Yes We Can! Kaya Natin!

Yes how true Harvey.
We must believe that there is hope and that is with the youth.
9 million new voters will be eligible in 2010 and they will form part of the 30 Million youth vote ( max age in this category is 40).
The 15 to 18 million who supposedly participated in 2007 had at most 10 Million youth vote so grabe if only this would be 20 million at least then they can elect all the senators and president.
Ang Kapatiran supports Kaya natin and Team RP in its advocacy for more youth involvement.In our Project MMX we have more interest now and with our upcoming interactive website we expect more interest.
Godbless!!
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eric

So, we need to awaken the YOUTH ( 18-35 years old Pilipinos ) for HOPE and changes in the Philippines. Also, ask for a donation of P3-t-P5 to start with the Obama style of financial operational support ( say, 3million youth, there will be a financial machinery operation of P15,000,000 ). We need somebody who can do the best financial manager-operation for the KAYA NATIN movement in the Philippines.

I whole heartedly share your very hopeful sentiment. I will continue to pray that your initiatives will bear fruit and we can all rally around leaders that will step up and live up to our shared values.

Kaya Natin! has been active in promoting good governance and naming their political pets as alternative leaders. Yet still waiting and hoping for the birth of a leader who will inspire the people to rally for change and articulate a vision that we badly need today as a nation.

Kaya Natin! looks at Obama as the model of leadership that we ought to look for in the post-GMA government. Gee... still seeing the old uncle sam as the politically correct path to follow. Kaya Natin! sees our potential leaders as "little" Obamas... little nga tayo... Hehehe... Kailan kaya tayo makalaya sa ganitong pag-iisip.

I do not believe for a moment that “Yes We Can! Kaya Natin!” is possible in the Philippines. Maybe on a local level but definitely not on a national scale. Majority of Filipinos, including the Filipino-American in the U.S. lack the values necessary to make the Yes We Can attitude possible. I think this was the reason why the majority of Filipino-Americans did not vote for Obama. Some of these values are Integrity, Responsibility, Respect for the laws, rules, and rights of others, Sense for a common purpose and Discipline.

Yeah! We can do it here too, but it is not really the lack of leaders who can effect the right change, but more like the people having been blinded for too long by our corrupt politics, they can't see those leaders. I hope I'm wrong.

ahh yes. The new breed of leaders slowly unfolding to Filipino eyes!

I am 21 and I will definitely vote for the right leaders when 2010 comes. I also hope that today's Filipino youth has realized the enormous potential that we hold in making democracy work in our country.

I used to believe that democracy will not really work for our country, that we need a more iron-fist-type of leaders just to make this country progress. But these coalition of ethical and highly responsible leaders have proved otherwise.

Barrack Obama, Was right when he said only in America anything can happen.

YES, WE CAN.

Don't compare Philippines to American because American respect the constitution law and people follow rules of law;

While in the Philippines the filipino people don't know the meaning of it,...In fact the people who's sitting in Malacanyang Palace are shitting on it. How can you compare America to the Philippines.

There are lots of values that Americans learn by the time they enter school, from loving their country to following rules and make their daily assignments without fail. Then they grow up to be mature and responsible. Do Filipinos raise their children like that? So then, that would be difficult. You have to train the next generation of Filipinos to be the best people in the world, right now I don't think so.

And I heard, very rampant ang vote buying in the Philippines, especially in the rural areas. Do Filipino really believe in democracy and give respect to all aspects that go around it. It seems that this practice has become a CULTURE, which is very scary bec that is very hard to change. If Filipinos DO NOT respect elections or PURE VOTING, then why hold one? It would be a waste of time and human resources. Di wala na lang elections if people do not respect its value or its integrity..

Because to me if I were the Head or Administrator of the Elections, and I see lots of fake or fraud voting or VOTE BUYING, I would INVALIDATE all the results in that particular area and declare an ELECTION DISASTER. Until the local officials would come up with BETTER SOLUTIONS and be able to control these things, THEN ELECTIONS should be withheld until things are PLANNED PROPERLY and EVERYBODY understands and value its purpose. Otherwise, walang elections ang mangyayari. Let the people and local officials hold responsible for staging CLEAN honest elections, local or national, where the people's mandate is being held or validated.

