If it is sincere in helping government workers make ends meet by increasing their salaries, Malacañang should do it properly instead of sneaking funds into the proposed national budget for 2009, Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson said Tuesday. Continue reading “Lacson Questions Palace’s Fund Sneak Try in 2009 Budget”
Don’t Veto ‘Anti-Hostage’ Pork Provision, Lacson asks Palace
Although he will gain nothing from it, Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson took up the cudgels for his colleagues in the minority whose pork barrel funds Malacañang had kept “hostage” for the last two to three years. Continue reading “Don’t Veto ‘Anti-Hostage’ Pork Provision, Lacson asks Palace”
The Facts, the Truth, and a Story
Speech before the United Nations Youth Association of the Philippines Summit, Siliman University, Dumaguete City
At the end of this summit of young leaders, let us all resolve, you and I, to bring back those days, when life was kinder, when public service meant exactly what it spells, when the basics were available to all. It is a tall order, but never has this country been short in supply of the talent needed to reverse what seem today to be irreversible.
And begin we must by the power of good example, whether we are leaders, or we will be in some not-too-distant future, the beneficiaries of such leadership. And I hope that each of the participants in this United Nations Youth Association of the Philippines summit would Believe, Innovate, Lead, Inspire and Build.
There is an Indian Proverb, which goes like this: Continue reading “The Facts, the Truth, and a Story”