Opinion 3/18/16 (civil service, politics, patriotism, Philippines, Bangladesh, money laundering)

By Anonymous

Sun.Star Cebu's Carvajal: "Last Statesman"
FOR quite a while, former senator Jovito R. Salonga was the last surviving member of a dying breed of Filipino statesmen. With his death, the breed also gasped its last as not even a shadow of a statesman was visible in the horizon the day he died. He left his country staring at an arid political landscape where not one blade of statesmanship grass can be seen straining for sunlight. Statesmen of the caliber of a Recto, a Manglapus, a Diokno, a Tañada, and a Salonga could still emerge in the nation’s future. But not before we seriously ask and answer truthfully the question why the Filipino nation is not anymore producing statesmen or leaders with hearts that have room for the welfare of all. Why is it instead churning out leaders with hearts absorbed exclusively in their family’s narrow interests?
A statesman is born in a home. And just how many Filipino homes are there? Can all those homes be really so absorbed in their own survival and progress that children grow up self-absorbed and indifferent to other people’s needs? [full text]
The Freeman's Lastimosa: "Naduhig sa kawat sa Bangladesh"
Ang Bangladesh Bank maoy gikawatan og $101 milyones. Apan ang Pilipinas naduhig sa kauwawan. Mahimo ganing mahiagom sa di ikapanghagad nga mga implikasyon. Sama sa pagkabanhaw sa kalibotanong atensiyon sa mga buslot sa atong balaod batok sa money laundering ug sa higpit nga mga lagda pagtago sa mga deposito sa bangko. May lig-ong sukaranan sa pagduda sa atong banking system: Sa $101 milyones nga nakawat sa kuwarta sa Bangladesh nga gi-deposito sa Federal Reserve Bank sa New York, $81 milyones ang gipasimang sa Pilipinas ug $20 milyones ang gipasa sa Sri Lanka; samtang nakuha pagbalik ang tanang $20 milyones gikan sa mga bangko sa Sri Lanka, $68,000 na lay nabawi sa Pilipinas. [kinatibuk-ang lindog]

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