social
    costs that go with it. All these are forms
    of slavery that shackle the Filipinos.
    -Ms. Teresita Ang-See
    Anti-criminality crusader
  • call centers
    -Mr. Terry Ridon
    Student Regent (2007)
  • The exploitation of Filipino workers,
    when they can't even have a taste of the
    benefits provided by labor standard laws.
    -Atty. Karol Sarah Baguilat
    Public Attorney II, Public Attorney's Office
  • The fact that Filipinos continue to work
    and depend on foreign companies for jobs.
    -Prof. Glenn del Rosario
    Professor of Pharmacy, UP Manila
  • Contractualization: batas na sumisikil sa karapatan ng
    mga manggagawa sa security of tenure.
    Pagsasamantala ng mga manlolokong
    recruitment agency sa mga kapwa Filipino.
    Mga bogus na union leaders na hindi naman
    kapakanan ng manggagawa ang iniisip.
    -Prof. Carol Pulumbarit
    Professor of Communication, UP Manila
  • exploitation of women as sex objects
    -Atty. Ismael Khan
    retired Supreme Court spokesperson



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Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Highly recommended subjects

  • DS 125 (International Aspects of Philippine
    and Third World Development) to be taught
    by Prof. Roland Simbulan, MPA
  • AS 132 (Seminar on Philippine Urban Issues)
    to be taught by Prof. Bernard Karganilla, MPA
  • PS 153 (Philippine Judicial System) to be
    taught by Atty. Rowena Soriano
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Tuesday, June 03, 2008

random points

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DevStud Concerns

  • DevSoc: Please elect a new set of officers.
  • Zoe: Please finalize the new lay-out of the DevStud brochure.
  • MK/Kamil: Please coordinate with Pinoy Weekly our subscription request.
  • RC: Pls submit a status report of the upcoming DS Practicum Conference.

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NSTP CWTS (DevStud)

Read Article XIII (Social Justice and Human Rights)
of the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
As you read, reflect on the country's contemporary
economic, political and social condition.
No written output required but this exercise
will prepare you for our first NSTP session
on June 14 (Sat), 9:00 am - 12:00 noon.
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Monday, June 02, 2008

EDs

The faculty members of the Development Studies
Program went on a 2-day trip to the private resort of
Prof. Roland Simbulan in Masinloc, Zambales as part
of its regular educational discussion (ED) activities.
Dr. Edberto Villegas lectured and facilitated a discussion
on Philippine national situation while Prof. Lumberto
Mendoza of the Philosophy Committee discussed the highlights
of his paper about Christian Morality vs. Secular Morality with
specific reference to the use of artificial contraceptives in the Philippines.

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Some Police (Editorial Cartoon)

http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/june/02/yehey/opinion/mainopi.html

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water democracy

  • "water democracy" =
    democratized access to quality and sufficient water supply
  • dependence on commercial bottled water =
    once unusual, now commonplace
  • plastic bottles = major contributor to pollution
  • According to the 2006 Human Development Report,
    "Water and sanitation are among the most preventive
    medicines     available to governments to reduce infectious disease."
  • people's right to quality water = connected to their
    other legitimate rights such as education, health, etc.
  • powdered milk + low quality water = diarrhea (poverty-related disease)

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Thursday, May 29, 2008

random points

  • Japan = largest aid donor to the Philippines
  • Australia = now the 2nd in rank
  • Nepal = world's youngest republic
  • nation-building = pagbubuo ng nasyon
  • indigenous people = pambansang minorya
  • women and children =
    most vulnerable sectors during disasters
  • dollar = greenback
  • Indonesia = world's most populous Muslim country
  • halal = Arabic word for permissible

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Crispin Beltran

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June 9 or June 12?

