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AKO'Y ISANG MABUTING PILIPINO by Noel Cabangon
Ako'y Isang Mabuting Pilipino
Ako’y isang mabuting Pilipino
Minamahal ko ang Bayan ko
Tinutupad ko ang aking mga tungkulin
Sinusunod ko ang kanyang mga alituntunin
Tumatawid ako sa tamang tawiran
Sumasakay ako sa tamang sakayan
Pumipila at hindi nakikipag-unahan
At ‘di ako pasiga-siga sa lansangan.
Bumababa at nagsasakay ako sa tamang sakayan
‘Di na makahambalang parang walang pakialam.
Pinagbibigyan ko ang mga tumatawid sa kalsada
Humihinto ako kapag ang ilaw ay pula.
‘Pagkat ako’y isang mabuting Pilipino
Minamahal ko ang bayan ko
Tinutupad ko ang aking mga tungkulin
Sinusunod ko ang kanyang mga alituntunin
‘Di ako nangongotong o nagbibigay ng lagay
Tiket lamang ang tinatangap kung binibigay
At ‘di nagtatago sa ilalim ng puno.
‘Di ako nagkakalat ng basura sa lansangan.
‘Di bumubuga ng usok ang aking sasakyan
Inaayos ko ang mga kalat sa basurahan
Inaalagan ko ang aking kapaligiran
‘Pagkat ako’y isang mabuting Pilipino
Minamahal ko ang bayan ko
Tinutupad ko ang aking mga tungkulin
Sinusunod ko ang kanyang mga alituntunin
Lagi akong nakikinig sa aking mga magulang
Kaya’t pag-aaral ay aking pinagbubutihan
‘Di ako gumagamit ng bawal na gamot
O kaya’y tumatambay at sa eskwela’y di pumapasok
Pingtatanggol ko ang aking karangalan
‘Pagkat ito lamang ang tangi kong kayamanan
‘Di ko binebenta ang aking kinabukasan
Ang boto ko’y aking pinahahalagahan.
‘Pagkat ako’y isang mabuting Pilipino
Minamahal ko ang bayan ko
Tinutupad ko ang aking mga tungkulin
Sinusunod ko ang kanyang mga alituntunin
Ako’y isang tapat at totoong lingkod ng bayan
Pabor o lagay ay ‘di ko pinapayagan
Tapat ang serbisyo ko sa mamamayan
'Di ko binubulsa ang pera ng bayan
Pinagtatanggol ko ang mamamayang Pilipino
Mga karapatan nila’y kinikilala ko
Ginagalang ko ang aking kapwa tao
Pinaglalaban ko ang dangal ng bayan ko.
'Pagkat ako’y isang mabuting Pilipino
Minamahal ko ang bayan ko
Tinutupad ko ang aking mga tungkulin
Sinusunod ko ang kanyang mga alituntunin.
Ako’y isang mabuting Pilipino
Minamahal ko ang bayan ko
Tinutupad ko ang aking mga tungkulin
Sinusunod ko ang kanyang mga alituntunin
'Pagkat ako’y isang mabuting Pilipino.
10 Reasons why there's Genuine Hope in the Philippines by Senator Kiko Pangilinan
1) WE ARE LOCATED IN THE 'CENTER' OF EAST ASIA. We are strategically located at the heart of East Asia. North East Asia (Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, HK) and South East Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos) combined makes East Asia. Every major city in East Asia is 4 hours or less away from the Philippines by air transport. If ours were a real estate venture in a commercial area, ours is a location to die for. We can be the shipping and air transport hub of East Asia. We can be the top tourist destination of the region. We can be the cultural center of the region for performing arts.
2) WE ARE NO. 1 in AQUAMARINE RESOURCES WORLDWIDE. We have the most diverse aquamarine ecosystem in the entire world that if managed properly will feed not only our hungry people but will be a source of huge revenue coming from a world in dire need of aquamarine resources such as fish, seaweed and other similar products. The Seafood basket and aquamarine resource center of the world. We can be the aquamarine resource powerhouse of the world.
3) WE HAVE A HUGE TOURISM INDUSTRY POTENTIAL. Our people are by nature extremely friendly and hospitable. We are only doing/achieving some 3M tourist arrivals annually while our neighbors are doing four or five time more with 12 to 15 Million tourist visits annually. It has been said that other countries in the ASEAN are doing so much more with so little in terms of natural wonders and beautiful sites while we are doing so little with so much. With the right infrastructure such as highways and airports and seaports in place we can be the number one tourist destination in Asean if not Asia.
