On the 28th of July this year, our dear Madam President gave her SONA(State of the Nation Address). On this SONA, she stressed the growth of our economy in the past 2007. But then again, she also stressed the crisis that the country is facing in the present. The crisis that our country is facing today is inevitable. Other countries are also experiencing what we are having right now. But on her SONA, she stated some ways of at least alleviating the standard of living of the Filipinos, especially those who are hit hard by these crises.
On the field of ICT, these are a few things that I found that is somewhat connected to ICT. first is the lessening of the text messaging charge from 1 peso to 50 cents. Though it is an improvement, lets face it, most cellphone users are using the promotional given by telecommunication companies. Though some prepaid users can benefit from it, the only people that can really benefit from this are those using postpaid accounts, in which only those privileged enough to have it. And based on what I have heard on the news, this is just temporary. What we really need is for long term relief.
She also mentioned about the 350 million training partnership with the private sectors which will give one million workers that will hopefully generate $13 billion dollars by 2010. Imagine that! Now that is one good news. Not only will it help in alleviating the problem of underemployment, it is also giving us the encouragement to strive hard so that someday we will be part of that workforce needed.
Though there are people who tried and still trying to bring her down, she is immovable. And I admire her for that. People nowadays are blaming her for the problems that they are having right now. She doesn't have control to everything, you know. We must do what we can for this country, even if it is just a small portion. Change must begin in us. ^^,
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..As a whole reflection in the SONA, its quite saddening that there's only few mentions about ICT in te country. Its more on the agrarian reforms, right.?! lets hope next year there will be more focus on the ICT sector.
yeah..
i agree with you..
The crisis that we are facing today is really inevitable and yet I really appreciate our President's great effort in trying to improve the quality of life here in our country despite of the crisis arising our world today..
Everybody's fervently praying that these promises will happen in time being mentioned by the president. I personally wished to qualify for the job if it is really true.
well, unluckily, the said cut on the cost of txt msg (50 cent per text) was just actually a promo.. undeniably, President GMA was sabotaged by the telecommunication companies.. GMA thought that the deal has no flaws, she perhaps hasn't informed that the deal was just a promo...and would last approximately 3 months.. indeed, i feel sorry for her..
well,i hope so that her testimony during her SONA will all be put into actions and not just into words... I'm looking forward to her promises...