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Sine Totoo (excerpts)

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Pinakamataas na pagpupugay kay Ka Bel

Pagsasamantala ang dumidilig ng dugo sa lupang
pagsisibulan ng binhi ng pakikibaka.
Hangga't may nagsasamantala, patuloy na magluluwal
ang lipunan ng marami pang kagaya ni Ka Bel!
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

The destructive open-pit mining of TNCs

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"Bodywashing"

The Practice of "Bodywashing "

  • "The disturbing practice of reporting false
    details about the circumstances surrounding
    the deaths of U.S. soldiers involved in secret operations."
  • "If a guy is killed on a secret mission and if it was sensitive
    politically, we'd ship the body back home and have a jeep roll over
    on him or we'd arrange a chopper crash, or wait until one happened
    and insert a body of two into the wreckage later. It's not that difficult."
    (a quote from an ex-covert US military specialist)

    Culled from Consortium News
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random points

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Pasasalamat

Nagpapasalamat po ako at ang DSS sa mga
sumusunod na nagbigay ng donasyong
audio CD at DVD para sa RH 313 audio-visual room.
Malaking tulong ang mga ito para sa edukasyon ng mga
kasalukuyan at susunod pang Iskolar ng Bayan.

Ms. Jill La Putt (batch '06)
Ms. Marikris de Guzman (batch '08)
Pi Sigma Delta Sorority (UP Manila Chapter)
Pi Sigma Fraternity (UP Manila Chapter)

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Sunday, May 25, 2008

random points

  • pelf = wealth, usually obtained dishonestly
  • carbon economy =
    an economy heavily dependent on oil and coal
  • GNP vs. GDP =
    http://www.nscb.gov.ph/headlines/StatsSpeak/111604_rav_gnpgdp.asp
    (For Econ 11 and 101 students)
  • political will and moral courage =
    lacking in the Philippine administrative system
  • 3,091,993 = tourist arrivals in 2007 in the Philippines;
    compare it with Malaysia (18 M), Thailand (10 M),
    Singapore (10 M), Vietnam (4 M)
    Source: Sen. Gordon

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2008 Global Peace Index

http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/rankings.php
For details, click the flag/country in the table.

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CPTAP

Maligayang pagtatapos sa mga guro ng pampublikong
mataas na paaralan mula sa NCR, Region IV-A at Region IV-B
na kabilang sa Certificate Program for Non-Specialist
Teachers in Agham Panlipunan (CPTAP).
Ipagpatuloy po natin ang mapanuri at makabayang pag-aaral
ng kasaysayan, lipunan at kulturang Pilipino at Asyano.
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NSTP CWTS (DevStud)

Write a reaction paper based on the article
"Money can't buy you happiness".
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20080526-138841/Money-cant-buy-you-happiness-Oh-really
Express it in Filipino and in less than 250 words.
The output should be an original composition but
you may use relevant and reputable printed
and/or online materials as references.
Please observe proper citation.
No attachment please.
Send it on or before June 2, 12 noon (Monday) to
jnponsaran@yahoo.com.
Don't forget to indicate your name and student number.
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Inputs

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Friday, May 23, 2008

Lamay sa labi ni Ka Bel

  • May 21-May 23 (Iglesia Filipina Independiente-Taft Avenue)
  • May 24-25 (Bacacay, Albay)
  • May 26-27 (Iglesia Filipina Independiente-Taft Avenue)
    Matatagpuan ito sa tapat ng Kolehiyo ng Parmasya-UP Manila
  • May 28 (House of Representatives, martsa-libing)

    Crispin 'Ka Bel' Beltran (1933-2008):
    Dakilang Anakpawis at Lider-Manggagawa
    Magiting na Lingkod Bayan
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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Paalala

  • Dalawang kopya ng DS 190 report ang kailangang isumite.
    Para ang mga ito sa DSS at PO.
  • Pumili ng cognate at elective na angkop
    sa inyong nais tahakin sa labas ng pamantasan.
  • Mag-ingat sa mga mandurukot lalo na
    sa araw ng bayaran ng matrikula.
  • Freshies, tiyaking makakuha agad ng library card
    sa unang linggo ng pasukan. Kakailanganin ninyo ito.
  • Magpasa ng tala ng lahat ng mga asignatura noong
    nakaraang semestre. Isulat din ang nakuhang grado
    at pangalan ng dalubguro. Itala rin ang inyong GWA.
    Ilagay ito sa aking pigeon hole sa loob ng DSS
    bago mag-enroll. Para lamang ito sa mga nasa
    ikalawa, ikatlo at ika-apat na taon,
    pati mga shiftees tungo sa Development Studies.
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Sa labas ng klasrum