It is too early to say that "Yes we can. Kaya natin!" candidate can win a national election in the Philippines.Our electoral process- dayaan talaga at suportado pa nang military.The military cheats either actively or passively.Can you think of a president who did not become one without the support of the military?From Marcos to Cory(EDSA1), Ramos(Miriam won but..), Estrada, and Arroyo(EDSA2).

EDSA1 and EDSA2 are military revolt which we fondly call people uprising.I would be happy to see a "change" president, one outside the oligarch politically-motivated family that dominates all branches of government.Yes there is hope if we can only return the military to the barracks and make them non-political entity.

Change starts with me...

Change is what we need, now more than ever probably, but in any which way, change should happen. Tragedy is when we begin to stop changing. And this is probably the tradegy of the Philippines today.

One of the more notable minds of history defined stupidity as "doing things the same way and expecting different results".

For one, our country has been, for most of the years of recent memory, say since the EDSA revolution, governed by people lacking vision for the country. Governance is primarily based on reaction and not be contemplation. To the spiritual person, this can be understood more as discernment.

The inability to see our nation as great, with every detail that makes it great, like clean and safe cities, vibrant culture and arts, streamlined and efficient and accountable and transparent government (to say very little of what a national vision ought to do), is the poision that blinds us to the reality that we will not move forward without a vision.

I mentioned an accountable and transparent government. While there are efforts here and there to improve this and that, just like the totality of rewriting our national identity (rewriting is NOT replacing), nothing in the government seem to make a reasonable citizen happy that enough has been done to make sure that the best is brought out of our common pool of resouces not only in tax money, but the sacrifices of our civil servants and other non-fiinancial goods that we contribute to society. In short, severely anemic accountability.

We can go on and on, like in education, NOT ONLY the children, but everyone! regarding their responsbilities. Drivers for example. How many people do we know had flying colors in the drivers exam when they're not even convinced they know how to drive? Households do not know how to segregate their trash, and to recycle, do they?

Finally, we cannot rest our case in our determination that the Philippines is not comparable to the US, and we cannot aspire for the maturity of the US democratic institutions, because of this and that. Rather, why not take our learnings from the US and the rest of the world with more unique styles of gov't such as Switzerland (look up in Wiki how their gov't is set up), and see how things will work for us.

The involvement of a multitude rather than of the elite is one that can greatly enrich the process, not only in terms of the quantity and quality of ideas passed around, but in the engagement of the many, rather than of the few.

While we stress that we are a democracy, it seems that we have given a lot more weight to be a republican state, because we have given a lot of things over to our rulers. We probably should iinvolve the electorate more in the affairs of the government.

It's been two or three paragraphs since I've said, "we can go on and on", but let me just stop here.

Yes, we can. And we who are away from the country can still do a lot remotely, if we just keep our hearts aflamed with our Filipino identity.

guys running for presidents:
M Villar (rich as hell) - senate president - he says he doesn't need to steal from the government, says he will be a great manager of the country, he also develops a lot of high budget roads benefitting he's real estates
B Fernando (loves pink) - mmda chairman - as seen in mmda, he knows what to improve, he knows what happens on the streets, he also uses govt money to post his face around manila
J Binay (kupit dito, kupit don) - Makati mayor - made makati the best city in the philippines, give's senior citizens benefits, gets a lot from businessmen in the city.

NO LITTLE OBAMA HERE.....

Dream on, Mr. Keh! May I ask what happened to your online signtaure campaign in support of Among Ed Panlilio?

Super KONTI! That should damp your enthusiasm, at least. But go ahed, dream on!

I really did find hope in the recent election here in the US. But I found hope
in the Filipino also. I am not an advocate but when I saw the images and heard
the experiences of the Gawad Kalinga members rebuilding peoples lives and homes.
It dawned on me that our country’s greatest success has and still is the
private sector. We have toppled the dictator through the
citizenry, rebuild lives and homes through private institutions and even the
Philippine economy is buoyed by the earnings of OFW’s that we send back home.
We cannot wait for a perfect government, but we have to help empower the private
sector now, because the government is not only for the people, it is the
people.

