- wellness = optimal well-being (physical, mental, spiritual)
resulting in improved quality of life (QOL) - health problems = combination of nutritional
deficiency and environmental toxicity
(source: Prof. Gerard Anderson, John Hopkins University) - medical evacuation = movement/transfer of injured persons
from the battlefield or accident scene to a medical facility - Globalization = http://www.flickr.com/photos/liberato/133375920/
- Food and Beverage TNCs =
http://www.princeton.edu/~ina/infographics/starbucks.html
Sunday, May 04, 2008
random points
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Links
- Wedding at McDo
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/2176038.stm - "Sandwich Generation"
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/08/eveningnews/main1600179.shtml - Alibi Network
http://www.alibinetwork.com/index.jsp - Dating in Singapore
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/29/asia/sing.php
random points
- hungry people = hungry voters = politically dangerous
- debt trap = ang nautang na pera ay pambayad utang.
- Php 99.75 = psychological pricing
- agritourism = the practice of touring
agricultural areas to see farms and
often to participate in farm activities
(Source: Merriam-Webster) - sandwich generation = a generation of people
who are caring for their aging parents
while supporting their own children
(Source: Merriam-Webster)
Monday, April 28, 2008
random points
- balanced budget =
government revenue equals government expenditure - threat to balanced budget =
oil and rice price hike, US economic slowdown
(according to GMA) - NFA = government's rice importing GOCC
- condotel = condominium hotel
- palay = unmilled/unhusked rice
- bigas = milled rice
- scientist = dalub-agham
random points
- Indonesia = hardest hit by the bird flu pandemic
- sosyalismo = "baligtarin ang tatsulok"
- komunismo = "buwagin ang tatsulok"
- karma = general law of cause and effect (Prof. D. Aragon)
- human attention = commodity consumed by information
(information in itself is also a commodity) - 2.04% = Philippine population growth rate (2007)
- household = sambahayan
- Kilusang Mayo Uno = May First Movement
- Sandiganbayan = anti-graft court
- Prospero Nograles (Roman Catholic)=
first Mindanaoan House Speaker,
received a -12% net public satisfaction rating,
which was the lowest in the history
of House Speakership (SWS) - Noli's political psychology =
posted a high public satisfaction rating not because
he is pro-active but because he is avoiding mistakes,
according to Prof. Nereus Acosta, Ph.D.
Friday, April 25, 2008
random points
- Incrementalism =
bit by bit approach to planning/execution - Philippine economy =
export-oriented, import-dependent, capital-starved - electronics = top export and import product of the Philippines
- sovereign = supreme power
- Philippine Mining Act of 1995 =
then Senator Gloria Arroyo (principal proponent) - Article 12 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution =
National Economy and Patrimony
Thursday, April 24, 2008
random points
- According to Sen Pimentel, a Mindanaoan,
federalism will solve the age old problems
of uneven socio-economic development
(READ: Luzoncentric, Imperial Manila, urban bias)
and Muslim secessionism in the Philippines. - To win the war on illegal drugs, Sen. Lacson
proposed a simple formula:
supply constriction and demand reduction - According to Sen. Santiago, the only
difference between men and women
is biological, nothing else.
Women menstruate, give birth and lactate.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Pakikisangkot
"May mga natatanging tagpo o sitwasyon na hindi uobra
ang mga feeding program at pagpapa-cute lamang."
ang mga feeding program at pagpapa-cute lamang."
-Terry Ridon
2nd year, College of Law, UP Diliman
UP Student Regent (2007)
2nd year, College of Law, UP Diliman
UP Student Regent (2007)
BA Development Studies (cum laude), UP Manila
Freedom in blogging
Blogging provides me a venue where
I can write about certain issues which
may not be accommodated by other
mainstream institutions due to their
conservative stance or rigid format requirement.
I can write about certain issues which
may not be accommodated by other
mainstream institutions due to their
conservative stance or rigid format requirement.