Napakalimitado ng oras sa loob ng klase.
Pero napakadaming dapat malaman.
Buti may ibang lugar at paraan para matuto.
  • lansangan
  • kanayunan
  • cyberspace

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Michelangelo's David after a short stay in America

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random points

  • $ 1 = P 43.1750 (May 22)
  • Contemporary challenges to the banking industry =
    global risk aversion, heightened competition,
    rising inflation and interest rates
    (according to Arthur Ty, Metrobank President)
  • low confidence index =
    http://www.gmanews.tv/story/96789/Businessmen-losing-confidence-in-RP-economy---BSP
  • Australia, New Zealand and US =
    countries that export dairy products to the Philippines
  • "Resource nationalism" = state-controlled resources
    (e.g. oil, mines, etc. )


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Si Ka Bel sa "Kabilang Mundo"

Sa maikling mensahe ni Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano
sa lamay ni Ka Crispin Beltran, kanyang sinabi
na marahil pagdating ni Ka Bel sa "kabilang mundo"
ay ang mga sumusunod ang kanyang unang tatanungin:
  • Makatarungan ba ang sahod ng mga manggagawa rito?
  • Mataas ba ang presyo ng langis at singil ng kuryente rito?

Kanya rin isinalarawan si Ka Bel bilang isang totoong
lider-manggagawa at kinatawan ng mga anakpawis (toiling masses).

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Narrative Reporting and New Media

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Kabataan Para sa Tribung Pilipino (KATRIBU)

Bumisita sa http://sandugo2004.tripod.com/katribu.html
para sa mga karagdagang kaalaman ukol sa organisasyong ito.
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NSTP-CWTS 1 (DevStud)

Considering the Philippine situation, is local autonomy
a necessary element to achieve economic development?
Explain your answer briefly and logically.
Express it in Filipino and in less than 100 words.
The output should be an original composition but
you may use relevant and reputable printed
and/or online materials as references.
Please observe proper citation.
No attachment please.
Send it on or before May 27, 12 noon (Tuesday) to
jnponsaran@yahoo.com.
Don't forget to indicate your name and student number.
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Information

  • Support participatory social research.
  • Bring to an end the information divide.
  • Assert the people's access to media.
  • Ensure the use of quality information in
    pursuing pro-people development agenda.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Ka Bel: Tunay, Palaban, Makabayan

Kasalukuyang nasa cathedral ng Iglesia Filipina
Independiente (IFI) sa Taft Avenue ang labi ni Ka Bel.

Pinakamataas na pagpupugay sa isang
dakilang lider-manggagawa at kinatawan ng mga anakpawis!
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Kathang-Isip

"Ang pagiging Isko at Iska sa UP ay hindi fashion show.
May iilan na mas pinaglalaanan pa ang pagporma
kaysa sa paghahanda sa kanilang klase.
Nasasayang lang ang buwis ng mamamayan.
Kung gayon, alam mo na kung saang eskwelahan ka dapat."

-Poldo Pasangkrus
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DevStud '08 Practicum Conference Presentation Guidelines

  • Limit the presentation to 30 minutes per group.
  • Assign 1-2 speakers per group.
    Someone should also be assigned
    from each group to operate the laptop.
  • Present only the highlights of the practicum experience.
  • Include the following: facts and figures, production work,
    social investigation, mobilization, sceneries, light moments, etc.
  • Bear in mind that the presentation should not
    be random in manner. There should a storyline/
    theme that will connect each slide.
  • Present the report through any of the following:
    purely PPT presentation, audio-visual presentation, etc.
  • Save the file to the hard disk of the laptop
    which will be used on the conference.
  • Keep a back-up copy of the group's presentation.
    Minsan traydor ang teknolohiya.
  • Be informed that there will be 2 layers of evaluation.
    1st layer: peer editing
    2nd layer: professor (c/o Ponsaran, venue: DSS, time: TBA)
  • Be informed also of the peer editor assigned to each group.
    Gagarin's group (Batangas) = Reburiano
    Sanicas' group (Batangas) = Frias
    Lu's group (Morong) = Rodriguez
    Reburiano's group (Binangonan) = Lu
    Tria's group (Cavite) = Bacon
    Catsao's group (Laguna) = Laforteza
    Bacon's group (Laguna) = Solano
    Rodriguez's group (Zambales) = Fajardo
    Go's group (Bulacan) = Morano
    Fajardo's group (Tarlac) = Go
    Set it according to your convenient time and place.
    Be open minded enough to take constructive criticisms.
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Pakinggan

MAGKABILAAN
ni Joey Ayala

Ang katotohanan ay may dalawang mukha
Ang tama sa iyo ay mali sa tingin ng iba.
May puti, may itim, liwanag at dilim
May pumapaibabaw at may sumasailalim.

