Duterte fires all appointees in lto-ltfrb

[Benington]

17 hours ago, Gratefuled said:

 

So, what competent successful businessperson in the private sector would take a step down to an unstable position to satisfy an ego? Most who are competent and successful business people will stay put in the private sector where they can climb the ladder of success without the fear of being fired by the next president.

In the UK there's an honours system. Starting with CBE (Commander of the Order of the  British Empire), then more prestigious is OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire), then, for rescuing the Queen's corgis from drowning there is Knight/Dame ie Sir/Lady.

Before making this post I had no idea what CBE/OBE stood for and had to look them up. Amazed they haven't updated them!

I don't think they have anything like that here.

Maybe the Philippines should start their own type of  honours system?  Could that incentivize people successful elsewhere to turn around public agencies?

 

[Gratefuled]

1 hour ago, Benington said:

Maybe the Philippines should start their own type of  honours system?  Could that incentivize people successful elsewhere to turn around public agencies?

 

Excellent idea but who would vouch for how honorable a person is? There is no honor among thieves.  

[mogo51]

Wel at least Mr. Dueterte is making reading interesting for uls and giving us interesting conversation.

[robert k]

1 hour ago, Gratefuled said:

Excellent idea but who would vouch for how honorable a person is? There is no honor among thieves.  

One might capitalize on that ED by offering a reward for confidential snitching, but you have to give particulars and it has to pan out. I think the government should be running sting operations if they don't have enough complaints, although I can't imagine they don't have enough complaints to last them.

[Jack Peterson]

6 minutes ago, robert k said:

I think the government should be running sting operations

 Well of course they do have a Department for this it is called the Internal Audit Commission. Up until now it was revealing much (As with the Yolanda missing cash) but there are/ were, as with many departments [Problems] No one Acted but issues swept under carpets (Mats)

 They have a new Head now, so lets see what transpires.

 

Jack

 Morning All

[Jack Peterson]

1 hour ago, Gratefuled said:

Excellent idea but who would vouch for how honorable a person is? There is no honor among thieves.  

 So! To catch a Thief, Set a thief ( anyone remember the Film?) Hmmm or was it the other way around Set to Catch

 

[Benington]

1 hour ago, Gratefuled said:

Excellent idea but who would vouch for how honorable a person is? There is no honor among thieves.  

 

54 minutes ago, mogo51 said:

Wel at least Mr. Dueterte is making reading interesting for uls and giving us interesting conversation.

On the putative honours system, it is difficult but maybe not impossible to find a way when there's no Royals. How about a committee of national treasures being formed? Should be non-political, but, as that is difficult here then balanced politically. There are bound to be some aging media and movie people on it..but this is the Philippines! They draw up a short list and the public vote by text message.

The President is not only interesting and entertaining us..it's gone worldwide.

The BBC, CNN and Al Jazeera have all covered the UN comments in their headline news. My thinking on that is by criticising the UN you're really criticising all the countries in the UN. Especially the members of the Security Council, as they are usually the reason why the UN doesn't intervene always. Apart from the budgetary deficit, of course. And he's also criticising the Philippines itself. CNN Philippines had a nice summary of the Philippines substantial and varied UN contribution.

The UN as presently constructed has infinitely more chance of intervening around the world than any break away group has.

In addition Al Jazeera yesterday put on a 30 minute episode in their excellent "Back Story" series on the Drugs War here. For those of you not sad enough to spend time watching these sorts of programmes they always have 3 people on a split screen discussing the topic with a presenter in Doha. In this case there was a Human Rights person in London and two people in Manila, one a Professor and the other an experienced older woman journalist. The interesting thing was that none of the three had anything good to say about it. The nearest was the Professor, who hedged his comments somewhat making the point that people here were fed up, willing to overlook human rights to some extent to deal with the drugs etc. Perhaps they couldn't find a government supporter to go on the programme and defend the policy?

Unfortunately, anyone around the world watching that programme, with the discussion interspersed with video of some of the incidents here recently, would, unfortunately, be thinking "It's more gun in the Philippines". 

[Jack Peterson]

15 minutes ago, Benington said:

The nearest was the Professor, who hedged his comments somewhat making the point that people here were fed up, willing to overlook human rights to some extent to deal with the drugs etc.

 As I said in an earlier post, he won their hearts now it is time to earn their trust, can he? He has to realize and Remember who did and why people Elected him. My Wife is starting to use the Phrase I use on my Daughter, I.I.I. Me,Me Me. ( there is no "I" in team work) He is their Representative to the World, not a One (1) man Crusade against the World, He ain't a comic book hero, and he won't win that crusade. He is the Elected Leader of over 100,000.000 people that are looking up to him. At some stage I hope he can look in the mirror and say OH! yeah! the People 

[robert k]

2 hours ago, Benington said:

 

In addition Al Jazeera yesterday put on a 30 minute episode in their excellent "Back Story" series on the Drugs War here. For those of you not sad enough to spend time watching these sorts of programmes they always have 3 people on a split screen discussing the topic with a presenter in Doha. In this case there was a Human Rights person in London and two people in Manila, one a Professor and the other an experienced older woman journalist. The interesting thing was that none of the three had anything good to say about it. The nearest was the Professor, who hedged his comments somewhat making the point that people here were fed up, willing to overlook human rights to some extent to deal with the drugs etc. Perhaps they couldn't find a government supporter to go on the programme and defend the policy?

They might not have even tried to find  a government supporter. That is the problem with media bias.

[Benington]

I've watched several editions of "Back Story" over the last few months. The last one was on Kashmir, and they had someone on there defending India. Similarly with the others.

I suspect the present Government is not yet organised to react to worldwide media interest in what is happening here. They're only used to SE Asian interest over domestic policies. They expect wider international attention only when there's a natural disaster, conflict, revolution etc. Not their domestic policy being under the spotlight on worldwide and foreign domestic news broadcasts.