Opinion 2/19/16 (Philippines, LGBT, homosexuality, Pacquiao, education, public health, sanitation)

By Anonymous

Philippine Star
As the LGBTs vehemently attacked him and committed to campaign against him, Pacquiao seemed to have acquired more and more admirers   (voters) as he stood his ground and remained firm on his belief after clarifying what he said and apologizing. Other candidates for senator must really be coveting at his good fortune of catching public attention and generating more votes without spending a single centavo while they spent millions of pesos for their political ads. The LGBTs should therefore stop their ranting and ravings as they only help the subject of their ire. Indeed there is no point at all in relentlessly attacking Pacquiao. [full text]

Sun.Star Cebu's Carvajal
If leaders honestly want to fight poverty, providing the poor with essential empowering qualities to help themselves, namely, good health (of which clean drinking water and sanitary toilets are basic) and good education (values formation and skills training) should be a top priority. Instead, they promote dependency by doling out token amounts of their huge cash inflow from an exclusive economy that limits the poor’s share to a trickle.
Thus presidential candidates have yet to promise to include education and health basics (clean water and sanitary toilets) in their governance agenda. [full text]

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