Ang tubig ay sa apoy, ang lupa ay sa langit
Ang araw ay sa gabi, ang lamig naman sa init.
Kapag nawala ang isa, ang isa’y di mababatid
Ang malakas at ang mahina’y magkapatid.

Magkabilaan ang mundo magkabilaan
Ang mundo magkabilaan ang mundo.

Ang hirap ng marami ay sagana ng iilan
Ang nagpapakain, walang laman ang tiyan.
Ang nagpapanday ng gusali at lansangan
Maputik ang daan tungo sa dampang tahanan.

May mga haring walang kapangyarihan
Meron ding alipin na mas malaya pa sa karamihan.
May mga sundalo na sarili ang kalaban
Ay may pinapaslang na nabubuhay nang walang hanggan.

May kaliwa’t may kanan sa ating lipunan
Patuloy ang pagtutunggali, patuloy ang paglalaban
Pumanig ka, pumanig ka, huwag nang ipagpaliban pa
Ang di makapagpasiya ay maiipit sa gitna.

Bulok na ang haligi ng ating lipunan
Matibay ang pananalig na ito’y palitan.
Suriin mong mabuti ang iyong paninindigan
Pagkat magkabilaan ang mundo.

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A quote which reflects the life and struggle of Crispin Beltran

"The true hero is one with the masses, he does not exist above them."
-Renato Constantino
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Taas-kamao para sa dakilang anakpawis!

"Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran bolted
the Marcos prisons, emerged bloodied
from many a street demonstration, and,
even in his advanced years, continued to
fight the government and face threats of arrest.

From joining a taxi drivers’ union in the 1950s
and leading campaigns for higher wages across
five administrations, to becoming a three-term
lawmaker representing militant labor, Beltran
cut an unflinching, if gaunt, figure.

But “Ka Bel” also took these battles home and
turned his otherwise private struggles amid the
rising costs of living into an extension of his
lifelong protest against the system.

His sudden death Tuesday at 75 after an accident
at 6 a.m. at the family home, a barely finished
bungalow whose roof needed repair in time for
the wet season, brought to full light the
proletarian path he had embraced."

(Source: Contreras, Bordadora, Aguilar, Inquirer)

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Monday, May 19, 2008

Development Studies (to be updated)

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random points

  • Digital divide =
    "The reach of communications technology is not universal,
    its benefits have not been shared equally."
    - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
  • new politics = politics of change
  • 903 as of May 12, 2008 =
    victims of extra-judicial killings since 2001
    according to human rights group Karapatan
  • Jollibee Foods Corps. = Jollibee, Chowking,
    Greenwich, Red Ribbon, Delifrance, Manong Pepe's
  • Retired AFP Chief Hermogenes Esperon =
    new presidential adviser on the peace process
  • Pampanga Gov. Eddie Panlilio = priest-on-leave
  • Gentrification = phenomenon in which low-cost,
    physically deteriorated communities undergo
    physical renovation and an increase in property values
    (Source: Reylito Elbo)
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random points

  • Taiwan = 6th in the list of the
    Philippines' foreign trading partner;
    7th largest foreign investor in the country;
    around 170,000 Filipinos work and live in Taiwan
    Source: The Manila Times
  • NCR minimum daily wage = 362 pesos
  • Non-wage benefits = e.g. shuttle services, transporation
    allowance, rice rations, income tax exemption
  • Top rice exporters in the world
    1. Thailand
    2. India
    3. Vietnam
    4. US
    5. Pakistan
  • PAG-IBIG Fund =
    biggest housing loan provider in the Philippines
  • World Telecommunication and Information Society Day =
    http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/sgsm11566.doc.htm

