The Politician

Never ending impulsive decision....

Recently, there has been a grave disaster in China, where a big earthquake killed nearly 12,000 people (according to yahoo). Almost immediately our president made a decision to send a medical team to china. I dont mean to belittle this decision made by our super president but i think she is forgetting the fact that china is one of the big economies of the world and that it has all the resources to help its citizens in this disaster. It has, as of the moment, dispatched 50,000 of its soldiers to help its citizens affected by the tragedy. Why did our president made this impulsive decision when in fact we have our own problems at bar. Is she forgetting that visayas region is also under calamity and experiencing flash floods? Why not send the medical team there and help those people, why? because one problem in evacuation areas is that people there will, in a matter of time, be sick because of the environment.

Quoting the words of Golez from ABS-CBN news "Every time we have disasters in the country, all you have to do is count the hours and China's support is always there". And our people is grateful for the help China is bringing. I am not being selfish nor self-centered but one of the job of the government and a reason for its existence is to help its people. There is a saying that you must first help yourself before you can help others, certainly, this is not on the vocabulary of our super president. This maybe is one of the reason why so many Filipinos dislikes its own president. It cares more for others then its own citizens. Here is an irony, when i am visiting my beloved province of Pampanga, i always see the slogan of our super president that she cares, "GMA cares...." i think they forgot to include the word "others".

Analyzing the bold diplomatic move of the president, maybe, she is thinking that china will help Philippines in coming weeks, because its already the rainy season and floods will again "flood" the Philippines, literally. Its like planting the good old seed of kindness, so that later she can reap these seeds to help its citizen because our government is to a certain point inutile in helping its own people. Why? Because money to help is being pocketed by our beloved officials, its sad to think that Philippines cant help its own citizens due to rampant corruption.

posted by JP @ 8:17 PM 0 comments

OIL PRICE HIKE.....again!

apparently, earlier today there has been another oil price hike by the big oil companies such as shell, etc... i dont know if they are playing with us but from my point of view i think there is a fluke in the way they are increasing the oil prices. Apparently, from the way i understand the news reports, almost instantaneously, these oil companies raises prices from the moment the oil in the world market increased. I mean, the government should look into this event with the eyes of an eagle. Companies should not instantly react to the prices in the world market because obviously, they are not importing oil everyday. Companies such as these order/buy in bulk.

If for example these companies ordered by BULK in April 20, 2008 with an oil price of $97/barrel, and the price in the world market the day after increased by $2, oil companies should not instantaneously say that they would increase their price for in fact they were able to oil at a price of $97/barrel. They should not impose the $2 dollar deferential on the people just because from the time they would be able to sell the oil they ordered, price of oil in the world market have increased. Again, they should not account immediately for the $2 difference. This is just plain cheating! Plus, if again for example, the price in world market of oil increased again 2 days after its previous increase, companies cannot increase their prices still simply because they still have oil stored in their depots that was bought at a price of $97/barrel last April 20, 2008.

For government: They should have a monitoring system at the very least to know the price of how much the oil was bought by the oil companies and the projected period of how long the import will last in the market because obviously, these can be exploited by the oil industry as a loop hole that can be use to take advantage and to gain more profit. By doing so, government can minimize if not remove the doubts in minds of the citizen, just like me that the increase is indeed legitimate.

posted by JP @ 12:26 AM 0 comments