Rating ourselves
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| Dinah S. Ventura |
In a televised town hall-style meeting at La Consolacion College in Manila, President Noynoy Aquino reported on his first 100 days in office to his “boss,” the Filipino people.
Perhaps the most important aspect of this report is the overall optimism and confidence now felt by many, here and around the world, for the Philippines. Stressing that his administration focused on its anti-corruption and anti-poverty campaigns from the very beginning, P-Noy was particularly happy to report the significant savings they had made for the country thus far, as well as the multibillion dollars in investments they were able to bring in from the US recently.
While government officials, critics and interest groups made their own “rating” for the President’s first 100 days known, many ordinary folks are still willing to wait and see how the rest of the Aquino term will pan out.
How do you judge just over three months of work when over a decade of mismanagement, inefficiency and gross corruption had already left such telling marks on the country, not to mention leaving a trail of obstacles for the new leadership?.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101011com7.html
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