October 2013: Pork Barrel, Zamboanga, and More

It's been a long time since I updated this blog. A lot has happened and I guess the Philippines is still alive and kicking. Janet Napoles happened and no politician has admitted of being of guilty. No politico has been arrested either in connection with the scam of the ages.  It is quiet funny that a couple of months ago we are debating about buying a billion worth of condoms because they say that overpopulation is the cause of poverty. Heck, how much of the billions worth of contraceptives would end up in a Napoles-type NGO or in the pockets of the corrupt.  We have a lot of money but I do not know where it goes. 

Photo from pinoyrepublic.net

If I were one of the politicians with Napoles scam exposure, I would take a leave of absence and prepare a very good defense. I should hire the best lawyer and make an explanation not based on mere legal technicality because people are furious and they do not want a BS story. 

From GMAnews

If I were a lawmaker, I will not prioritize soft projects. Maybe I could live some funds in the local hospitals or give Philhealth membership to some of my constituents but other than that PDAF should be spent on hard projects. Something that can been seen and used. Not a bridge to nowhere or waiting sheds or basketball courts. How about lighting, roads, irrigation, sea walls, dikes, or reforestation. 

If I were P-Noy and other powers that be, I will also use my DAP to help Zamboanga and other deprived areas in Mindanao. They could have funded power generation projects than just think about RH Bill and contraceptives. 

If I were Napoles, I would spill the beans on who are the ones who pocketed the millions of money wasted by having projects coursed through her bogus NGOs.  Although this would highly unlikely because it is not easy to double cross powerful people. 

If I were a voter in this coming election (which I am), I make sure that I will vote for someone new.  A lot of politicos have been in position for too long and many have been brainwashed in the system of patronage and corruption. Voting someone new and someone without any ties with a sitting politician would be a start. I know these candidates will be long shots but if it takes a ling shot to improve this country, I will surely glad to let my vote speak.