tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725884.post115373588337219312..comments2023-08-25T17:10:20.774+08:00Comments on Phoenix' Eyrie: Some thoughts on SONA 2006Azure Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12231261727774481083noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725884.post-1153796949875809052006-07-25T11:09:00.000+08:002006-07-25T11:09:00.000+08:00Hi, sir J. Saw how FVR qouted your book. What bett...Hi, sir J. Saw how FVR qouted your book. What better endorser than a former Prez, huh? Nice.<BR/><BR/>You have a point there, in saying that she unveiled plans for the country. It's really up to her, I guess, which to focus more on in her SONA: a report on the country's state - which will be contested - or spell out her plans. At least we all have an idea of what she intends to do.<BR/><BR/>I just hope we have to resources to implement those projects, and sustain them. Like I said, they make strategic sense. It'd be interesting to see what would happen if we even achieve 50% of the projects the President came up with.Azure Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12231261727774481083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725884.post-1153748859158510842006-07-24T21:47:00.000+08:002006-07-24T21:47:00.000+08:00Hi Rob!I must congratulate you for keeping your si...Hi Rob!<BR/><BR/>I must congratulate you for keeping your site constantly updated and even providing a link to my own humble blog.<BR/>Hey, I'm new to this place so these things matter to me.<BR/><BR/>If there is one thing good about the President's SONA, its the road map that she unveiled for the entire country. I dont think a President has gone into detail as much as she has. <BR/><BR/>The opposition will, as expected, say that she's playing to the gallery and that she's dangling projects to her supporters. But that doesn't subtract from the fact that the President submitted to Congress and to the people an economic recovery program anchored on building the country's competitiveness and developing our infrastructure.<BR/><BR/>It's a tall order, indeed, but since we have the funds why not lay it all down to the people. And she has in dramatic fashion. Cong. Joey Salceda, Chair of the House Appro Committee, said that the funds will come from the additional revenues as a result of fiscal reform, funds from LGUs, funds from GOCCs, and from BOT investments. <BR/><BR/>The President has shown us that she has a plan for our country and that we all have a role to play. All it needs now are for the people to embrace the plan as their own and identify with it. For so long, we have been a rudderless ship, finally we have a direction.<BR/><BR/>If there is one thing bad about the SONA, its the glaring ommission of education in her roadmap for recovery. She of all people knows that we are in the midst of an education crisis and therefore education must be given the priority it rightfully deserves.<BR/><BR/>My hope is that she gives Secretary Lapus all the help that he needs.jon malayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07275021487040009877noreply@blogger.com