Comments on: Full Text and Video Snippet of A Philippines that Works – Economic Vision and Platform By Benigno S. Aquino III http://filipinovoices.com/full-text-and-video-snippet-of-a-philippines-that-works-economic-vision-and-platform-by-benigno-s-aquino-iii Powered By A Collective Voice Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:29:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: mariano http://filipinovoices.com/full-text-and-video-snippet-of-a-philippines-that-works-economic-vision-and-platform-by-benigno-s-aquino-iii/comment-page-1#comment-134169 mariano Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:04:06 +0000 http://filipinovoices.com/?p=9708#comment-134169 I had heard similar speeches before from previous Presidential candidates. "Mukhang lumang tugtugin na." "Masakit na sa tainga." "Wala rin nangyari." More of the same. As the Paint CHANGE... I had heard similar speeches before from previous Presidential
candidates. “Mukhang lumang tugtugin na.” “Masakit na sa tainga.”
“Wala rin nangyari.” More of the same. As the Paint CHANGE…

]]> By: UP n grad http://filipinovoices.com/full-text-and-video-snippet-of-a-philippines-that-works-economic-vision-and-platform-by-benigno-s-aquino-iii/comment-page-1#comment-134141 UP n grad Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:47:37 +0000 http://filipinovoices.com/?p=9708#comment-134141 The audience-member at NoyNoy's Makati Business Club speech who allowed NoyNoy to see him/her not applauding would have been an idiot. Business school would have triggered the thought that he would be one hell of a contact, this NoyNoy who has 40% chance becoming GMA's replacement. The brightest would have gotten closer to NoyNoy and <strike> handed NoyNoy a business card </strike> said "Great speech!! Inspiring!!" The audience-member at NoyNoy’s Makati Business Club speech who allowed NoyNoy to see him/her not applauding would have been an idiot. Business school would have triggered the thought that he would be one hell of a contact, this NoyNoy who has 40% chance becoming GMA’s replacement. The brightest would have gotten closer to NoyNoy and handed NoyNoy a business card said “Great speech!! Inspiring!!”

]]> By: THE STORY OF HACIENDA LUISITA « RICELANDER’S BLOG http://filipinovoices.com/full-text-and-video-snippet-of-a-philippines-that-works-economic-vision-and-platform-by-benigno-s-aquino-iii/comment-page-1#comment-134103 THE STORY OF HACIENDA LUISITA « RICELANDER’S BLOG Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:10:50 +0000 http://filipinovoices.com/?p=9708#comment-134103 [...] text could be found here at Filipino Voices. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Revisiting LuisitaLuisita: The Promised [...] [...] text could be found here at Filipino Voices. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Revisiting LuisitaLuisita: The Promised [...]

]]> By: Joe America http://filipinovoices.com/full-text-and-video-snippet-of-a-philippines-that-works-economic-vision-and-platform-by-benigno-s-aquino-iii/comment-page-1#comment-134088 Joe America Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:02:59 +0000 http://filipinovoices.com/?p=9708#comment-134088 Cocoy, Nothing for me to nitpick on this. Thank you for all the context a guy could ever wish for. Joe Cocoy,

Nothing for me to nitpick on this. Thank you for all the context a guy could ever wish for.

Joe

]]> By: jcc http://filipinovoices.com/full-text-and-video-snippet-of-a-philippines-that-works-economic-vision-and-platform-by-benigno-s-aquino-iii/comment-page-1#comment-134011 jcc Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:46:46 +0000 http://filipinovoices.com/?p=9708#comment-134011 Noynoy should hire better speech writers. Noynoy should hire better speech writers.