4) WE ARE NOW NO. 2 IN THE BPO INDUSTRY WORLDWIDE AND CAN BECOME NO.1. We are, I am told currently second to India in the Business Process Outsourcing Industry. I am told as well that this industry expects 30 percent growth this year despite the worldwide recession as foreign companies look aggressively to lowering costs of doing business and therefore look to business outsourcing.
5) WE ARE AN EXTREMELY CREATIVE AND ARTISTIC PEOPLE. We have been called the songbirds of Asia. Our reputation as performers is legendary throughout the world (although we have never been boastful about it). We can be the center of performing arts in Asia wherein millions would visit the country annually to marvel at our cultural performances and our artistic productions.
6) WE HAVE THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW GENERATION OF PROGRESSIVE AND RESULTS ORIENTED PUBLIC SECTOR LEADERS. Since the restoration of democracy in 1986 and the passage of the Local Government code in 1991 (or some 20 years now), public officials have began to work with new resources (40 percent of national taxes are now plowed back to LGUs compared to less than 10 percent in 1986) made available by decentralization. Today a new generation of public sector leaders is emerging that is empowered, that is vision driven and results oriented. This explains why we have successful Local Government initiatives in Marikina, Makati, Naga City, Davao City, Iloilo City, Cebu City, Calbayog City and General Santos City among others. Hence from a generation of public sector leaders that by and large was corrupt, lacking in vision, lacking in creativity and innovation, we now have the emergence of a new generation of public sector leaders with integrity, with proactive leadership and with a commitment to reform and genuine change. New governance models and templates that are solving age old problems in the field are being forged, being tempered as we speak. A new brand of political leadership is emerging focused on solving age old problems in governance. The old, failed methods utilized by the trapos will soon be crushed and defeated.
7) INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT IS ENHANCING OUR SENSE OF NATIONHOOD. We are fast becoming one nation, rather than a 'country' of many languages and many islands, now being connected by information communication technology. The ethno-linguistic barriers that used to keep us divided are being shattered by the interconnectivity of information technology. Today an entire generation of Filipinos fully understand and can connect with the Filipino language because of 2 decades of television news in Filipino (all TV news used to be English until 1986). The 3 elements of nationhood are common language, common territory and common economy. We are now becoming a nation because information technology is breaking the barriers that have prevented us from becoming united as a people. It is also now reconnecting some 10 Million Filipinos overseas to the motherland. We are becoming one nation and one people.
8) WE HAVE A RE EMERGING MIDDLE CLASS MINDSET. After over three decades of the OFW boom, we now have a new generation of citizens steeped with modern ideas coming from the highly successful host nations like Japan, Honh Kong, Singapore and the United Sates. Europe too has become host to hundreds of thousands of OWFs. The OFWs who have experienced life in these highly developed nations can now compare and contrast these experiences with the experiences in the motherland. In highly developed nations there is to a greater extent, a greater sense of accountability and a greater sense of justice and fair play.Our OFWs bring all that back home and having been enlightened by the experience will demand greater of their leaders back home. People are beginning to say enough is enough and are actually doing something about it.
9) WE ARE A YOUNG NATION. Close to 30 million of our 45 million voters are 18 to 35 years old. Very young. If harnessed effectively, these young voters can usher in the political and electoral change that we need to happen for genuine political and economic reforms to take place.
10) WE ARE A PEOPLE WHO LOVE TO LAUGH, WHO LOVE OUR FAMILIES. We are a resilient people. We can draw unimaginable strength and fortitude in times of difficulty in order to move ahead. We know how to survive despite so much pain and suffering. We know how to cope. We are willing to sacrifice so much of ourselves in order to provide for our family, our loved ones. This strength will not only bring us out of the mess we are in but will ensure that we are able to reach greater heights in our collective desire as a people to have a better life for those we truly care for, for those who mean the world to us. Our resilience in the long run will not only make us survive but will also ensure that we will triumph in the end.
We have enough reason to hope. We have, as a people, enough reason to act on these hopes and when we do, the genuine change we all seek will finally see the light of day and yes, by all means, in our lifetime.
text by Sen. Kiko Pangilinan
photos by Emer M. Guingon
2) WE ARE NO. 1 in AQUAMARINE RESOURCES WORLDWIDE. We have the most diverse aquamarine ecosystem in the entire world that if managed properly will feed not only our hungry people but will be a source of huge revenue coming from a world in dire need of aquamarine resources such as fish, seaweed and other similar products. The Seafood basket and aquamarine resource center of the world. We can be the aquamarine resource powerhouse of the world.
