Comments on: Corrupting each other eh? http://www.bikoy.net/archives/2007/10/14/corrupting-each-other-eh/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:36:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: bikoy.net | There are millions of Mariannets http://www.bikoy.net/archives/2007/10/14/corrupting-each-other-eh/comment-page-1/#comment-222172 bikoy.net | There are millions of Mariannets Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:48:25 +0000 http://www.bikoy.net/archives/2007/10/14/corrupting-each-other-eh/#comment-222172 [...] The way the government is handling the issue of Mariannet Amper, the 11-year old girl from Davao who hanged herself because of her family’s impoverished situation, is very typical of the establishment’s pattern of covering up for the consequences of evils and shortcomings. Unfortunately some people readily buy these spins. Primary of such spins is to dismiss the entire issue as an isolated case, and to trivialize the girl’s reasons for committing suicide as largely personal and psychological. And to match such issues with the harping of news that proclaim economic progress by the numbers–numbers that are largely intangible to the vast number of impoverished Filipinos. Aw, too bad the benefits of the apparent strength of the peso, or the booming stock market didn’t “trickle down” to the Amper family. You know what’s worse, the President has used this issue to hasten the implementation of her highly controversial, corruption-laden Cyber Education Project. [...] [...] The way the government is handling the issue of Mariannet Amper, the 11-year old girl from Davao who hanged herself because of her family’s impoverished situation, is very typical of the establishment’s pattern of covering up for the consequences of evils and shortcomings. Unfortunately some people readily buy these spins. Primary of such spins is to dismiss the entire issue as an isolated case, and to trivialize the girl’s reasons for committing suicide as largely personal and psychological. And to match such issues with the harping of news that proclaim economic progress by the numbers–numbers that are largely intangible to the vast number of impoverished Filipinos. Aw, too bad the benefits of the apparent strength of the peso, or the booming stock market didn’t “trickle down” to the Amper family. You know what’s worse, the President has used this issue to hasten the implementation of her highly controversial, corruption-laden Cyber Education Project. [...]

]]> By: Bloggers’ Kapihan » Post-BK 2 Entries and Pictures http://www.bikoy.net/archives/2007/10/14/corrupting-each-other-eh/comment-page-1/#comment-219761 Bloggers’ Kapihan » Post-BK 2 Entries and Pictures Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:15:56 +0000 http://www.bikoy.net/archives/2007/10/14/corrupting-each-other-eh/#comment-219761 [...] Corrupting each other eh? by Bikoy [...] [...] Corrupting each other eh? by Bikoy [...]

]]> By: Lalon http://www.bikoy.net/archives/2007/10/14/corrupting-each-other-eh/comment-page-1/#comment-219719 Lalon Sun, 14 Oct 2007 03:44:26 +0000 http://www.bikoy.net/archives/2007/10/14/corrupting-each-other-eh/#comment-219719 Yeah and I also thought that that CyberEd's gonna be 'interactive'. It was really nice to finally meet you there, Bikoy. ;) Yeah and I also thought that that CyberEd’s gonna be ‘interactive’.

It was really nice to finally meet you there, Bikoy. ;)

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