]]> By: UP n grad http://filipinovoices.com/full-text-and-video-snippet-of-a-philippines-that-works-economic-vision-and-platform-by-benigno-s-aquino-iii/comment-page-1#comment-134006 UP n grad Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:26:13 +0000 http://filipinovoices.com/?p=9708#comment-134006 1. Problem: <i>oversight is always preferable to investigation ... if the Executive wants orderly transactions, at least a few members of Congress should be privy to all of the details to determine if they were spent properly. However, this proposal was dismissed ... for the reason that they undermined the Executive’s privileges.</i> NoyNoy proposal : _________________________ 2. Problem: <i>The BIR’s collection dropped by 5.5%, while that of Customs declined by 16.6%. ... Our initial focus then will be to capture a good part of the revenue leaks caused by smuggling and evasion..</i> NoyNoy Proposal : <i>The ideas to improve tax administration and to control smuggling have been there for some time and some programs have been initiated in the past. One of these successful programs was the RATE or Run After Tax Evaders. In fact, some of the people at the Department of Finance and the BIR who have tried to implement reforms before are with us now, and together with reform-minded career executives, we intend to put their commitment and talents to good use under my administration.</i> 3. Problem: <i>My budget team estimates that for 2009 alone, around P280 billion of our national budget was lost to corruption. </i> NoyNoy Target : reduce amount lost from P280B/year to _______. 4. Goal : <i>It is time that our infrastructure agencies and LGUs transform into cooperative ventures with the private sector by bringing forth an agreed public infrastructure program, based on a cohesive plan that optimizes the value of the entire network.</i> NoyNoy proposal : <i>we will set objective criteria for different types of projects and develop a scorecard that will assess various projects against benchmarks transparent to the public. Initially we want our infrastructure program . . . to being labor-intensive and biased for employment as a means to pump-prime the economy.</i> Employment-target : ________. 5. Problems require: <i> . . . be a complete review of all the programs in the Department of Agriculture. We can do a lot for our farmers...</i> NoyNoy proposal : <i> ... eliminate the leaks and focus on the efficient use of resources. NABCOR ... <i> ??? will be closed???? 6. Problem : <i> . . . students are at the mercy of our decrepit education system that allows double shifting, erroneous textbooks and substandard nursing schools to exist. . . . procurement program so heedless of the need for excellence that it doesn’t care if it produces a textbook series riddled with 500 factual errors. For every hundred kids that start grade school with the hope of achieving their dreams, only fourteen will graduate from college and possess a tangible means to materially improve their lives. </i> NoyNoy proposal : _________________________ 7. Problem : <i> ... poor. Many of them are homeless. Each year, we add some 2.5 million mouths to feed to our already hungry population. Of these new additions, one third were the result of unplanned pregnancies. . . . A permanent underclass that includes the five million of our countrymen that are illiterate, which means their opportunities in life will always be limited to living hand-to-mouth.</i> NoyNoy proposal : See #6. -------------------------------------- <i><b> NoyNoy requests for your vote on May2010. 1. Problem: oversight is always preferable to investigation … if the Executive wants orderly transactions, at least a few members of Congress should be privy to all of the details to determine if they were spent properly. However, this proposal was dismissed … for the reason that they undermined the Executive’s privileges.

NoyNoy proposal : _________________________

2. Problem: The BIR’s collection dropped by 5.5%, while that of Customs declined by 16.6%. … Our initial focus then will be to capture a good part of the revenue leaks caused by smuggling and evasion..

NoyNoy Proposal : The ideas to improve tax administration and to control smuggling have been there for some time and some programs have been initiated in the past. One of these successful programs was the RATE or Run After Tax Evaders. In fact, some of the people at the Department of Finance and the BIR who have tried to implement reforms before are with us now, and together with reform-minded career executives, we intend to put their commitment and talents to good use under my administration.

3. Problem: My budget team estimates that for 2009 alone, around P280 billion of our national budget was lost to corruption.

NoyNoy Target : reduce amount lost from P280B/year to _______.

4. Goal : It is time that our infrastructure agencies and LGUs transform into cooperative ventures with the private sector by bringing forth an agreed public infrastructure program, based on a cohesive plan that optimizes the value of the entire network.

NoyNoy proposal : we will set objective criteria for different types of projects and develop a scorecard that will assess various projects against benchmarks transparent to the public. Initially we want our infrastructure program . . . to being labor-intensive and biased for employment as a means to pump-prime the economy.

Employment-target : ________.

5. Problems require: . . . be a complete review of all the programs in the Department of Agriculture. We can do a lot for our farmers…
NoyNoy proposal : … eliminate the leaks and focus on the efficient use of resources. NABCOR … ??? will be closed????

6. Problem : . . . students are at the mercy of our decrepit education system that allows double shifting, erroneous textbooks and substandard nursing schools to exist. . . . procurement program so heedless of the need for excellence that it doesn’t care if it produces a textbook series riddled with 500 factual errors. For every hundred kids that start grade school with the hope of achieving their dreams, only fourteen will graduate from college and possess a tangible means to materially improve their lives.

NoyNoy proposal : _________________________

7. Problem : … poor. Many of them are homeless. Each year, we add some 2.5 million mouths to feed to our already hungry population. Of these new additions, one third were the result of unplanned pregnancies. . . . A permanent underclass that includes the five million of our countrymen that are illiterate, which means their opportunities in life will always be limited to living hand-to-mouth.

NoyNoy proposal : See #6.
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NoyNoy requests for your vote on May2010.

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