3) WE HAVE A HUGE TOURISM INDUSTRY POTENTIAL. Our people are by nature extremely friendly and hospitable. We are only doing/achieving some 3M tourist arrivals annually while our neighbors are doing four or five time more with 12 to 15 Million tourist visits annually. It has been said that other countries in the ASEAN are doing so much more with so little in terms of natural wonders and beautiful sites while we are doing so little with so much. With the right infrastructure such as highways and airports and seaports in place we can be the number one tourist destination in Asean if not Asia.
4) WE ARE NOW NO. 2 IN THE BPO INDUSTRY WORLDWIDE AND CAN BECOME NO.1. We are, I am told currently second to India in the Business Process Outsourcing Industry. I am told as well that this industry expects 30 percent growth this year despite the worldwide recession as foreign companies look aggressively to lowering costs of doing business and therefore look to business outsourcing.
5) WE ARE AN EXTREMELY CREATIVE AND ARTISTIC PEOPLE. We have been called the songbirds of Asia. Our reputation as performers is legendary throughout the world (although we have never been boastful about it). We can be the center of performing arts in Asia wherein millions would visit the country annually to marvel at our cultural performances and our artistic productions.
6) WE HAVE THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW GENERATION OF PROGRESSIVE AND RESULTS ORIENTED PUBLIC SECTOR LEADERS. Since the restoration of democracy in 1986 and the passage of the Local Government code in 1991 (or some 20 years now), public officials have began to work with new resources (40 percent of national taxes are now plowed back to LGUs compared to less than 10 percent in 1986) made available by decentralization. Today a new generation of public sector leaders is emerging that is empowered, that is vision driven and results oriented. This explains why we have successful Local Government initiatives in Marikina, Makati, Naga City, Davao City, Iloilo City, Cebu City, Calbayog City and General Santos City among others. Hence from a generation of public sector leaders that by and large was corrupt, lacking in vision, lacking in creativity and innovation, we now have the emergence of a new generation of public sector leaders with integrity, with proactive leadership and with a commitment to reform and genuine change. New governance models and templates that are solving age old problems in the field are being forged, being tempered as we speak. A new brand of political leadership is emerging focused on solving age old problems in governance. The old, failed methods utilized by the trapos will soon be crushed and defeated.
7) INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT IS ENHANCING OUR SENSE OF NATIONHOOD. We are fast becoming one nation, rather than a 'country' of many languages and many islands, now being connected by information communication technology. The ethno-linguistic barriers that used to keep us divided are being shattered by the interconnectivity of information technology. Today an entire generation of Filipinos fully understand and can connect with the Filipino language because of 2 decades of television news in Filipino (all TV news used to be English until 1986). The 3 elements of nationhood are common language, common territory and common economy. We are now becoming a nation because information technology is breaking the barriers that have prevented us from becoming united as a people. It is also now reconnecting some 10 Million Filipinos overseas to the motherland. We are becoming one nation and one people.
8) WE HAVE A RE EMERGING MIDDLE CLASS MINDSET. After over three decades of the OFW boom, we now have a new generation of citizens steeped with modern ideas coming from the highly successful host nations like Japan, Honh Kong, Singapore and the United Sates. Europe too has become host to hundreds of thousands of OWFs. The OFWs who have experienced life in these highly developed nations can now compare and contrast these experiences with the experiences in the motherland. In highly developed nations there is to a greater extent, a greater sense of accountability and a greater sense of justice and fair play.Our OFWs bring all that back home and having been enlightened by the experience will demand greater of their leaders back home. People are beginning to say enough is enough and are actually doing something about it.
9) WE ARE A YOUNG NATION. Close to 30 million of our 45 million voters are 18 to 35 years old. Very young. If harnessed effectively, these young voters can usher in the political and electoral change that we need to happen for genuine political and economic reforms to take place.
10) WE ARE A PEOPLE WHO LOVE TO LAUGH, WHO LOVE OUR FAMILIES. We are a resilient people. We can draw unimaginable strength and fortitude in times of difficulty in order to move ahead. We know how to survive despite so much pain and suffering. We know how to cope. We are willing to sacrifice so much of ourselves in order to provide for our family, our loved ones. This strength will not only bring us out of the mess we are in but will ensure that we are able to reach greater heights in our collective desire as a people to have a better life for those we truly care for, for those who mean the world to us. Our resilience in the long run will not only make us survive but will also ensure that we will triumph in the end.
We have enough reason to hope. We have, as a people, enough reason to act on these hopes and when we do, the genuine change we all seek will finally see the light of day and yes, by all means, in our lifetime.
text by Sen. Kiko Pangilinan
photos by Emer M. Guingon
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Inspiring Noynoy's heart, from Father Reuter's' '7 decades of Sin' by E.mer Magno Guingon
Sept. 1, 2009
Dear Senator Noynoy,
Last Aug. 31, 2009 , our National Heroes day and also, the 81st birthday of His eminence Jaime Cardinal Sin , who on that same date in 1983, The Cardinal said the funeral mass , at Santo Domingo church , over the body of Ninoy Aquino.
