Travel Advisory on Mindanao Travel

The United States State Department issued in their website another travel advisory on traveling to Mindanao. The travel advisory is routinely issued in many parts of the world and is meant to warn all Americans on the dangers in traveling to a specific country or area in the world. The turmoil in Mindanao is isolated and the entire island is not affected. The terror group Abu Sayyaf, MILF and MNLF are confined in limited areas. Tourist should be cautious but must never compromise their vacation because of the advisory.

Neri to SSS

The country was stunned by the appointment of Romulo Neri to the SSS. Neri will replace the ailing Corazon de la Paz who managed the SSS for more than 7 years. Corazon de la Paz said in an interview that it’s time for her to take care of her health. De la Paz has been ill for quite awhile and in fact submitted her resignation to the President even before leaving the country for treatment.

The appointment of Romulo Neri to the SSS would not have been a controversial one it he was not involved with the ZTE Scandal. The ZTE scandal was politically motivated and created by the opposition. It has proven nothing and overshadowed the qualifications of Romulo Neri. Neri’s more than capable of handling the SSS considering that he used to head the NEDA.

Corazon de la Paz’s call to the SSS members to protect their contribution is just a call of concern. The media should not blow it out of proportion. Let’s give Romulo Neri a chance to serve SSS before we judge him. PGMA will not give him the SSS portfolio if he is not capable.

Recent Poll says Clinton supporter won’t vote for Obama

The recent CNN poll says that Hillary Clinton supporters are not likely to vote for Barak Obama. Most of them even say that they’d rather vote for John McCain or just stay at home come November. More Hillraisers (Hillary Clinton fund raisers) also pulled their support from Hillary Clinton to John McCain. They were very disappointed by the bias of the mainstream media in the Clinton campaign. The survey says it all, without Hillary Clinton, the election is not as exciting as it once was. There’s really no point in going to the voting station.

I was devastated and bitter when Hillary Clinton lost her chance in clinching the Democratic Presidential Nomination. It would take years before I’ll recover.

Bishop vows to lobby against pending reproductive health bill

The primary cause of poverty in the Philippines is the government’s neglect in the issues of reproductive health brought by the pressures from the CBCP. The present administration of PGMA does not have a proper reproductive health program. PGMA, a devoted catholic once declared that her administration will not deal with the issues of birth control. She instead advocated a natural method which is proven to be a futile process. The responsibility of reproductive health now lies in the hands of the LGUs.

The ballooning population of the Philippines must be curtailed in order for our economy to grow. Below average Filipino income earners tend to have more children than the above average income earners. In layman’s term, ‘Kung sino pa ang mahihirap, sila pa ang maraming mga anak”. The poor man’s children will remain poor because their parents could not afford to send them to school. This will create another cycle of poverty that would last for generations. This is why it’s very important for our government to have a concrete reproductive health program so that poor and illiterate people will be educated and will have an opportunity to choose which birth control process is suited for them.

However, the greedy priests (CBCP) do not want our government to have a concrete reproductive health program. They expressed their displeasure of the pending reproductive health bill in the congress stressing that it’s an anti life bill. Reproductive health must be a choice. People must have the right to choose which family planning methods they want to use. The CBCP advocated a more natural method which is often a failure. They (CBCP) want more children since more children mean more business opportunity for their thriving church. Catholicism is the number one cause of poverty in the world. All of the catholic countries including the Latin America, the Philippines with the exception of France, Italy, Spain & Portugal are poor.

A concrete reproductive health is the only way for our country to move forward. Let’s support our government so they will not back away from the pressures of the CBCP (the hypocrites).