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Sunday, May 18, 2008

Brain Drain of Filipino Scientists (Dalub-Agham)

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Practicum Outputs (Villegas, Baguilat & Ponsaran advisees)

  1. Individual daily journal (handwritten or encoded)
  2. Integration/summary of the daily journal*
    (encoded, single spacing, TNR, 12 points, 4-5 pages)
  3. Report/Case Studies
    (by group, 2 copies, single spacing, TNR, 12 points)
  4. Lexicon (to serve as attachment to the group report)
    http://jk22b.blogspot.com/2008/04/ds-190-lexicon.html
  5. Primer based on the group report
    (back-to-back, 1 8x11 bond paper)
______
*For my advisees, e-mail it to jnponsaran@yahoo.com.
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Practicum Conference Tasking of Responsibilities

Emcees: Lu and Morano (AM), Fajardo and Balanag (PM)
Reservation: Gagarin, Laforteza
Invitation: Reburiano, Solano
Registration: Go, Navarro, del Rosario, Saliganan
RTR: Freyra, Frias, Catsao, Torres, Morano, Fajardo, Bacon
Primer Distribution: Rigodon, Rosario, Rodriguez, Tria, Lepatan
Technical: Reburiano, Solano, Faustino
Photo Exhibit (LT Walk): Rigodon, Rosario,
Rodriguez, Fajardo, Torres, Balanag, Faustino,
Lu, del Rosario, Navarro, Teves, Sanicas
Stage Design: Bacon, Tejada, Tria, Lepatan,
Catsao, Freyra, Frias, Saliganan
Documentation: Go, Navarro, del Rosario, Laforteza, Gagarin, Sanicas
Financial Managers: Teves, Erive
Timer: Catsao
Marshalls: Teves, Erive, Tejada, Bacon
Over-all Coordinator: Fajardo
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NSTP CWTS 1 (DevStud)

Compare the official UP Naming Mahal
to the new unofficial version.
http://risingsun.dannyarao.com/2007/10/30/new-unofficial-version-of-up-naming-mahal/
Explain your answer briefly and logically.
Express it in Filipino and in less than 100 words.
The output should be an original composition but
you may use relevant and reputable printed
and/or online materials as references.
Please observe proper citation.
No attachment please.
Send it on or before May 23, 12 noon (Friday)
to jnponsaran@yahoo.com.
Don't forget to indicate your name and student number.
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Padayon!

Maligayang pagbabalik sa mga
Development Studies practicumers na
nakipamuhay sa mga batayang sektor sa
lalawigan ng Zambales, Tarlac, Bulacan,
Cavite, Laguna, Rizal at Batangas!
Padayon!
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Friday, May 16, 2008

Ponsaran's tentative academic load (2008-2009, 1st sem)

  • DS 127 (Political Economy of the Environment)
  • DS 126 (Politico-Administrative Institutions and Behavior)
  • DS 123 (Filipino Identity and Culture)
  • Econ 101 (Macroeconomic Theories, Policies and Issues)
  • Econ 11 (Markets and the State)
  • NSTP CWTS 1 (Poverty Studies)
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Heroes and Zeroes

Heroes and Zeroes by Bernard Karganilla
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random points


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Thursday, May 15, 2008

random points

  • mentoplasty = chin surgery
  • blepharoplasty = eyelid surgery
  • "iron buffaloes" = tractor
  • debt cap = debt ceiling
  • likas = natural
  • likhang-tao, likhantao = artificial
  • daang-bakal, daambakal = railway
  • tantos = rate
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NSTP-CWTS 1 (DevStud)

Is there a connection between democracy and development?
Explain your answer briefly and logically.
Express it in English and in less than 100 words.
The output should be an original composition but
you may use relevant and reputable printed and/or
online materials as references. Please observe proper citation.
Send it on or before May 19, 12 noon (Monday)
to jnponsaran@yahoo.com
Don't forget to indicate your name and student number.
Mabuhay ang mga bagong iskolar ng bayan!
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

PANAWAGAN

Please donate audio CDs, VCDs and/or DVDs
to the newly renovated DSS Audio-Visual Room.