May I share for your reflection some excerpts from your parents good friend, Fr. James B. Reuter, S.J., Aug. 29, 1998 play on the life of the Cardinal, 'Seven decades of Sin' )
Scene 5: Manila , Lights fall on the coffin of Ninoy.
Jaime : I challenge the State to restore all those freedoms which the people have lost! the Filipino is reduced to being an exile in his own country. I challenged the State to restore the dignity of our people and to recognize their right to participate fully in the political process. Will the state listen to the cry of the people? Will the national leadership free us from tyranny and oppression? I warn the State-- you are fanning the flames of violence!.... Our people are waiting for a reply. They wait, no longer as sheep--- timid and scattered --- but as men and women, purified and strengthened by this profound communal grief, which has made us One! . . . If the State does not restore freedom, all of us will join the Parliament of the Streets! We will show the dictatorship the power of non-violence! People power can be irresistble!
Next Scene 6 : Villa San Miguel ( the lights come up on June Keithley, of Radio Veritas then Radio Bandido, with the call letters and the frequency. She is broadcasting. )
June : We end the Marian year on this day -- December 8, 1985-- the feast of Immaculate Conception of the blessed Virgin Mary. Cardinal Sin is saying Mass in the Luneta. Millions of people are there, praying god , through mary, to fill us with the grace. We ask God to touch the heart of every Filipino , to give us courage!
( And the lights come up on the Cardinal's office. Cory sitting alone in a chair, in front of the Cardinal's desk. Cardinal sin enters.)
Jaime : Cory! You are here! . . The crowd in Luneta was wonderful . . The Marian Year was wonderful . . . something will happen now, Cory . . . God is preparing us for something!
Cory : I came to tell you something. I made a recollection, for a full day, in the chapel of the Pink sisters, on Hemady. I prayed and prayed. I prayed for Marcos. I prayed for Ninoy, for the family. I prayed for the people of the Philippines. . . I asked Mary and I asked God. . .to show me what to do.
Jaime : I cannot think of a better way to pray. What came to you?
Cory : And by the end of the day it came to me . . . It came very early . .. what I was afraid of ... what I dreaded .... I cannot let Ninoy die in vain . . . I can not allow so many of my friends, who are suffering in prison, to suffer in vain . . . I can not stand by, and watch the nation being plundered . . . I can not turn away from the wives and mothers who come to me, weeping, because the ones they love have been killed . . . I have to do it . . . I will run.
( The Cardinal rises, and kissed her on the cheek.)
Jaime : Cory, what you heard was really the voice of God.
Our battle cry during the Marian Year was COR---C*O*R*--Conversion, Offering, Reparation. But now it will be another battlecry: "Cory! Cory! Cory!
Cory : Your Eminence, what must I do ?
Jaime : Cory, you can not do it alone . . . You are a housewife, not a politician . . . You have no political party, no poll watchers, no national organization.
Cory : I think i have the heart of the people.
Jaime : You have! . . . You have! But that is not enough, to win an election in this country. god himself told us: "We must be as simple as doves, but as wise as serpents!" . . . We are fighting serpents, Cory. You must have a political party . . You have to join an existing party - - or this will not work! (Sitting down, leaning forward to her ) The best party is UNIDO. It means : "United we stand . . . Divided we fall" . . .They have nominated Doy Laurel as their candidate for President . . . but only one of you can run! A single challenger can beat Marcos. Two challengers will split the opposition, and Marcos will win.
Cory : Doy wants to be president. he will never give up that ambition . . . never!
Jaime : Let's try! The grace of God is touching hearts, all around us. ( Ushering Cory at the door.) Cory, you will win . . . You will be the President of the Philippines.
Cory : It is in the hands of God.
With this timely historical accounts to ponder, our fervent wish is for you , your siblings and the Filipino people to reflect and learn from our recent political history of His divine will, during this crucial time ,in your reflective and conversational time with your parents and Our good Lord.
Fr. Reuter also shares his prayer:
May all the thoughts that come to us be true.
May all the things to which our hearts go out be beautiful , with the beauty of God.
May all the things we want be good. Give us the light to see your will ,
the grace to love it, and the courage and strength to do it.
We ask you this through Christ our Lord.
AMEN.
EMER MAGNO GUINGON
CFC global /GK-Christ the King
Radio Bandido-EDSA 1
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