It seems too obvious that you are so engross in trying to endorse your political bets in the 2010 presidential election. I agree that they might have achieved a major breakthrough in winning at their own turf in the local level, but I cannot agree that we can't find a leader from the present crop of politicians that can lead us to our aspirations and glory that we hope for in the future.There are more than one at the national breed that the 'Kaya Natin' can look upon, which you can endorse to the potential young voters on 2010..Look around who has a good breeding, brilliant, honest,impeccable and no traces of a corrupt heart. Want to share with you this familiar quotation - "A person's good breeding is the best security against the bad manners of another, including the presidency".Hope you can find one.

pero marami na ang panawagan,mga inspirasyon na alam natin kung saan galing,...at ito sana ang makita natin,samahan natin at suportahan,"kayanin natin",...magandang ilagay po dito o lagi ang address kung saan pwedeng magpadala ng konting tulong,hindi lahat e me computer,at siguro nga e kalampagin dapat ang bayan,hindi lahat e me credit card o puno na o ang iba ay ayaw gamitin sa ganitong mga paraan,at siguro nga e dapat maraming coordinator,kung maaari sa bawat bayan,at kahit sa abroad.

Yes, We can why not. If we really put our mind to it we can do anything! Even move the highest mountain. The only problem with that is in the Philippines corruption is so rampant that only the richs and powerful the only people can be able to survive the rest of filipinos are dying with starvation. Even the supreme court are so corrupted too,...I hate to say, This but its true! the truth is there for everyone to see whats going on in our country. If you can't see it then you're blind not to see the truth.

Yes, Can do anything! But in order for us to move forward we have to get rid all the corrupt government official's start from Malacanyang Palace.

Yes it can be done in the Philippines lalo na kung wala kayong mga negatibong tao sa Pinas sure ako mangyayari yun.

ted baguilat should explain his role in fertilizer fund scam. he was one of those listed as having received millions of pesos. what is basis for good governance? Harvey Keh, among ed, grace padaca...we support your noble advocacy...but what will bind us to move forward?

I pray that Kaya Natin succeeds!

I believe that the author was not in anyway comparing the U.S with the Philippines. He was simply stating that if Obama did it in the U.S, there is no reason that we cannot do what he did.

He in fact cites examples of "Obama" like heroes in our country (Panlilo, Padaca, Lorenzo, Baguilat) These people overcame the insurmounatlbe odds again them and has toppled traditional politcians in their areas by rallying the strength of the ordinary people.

What the author is simply simply hoping is that hopefully someday a leader like Obama who will derive strength from the ordinary people will rise up in the Philippines and topple the traditional Political families that has been holding this country hostage since the Spanish times.

I certainly agree with the author's views and I hope somebody will rise up to that challenge.

alam naman natin problema natin mga pinoy. para bang naka Sapatos ka ng bagong adidas pero gusto ng government eh mag tsinelas ka muna kaso ayaw mo naman sumunod. kaya wala rin kahit sino ilagay mo jan sa Malacanang.

The day the vast majority of Filipinos learned to respect the law, obey, and ready to task others who refuse to do likewise then the day that "yes, we can".

Start from the Election Process. Do you know that in the 'Yes we can countries', no one, not even the candidates themselves can spend more than the other fellow in election campaign through his or her contributions as per the guidelines of the Election Laws? That in some, anyone who has enough to deposit for "nuisance candidate" guarantee can run for any elected office and that could be only the equivalent of 100 to the max of 1000 dollars? And that the government refunds most of these so-called "small time contributors" for participating in the process, up to 75 % of their political donations? That the penalty for violation so severe enough that thinking about it, just even discourage one? How about a minimum of 10 years disqualifications? and for campaign or bribery and influencing in exchange for favour an appointment with the criminal justice? there are so many good reasons why in this part of the world and in the U.S. we can proudly proclaim, Yes we can, because we have our hearts and souls and we are ready to defend our hard earned Freedoms.

