Reducing mass poverty: Enhancing executive emergency powers

the majority of Filipinos are hopeful for a better future, it is also clear they want out of the “kulelat” (tailender) position to which the Philippines had been relegated during the past few years. In its Human Development Index, the UN has ranked the Philippines in this laggard position which is not acceptable to FVR – that “pakialamero” (interventionist) senior citizen.

IN THE INTEREST OF OUR NATIONAL PRIDE AND BETTER PERFORMANCE, THEREFORE, WE OWE IT TO OURSELVES, OUR CHILDREN AND SUCCESSOR GENERATIONS TO SUPPORT THE DU30 ADMINISTRATION WITH ANY HELPFUL CONTRIBUTION – WHETHER A LITTLE BIT OR SUBSTANTIAL – THAT WE CAN MUSTER TOWARDS STEADY, UPWARD NATION-BUILDING.

THE DU30 GOVERNMENT MUST NOW FORGE A NATIONAL CONSENSUS, PARTICULARLY WITH CATHOLIC COUPLES (NOT NECESSARILY WITH THE INTRUSIVE BISHOPS), ON POPULATION/RH POLICY – GIVEN THE IRREVERSIBLE INTERTWINING OF PEOPLE, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, AS IRREFUTABLY PROVEN IN THE 1994 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION DEVELOPMENT IN CAIRO. OUR VERDANT ARCHIPELAGO AND FRIENDLY PEOPLE OFFER NATURAL COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES – WE SHOULD EMBRACE “OPEN SKIES” AND “OPEN WATERS” POLICIES. REGULATORY PRACTICES THAT HOBBLE THE AVIATION AND MARITIME INDUSTRIES, FOR SURE, DISCOURAGE TOURISM EXPANSION AS WELL AS RAISE OPERATING COSTS.

OVER THE LONGER TERM, WE MUST DEVELOP INTEGRATED AGRIBUSINESS INDUSTRIES WITH RAW-MATERIAL BASES IN OUR HINTERLANDS FOR HIGH-VALUE FOOD EXPORTS TO RICH MARKETS EMERGING IN EUROPE, CHINA, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, AND INDIA.