Any material with socio-historical, cultural
or political themes will do.

If interested, communicate your
concerns thru jnponsaran@yahoo.com.

Salamat po.
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"Chindia"

  • pertains to the 2 huge Asian economies, i.e. China and India
  • both are also immense in terms of geography and population
  • possess complementary economies
    China (secondary sector); India (tertiary sector)
  • possess many similarities but have many set of
    differences as well (political structure, climate, etc.)
  • coined by Jairam Ramesh

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Prof. Mangubat's PI 100 (Rizal Course)

Prof. Mangubat's PI 100 is of non-traditional type.
To pass the course, he requires his students
to write a poem and a short story.
Students are also required to invent something.
According to him, these activities in a way
enable them to emulate their subject matter.
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Political economy of international affairs

  • North-South relations (e.g. US and Philippines)
  • North-North relations (e.g. US and EU)
  • South-South relations (e.g. Philippines and Vietnam)
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random points

  • domestic helper = job of last resort
  • teaching = in some cases, is also a job of last resort
  • national/people's history = kasaysayang bayan
  • cultural tourism = tourist's interest centers on
    arts, culture and indigenous traditions/customs
  • "idolatry of giantism"* = mall culture, dam construction,
    corporate mining, large scale commercial fishing
  • telehealth = telemedicine + telediagnosis + teleanalysis, etc.


    ____________
    *based of E.F. Schumacher's Small is Beautiful
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Dysfunctional: A very appropriate adjective to describe Philippine democracy

As I was browsing online to check sample syllabi
about Asian politics, I chanced upon
http://people.uncw.edu/tanp/PLS339.html
which contains the following entries (underscoring mine):

NOV 7 PHILIPPINES: DYSFUNCTIONAL DEMOCRACY
Reading: Simone, 174-178. Alan Berlow, Dead Season (first half).

NOV 9 PHILIPPINES: DYSFUNCTIONAL DEMOCRACY
Reading: Alan Berlow, Dead Season (finish).
Sample Exam Question: Evaluate the quality of Filipino democracy.
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Monday, May 12, 2008

Social stratification = Social inequality

Social stratification is the disproportionate
allocation of limited social rewards, namely
wealth, power, prestige and opportunity.
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Sunday, May 11, 2008

Agflation (Agriculture + Inflation)

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/agflation.asp

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Mayo 11

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Pagpupugay sa lahat ng mga ina
(maliban sa isang squatter sa palasyong malapit sa Ilog Pasig)
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Friday, May 09, 2008

A reaction from Eric Napeñas* to the blogpost "Reasons behind the exodus of Filipino doctors"

"All valid and understandable reasons.
But it left out the reason that is subconsciously
inculcated in all Filipinos. Colonial mentality,
or basically that going abroad is the
first and best resort not the last resort.

Thinking aloud, perhaps if the option
of abroad or frankly AMERICA was
not available or dreamed to be available,
then maybe the movement for
socio-economic change would be an
acceptable option for much more Filipinos."

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*Eric Napeñas is a Development Studies graduate of UP Manila.
Currently, he is pursuing MA in Development Policy at DLSU-Manila
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Para kay Matilda Bicolandia

Huwag laging de-kahon mag-isip.
Baka kasi wala nang ibang maniwala o
kahit makinig man lang kinalaunan.
Mas mahirap 'yon 'pag nagkataon.
Sa halip na makahimok ng kasapi ay
baka mas dumami lang ang katunggali.
Matutong umunawa.
Matutong umangkop.
Matutong lumugar.
Matuto ng bago.
Pero 'di kailangang isaisantabi ang luma.
'Di rin kailangang isakripisyo ang prinsipyo.
Sadya lang na hindi pare-pareho ang kahandaan
ng lahat na magpanibagong hubog agad.
Kaya inaasahan ang iba't ibang paraan at antas ng pag-oorganisa
upang isakatuparan ang anumang makabuluhang pagbabago.
Magkakaiba ang katangian ng mga tao.
Wasto man ang prinsipyo
pero 'di angkop ang taktika,
magbubunga pa rin ito ng kabiguan.
Alam natin 'yan.
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Thursday, May 08, 2008

random points

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Resolution?