Monday, April 21, 2008
random points
- Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations =
Blue Ribbon Committee - Gloria, Oriental Mindoro = municipality named
after Gloria by local politicians in 1964 as a
show of gratitude to Pres. Diosdado Macapagal - January 20, 2001 = inauguration day of the
psychic twins (GMA and Bush, Jr.) - Ban Ki Moon = UN Secretary General
- Life-cycle approach to migration
1. pre-deployment
2. on-site protection
3. migrant return
4. reintegration
Source: DFA - YouTube: Broadcast Yourself = "me" media
Facts and Figures: Philippine Politics and Governance
- 3 co-equal branches of the government:
executive, legislative, judiciary - Present Charter: 1987 Philippine Constitution
- Constitutional Commission President: Cecilia Munoz-Palma
- Official websites:
http://www.gov.ph/
http://www.senate.gov.ph/
http://www.congress.gov.ph/
http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/ - Administrative regions: 17
- Form of government:
Republic, constitutional, presidential, unitary, bicameral - President:
head of state, head of government, commander-in-chief - President: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
(affiliated with 3 political parties;
assumed office in Jan. 20, 2001)
Vice-President: Manuel Leuterio de Castro - Senate President: Manny Villar (NP)
- House Speaker: Prospero Nograles (Lakas-CMD)
- Chief Justice: Reynato Puno
- Supreme Court: Justices appointed by the president
on the recommendation of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) - Senate President Pro-Tempore: Jinggoy Estrada (PMP)
- Majority Leader: Kiko Pangilinan (LP)
- Minority Leader: Aquilino Pimentel (PDP-Laban)
- Number of senators: 23 (sex ratio = 19:4)
- House of representatives:
composed of district and partylist representatives - Number of district representatives: 219 (91%)
- Number of partylist representatives: 21 (9%)
- House of Representatives (sex ratio):
Male (189=79%), Female (51=21%) - Cabinet: appointed by the president with confirmation
from the Commission of Appointments (CA) - Cabinet members: 24
- Recent national and local elections: May 2007
- Next elections: May 2010
- 1992 senatorial elections: top 12 serves for 6 years,
3 years for the remaining senators
(as provided by the 1987 Constitution) - Constitutional Commissions
Civil Service Commission (Ricardo Saulo)
Commission on Audit (Reynaldo Villar)
Commission on Elections (Jose Melo)
Commission on Human Rights (Purificacion Quisumbing) - Key Legislations
RA 9225 (Dual Citizenship)
RA 9372 (Human Security Act)
RA 7160 (Local Government Code)
RA 7942 (Mining Act of 1995)
RA 8371 (Indigenous People's Rights Act)
RA 4200 (Anti-Wiretapping Act) - 2008 National Budget: P1.227 T
- SWS net satisfaction rating
GMA (-26%)
Noli (+53%)
Villar (+47)
Nograles (-12%)
Puno (+2) - Public opinion towards GMA (Pulse Asia)
71% = disapproval rating
76% = distrust rating - Top 3 political parties
Lakas-CMD, Kampi, NPC - Major political issues
NBN-ZTE scandal and other large-scale corruption cases
dismal human rights record (900+ political killings since 2001)
politicized military, bureaucracy, judiciary
special relationship with US
Charter change (ConCon, ConAss, PI) - Impeachment
1/3 (79) of the representatives: needed to impeach
2/3 (15) of the senators: needed to convict - Basic social problems
imperialism, bureaucrat capitalism and feudalism
____________________
*based on a lecture presented to the high school DepEd Social Studies
teachers from NCR, Region IV-A and Region IV-B held at CAS, UP Manila
Sunday, April 20, 2008
random points
- dental tourism, reproductive tourism, etc. =
subspecialties in the medical tourism industry - right to life = takes precedence over the right to property
- Cordillera Day (Cordi Day)=
commemoration of the death of Macliing Dulag
(April 24, 1980) - memorization = lowest form of learning
- engineering = inhinyeriya
- House of Representatives =
Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan
Dwindling rice lands
- land-use conversion
(from agricultural to industrial and residential use;
from farm lands to golf courses and leisure parks) - crop conversion
(from rice to honey dew melon,
asparagus, and other cash crops)
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Means
According to Dr. Jesus Estanislao, there are
three ways by which the Philippines can get
hold of dollars or other foreign currencies:
three ways by which the Philippines can get
hold of dollars or other foreign currencies:
- beg for them
- borrow them
- or earn them
Friday, April 18, 2008
Wanted
The UP Manila Department of Social Sciences (DSS)
is in need of 1 full-time and 1 part-time Philosophy professors.
The applicant should submit the following to
Prof. Bernard L.M. Karganilla, MPA (Dep't Chair).
- application letter addressed to the chair
- curriculum vitae
random thoughts
- Thanks Jill for the DVD/VCD donations
to DSS AVR. Same goes to MK,
Sis Mariel and Brod Jonathan.
Malaking tulong po.
Sana may mga dumagdag pa. - Taas kamao para kay Kamille, Raya at
sa lahat ng nakiisa sa entablado man o
sa kani-kanilang mga upuan noong
lightning rally (LR) sa PICC. - Pagbati sa lahat ng mga nagtapos ng may karangalan.
Tiyaking mapapangatawanan ito sa labas ng pamantasan.
You know what I mean. - According to Pres. Roman, UP is a brand name.
Technically, that's correct but it sounds too commercial. - Ayon sa isang kasabihan,
kumpleto ang isang aklatan kung naglalaman
ito ng makakapagpagalit sa sinuman anuman ang
kanyang ideolohiya o panuntunan sa buhay. - Sana ay maipasa na ang Philo II (Bioethics)
sa UP Manila bilang RGEP. Mahalaga ito
lalo na sa mga white colleges. - Nananawagan ang mga mass orgs (MO)
na sana'y itampok din ng media sa kalunsuran
ang mga isyu at problema ng mga maralita sa
kanayunan (coastal poverty, upland poverty,
rural poverty, development aggression, HRVs).
The orientation of many media outfits
is too Manilacentric.
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