"Kaya Natin! sees our potential leaders as “little” Obamas… little nga tayo… Hehehe… Kailan kaya tayo makalaya sa ganitong pag-iisip." - DEEPCARING

Deepcaring, hindi ibig sabihin na kung tinitangala natin ang isang dayuhan ay nagpapaka-dayuhan na rin tayo. Ang isyu dito ay hindi si Obama, kundi ang kung ano ang nagawa niya sa political aspect ng USA.

Ayusin mo ang baluktot mong pag-iisip. Kung magagawa natin na maging isang bansa na may pagkakaunawaan at pagkakaisa na pwede nating ipagmalaki sa buong mundo, bakit hindi?

KAYA NATING MAGBAGO. 'Yan ang sigurado.

Mr. Keh, not only yes we can! or kaya natin! The most important is Pilipinas mahalin natin dahil atin ito! Unfortunately, most of our politicians are not caring our countrymen, because if they care, we are a progressive country. There are so many projects to be done. There are so much people to be care. That’s the question about caring or helping our countrymen. Most of politicians they help themselves to become a millionaire and discard our countrymen. What a pity!

Not only in Washington has an owner type society even in Malacañang there is. The mentality of your own, your own is not new to us. That’s why it’s almost impossible to find good leaders to uplift our economy to a right direction.

What a dream if the Philippines have a million jobs available, food is affordable, internal security is stable, every Filipino has a healthcare, no poverty, high-tech transportation, tuition fee is beyond our reach, etc. It sad to say but it’s only a dream!

Mr. Keh, not only yes we can! or kaya natin! The most important is Pilipinas mahalin natin dahil atin ito!

Unfortunately, most of our politicians are not caring our countrymen, because if they care, we are a progressive country. There are so many projects to be done. There are so much people to be care. That’s the question about caring or helping our countrymen. Most of politicians they help themselves to become a millionaire and discard our countrymen. What a pity!

Not only in Washington has an owner type society even in Malacañang there is. The mentality of your own, your own is not new to us. That’s why it’s almost impossible to find good leaders to uplift our economy to a right direction.

What a dream if the Philippines have a million jobs available, food is affordable, internal security is stable, every Filipino has a healthcare, no poverty, high-tech transportation, tuition fee is beyond our reach, etc. It sad to say but it’s only a dream!

To add some insult - I just need to say that there are lots of Pinoys out there grew up with maids and katulongs and they'd become BOSSY. And that is a bad personal or composite national trait. They like to delegate or see what others are doing, then they will use others' work to their own advantage by exploiting others, stealing others' work, copying them or buying them. And lots of them like to makiki "ride on" na lang, NO CREATIVITY and NO INITIATIVE WHATSOEVER, just because it is easier that way. Kung pwede, everything will be given and served to them. That is going to be the downfall of this country, the Philippines, if everybody wants to do the same, everybody is the BOSS, wala na lang followers and nobody would like to work hard what is good for all Pinoys. Pinoys should be able to come up with activities, events, businesses that are customized according to their culture and make money out of them. CREATIVITY and INNOVATIONS make a country successful since these refelct who we are and lots of us would patronize them.

You, the author, how can you advocate for a DEMOCRATIC change in this country, if you, yourself cannot even take heavy or strong criticisms about our nation, present politics, bad traditions and ugly culture. You DELETED some of my comments or criticisms earlier and did not approve them. I hope that your advocacy in writing this BLOG for a change DOES NOT serve you and your SELF-INTERESTS. You seem like you are not practicing what you preach.

I don't get the hype over the election of Obama. It's not that I'm against him, and it's really quite admirable what he went through to get elected, but the ordeal he went through does not make him a good leader. The argument doesn't seem to follow.

Bottom line is - he is just one guy who has yet to prove himself. He hasn't achieved anything yet.

I think it's good that we all call for the improvement of our own political leadership. But using Obama's election as the "inspiration" to rally to that cause seems premature and off-tangent.

Good day!