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Woes of end-consumers

  • Inflation continues to erode their money's worth.
  • Their income base remains the same over many years.
  • They are vulnerable to deception and
    manipulation by advertising media thereby
    rendering them victims of consumerist culture.
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random points

  • diabetes = emerging silent killer
  • human kidney harvesting in Asia =
    one of the manifestations of the global division
    of labor where people from the Global South
    serve as suppliers of body parts to the
    recipients in the Global North
  • vegetarianism = answer to the global food shortage
    (according to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)
  • poverty-related diseases = TB, pneumonia, diarrhea
    (communicable but preventable if people are
    living in sanitary and decent conditions,
    according to Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo)
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Reasons behind the exodus of Filipino doctors

  • political instability
  • low pay
  • corruption
  • poor working conditions
  • threat of malpractice
  • don't see much hope for the future
    and the future of their children

Source: Dr. Jaime Galvez-Tan
Professor, UP College of Medicine
former DOH Secretary (1995)

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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

random points

  • BHW = barangay health workers
  • MHO = municipal health officer
  • shortage of doctors = led to the close down of many rural
    hospitals in the Philippines (according to Dr. Jaime Galvez-Tan)
  • "Bopis District" = Philippine Heart Center, Lung Center of
    the Philippines and National Kidney and Transplant Institute
  • Medicalization of hunger = downplays the fact that
    the phenomenon of hunger is a social problem,
    not a purely medical one.
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random thoughts

  • Hindi totoong liberal at progresibo ang UP.
    Mas marami pa rin ang mga may konserbatibong
    kaisipan at disposisyon sa pamantasang ito.
    (ang pamunuan, mga dalubguro, mag-aaral at kawani)
    Sana mali ako.
  • Batay sa mga kumunsulta sa akin sa mga
    nakaraang linggo, tila sa national
    government     (NG) papasok ang malaking
    bahagdan ng DevStud centennial graduate.
  • Iminumungkahi kong basahin din n'yo ang mga
    nilalaman ng http://jpaulmanzanilla.blogspot.com/.
  • Isa dapat sa mga layunin ng Econ 102 (Microeconomics)
    ay ang gawing matalinong mamimili ang mga mag-aaral nito.
  • Dalawa ang katauhan ng isang karaniwang mag-aaral ng UP.
    Hindi siya nakikilahok sa mga kilos-protesta sa
    UP o lansangan pero kapag kasama na niya
    ang mga kaibigan mula sa ibang pamantasan
    aakalain mong siya ang pinaka-progresibo
    o aktibista sa pangkat.
    Kung gayon, isa kang press release.
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Praxis (Theory + Practice)

  • Tagumpay na naisagawa ang mid-assessment ng tatlong
    grupong nakatoka sa akin para sa 2008 practicum:
    Zambales (May 3), Cavite (May 4) at Bulacan (May 6).
    Gayundin naman sa mga grupo sa ilalim ni
    Dr. Ed Villegas (Batangas at Laguna)
    at Atty. Karol Baguilat (Rizal at Tarlac).
    Nakakakalahati na sila sa practicum. Padayon!
  • Taun-taong ipinapaalala sa akin ng bawat pagbisita
    ko sa mga practicum area ang atrasadong
    kalagayan ng ekonomya at pulitika sa bansa.
  • Naniniwala ang Development Studies Program
    na "baog ang teorya kung hindi nilakipan ng praktika."
  • Taong 2000 ako sumailalim sa practicum.
    Central Luzon Aeta Association (CLAA) ang
    people's organization (PO) ang humawak sa
    aming grupo at si Atty. Mia Wacnang na nasa ika-apat
    na taon noon sa DevStud ang aming giya (guide).
  • Sa ikalawang linggo ng Hunyo itatanghal ang paglalahad
    ng karanasan ng mga practicumer sa pamamagitan
    ng audio-visual presentation, exhibit, hand-out,
    poetry reading at iba pang pangkulturang
    presentasyon upang maibahagi sa mas maraming
    guro at kapwa mag-aaral.
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Monday, May 05, 2008

May 6

Pagpupugay at pagbati sa ika-68 kaarawan ni
Dr. Edberto Malvar Villegas
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Sunday, May 04, 2008

random points

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