WE need broadband in the Philippines. Cyber-Ed is simply abstract for a country who can’t even fulfill its constitutional duty to educate all citizens.
But my question is? Why pay a hefty fee to the Chinese when our own engineers and scientists can solve the problem of connectivity. All they need is a budget. Why spend billions for the Chinese when a hundred million would suffice? A billion spent on research and development within the Philippines itself will give us a return several thousand times that.
Even if the research fails in the end we could always get something out of it, precious knowledge that we will never get by outsourcing projects. In short, I don’t trust politicians and high-powered wheelers and dealers. In my opinion, they make a potentially strong country weak and a potentially rich country poor.
But I trust our engineers and scientists. This is where I want my taxes to go, to Filipino researchers and innovators, not to cheating politicians and rich boys with comb overs. This is my money, our money, not their money.
– Brian Brotarlo, Iloilo City, Philippines (via e-mail)
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September 28th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
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September 28th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
CONGRATULATIONS PHILIPPINES!!!!! ONE OF THE MOST CORRUPT COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD…
I’M ASHAMED TO HOLD A PHILIPPINE PASSPORT
September 28th, 2007 at 11:32 am
Attention Secretary Alabastro!
Global Pinoys has got their eyes set on you. Due to the requirements of cyber age, science and technology R & D should line up ICT among the banner programs of this administration of which you are a part.
The so-called “hands-on” management of Mrs. Arroyo should not be interpreted as choke-hold. Your valuable inputs on the matter of cyber capability starting with active participation of homegrown talents vis-a-vis scientists and engineers of which community you also belong should occupy GMA’s attention space and gain significant weight.
Your silence is deafening, your invisibility blinding.
September 28th, 2007 at 10:23 am
I agree…We, Filipino taxpayers deserve what is due to us and that fund should be used to utilize resources within the country not merely outsourcing from Foreign lands. Why not explore first in our own country? It is true, we have a lot of potential talents and future leaders, innovators and scientists in the country but the problem is the lack of support from the Government.
Another thing is that in fairness to some government agencies,there are many good projects they are up to but the lack of support and if i may say “inuuna ang pansariling hangarin ng magbibigay o may hawak ng pondo” that hinders the sucess of proposed projects by said Givernment agencies that also hinders progress in the country.
I just hope that our political leaders will one day realize that the future of the next generation is at stake here and not their selfish motives and ambitions.
September 28th, 2007 at 9:07 am
i dont think we need this NBN project. such a big waste of people’s money and a very huge source of kickbacks for crooks in the govt. besides there is no guarantee that this project will succed and operarational.