I am Katherine Adrianne C. De la Cruz, a BA Boradcast Communication major from UP Diliman.
I am currently doing a research regarding the help of the Internet on election advocacies in the
Philippines. I noticed that your organization has a very informative website regarding your election
advocacy. May I ask if I can interview anyone from the organization regarding this matter?
Thank you very much.

Katherine Adrianne C. De la Cruz
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Yes we can if we stand on our own..bakit ba believed na believed tayo kay Obama?eh wala pa naman syang napaptunayan..
Kakapanalo lang naman nya, Bakit kasi lagi tayong gaya ng gaya sa US? Halos kasi lahat eh gusto natin ang imported lalo na paggaling US...

Yes we can kung tayo mismo ay tumangkilik sa sariling atin..malay mo yan ang magsimula ng pagbabago..hindi lang sa mga produkto kung di sa mga kagalingan nating mga Pinoy..

Dyan kasi sa Pinas kung ano ang uso yan ang sasakyan ng marami..ke mapapolitika pa yan o fashion atbp..

Pagmay scandal or controbersya hayan ang daming makikisawsaw kahit walang sustansya ang pinagsasabi..makagawa lang ng ingay..nakakasawa na!..

Dapat "Nation Building" ang dapat gawin natin bigyan natin ng chance na maibalik yung paghanga natin sa ating sariling lahi..Oo marami tayong mga maling gawi pero dapat huwag na natin ipangalandakan pa sa buopng mundo na ganito tayo!!! Alam na nila yan noon pa..eh ang nangyayari eh paulit-ulit lang nating inilulugmok ang sarili natin sa putik..bumangon tayo at mag-isip ng bagay na makaktulong sa ating bayan, sa ating sarila at sa ating gobyerno..."ang sugat na paulit-ulit nating kinukutkot ay lalong mai-impeksyon at lalong tatagal ang pag-galing.."

Kung perfect leader ang hanap natin eh kahit pa sa loob ng 10,000 thousand years eh di makikita yun.. kahit pa siguro si kristo ang umupo sa Malakanyang..siguradong ipapako ulit sya tao sa krus.

Sa simpleng salita dapat sa sarili mismo natin umpisahan ang nais nating pagbabago...kung satisfy ka sa sarili mo at sa mga nagawa mo sa ating bayan ayun na sa right track na nga tayo..mahabang proseso ito di isang taon..2..3 o dekada..it is a lifetime..

It is true that "Yes, We Can" slogan works, but with a condition. It will only work if we all Filipinos unite our selves and vote for the right set of candidates for the May 2010 elections. That condition is the simplest way of explaining it. At the end of the the day, "Oo, kaya natin ito."

I am a person who doesnt believe in President OBAMA, he is just a typical politician who uses the internet to gain power, the one that i really admire is Senator Trillanes because he is the electronic politician who did not spend for his election campaign to become a senator, he is just like Nelson Mandela(stayed in jail for 23 years and become a president), this is the person that we should all be aiming for, in the coming 2010 election, if there is one, but if no one can be found in the philippines, i would be honestly submit myself and would really aim to address the no.1 issue in the philippines which is POVERTY and thats why this issue is always used by almost every politician in the philippines, specially Erap that stands for eradicating and rehabilitating against poverty.

'Kaya Natin' yan,tuloy ang ang 'pakiki-lahok,pagmumuni at pag-aaral.At syempre pag-darasal,at i-share sa iba ang tungkol sa mga usapin at lalo na ang tungkol sa 'Kaya natin.' gamitin ang mga txting sa mga mas-mahahalagang tulad ng mga usaping ikagagaling ng bayan.'At umawit,sumayaw,at mag-blog,habang nag-aantay.'

Barack Obama's Yes We Can! Slogan was adapted from the Farmworker's of CA during the 1965 Grape Strike who's leader was Cesar Chavez but the catalyst was Filipino- Larry Itliong. The original source was "Si Se Puede!"
Before we adopt yet another American idea, let's look at our own history, both in the Philippines and the US, then move anything innately within ourselves and move that forward. That's the only way it will work. We cannot be forever copycats of the US- we will self destruct- because we always ignore our own potential and blindly copying other countries.

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