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ON SERVING THE GOVERNMENT

Many people opted to be in government service for reasons ranging from just having a job and just for the sake of serving the people. Whatever the motivation, working in the government has it's own dark and lighter side. Civil servants, as what government workers are called receive a very reasonable compensation, depending on your job description and position title. But comments have been made about "ginoberno" or "basta na lang" job performance of those who are in government service.Some issues were raised about government workers leaving their posts for personal transactions, having their manicure and pedicure during working hours right on their desks, being impolite and discourteous to clienteles, etc. The list could fill two or three pages of legal sized paper. But that is not the point. Things like those are indications of corruption. Cutting time and yet reflecting the ideal number of hours per day is corruption.Asking money in exchange for facilitating ...

BROWNOUT IS STILL IN

Brownout is getting worse, having already two occurrences in a day, most lasting to at least two hours. We have an on-going construction of a power plant in Barangay San Luis. Will it solve the problem? Or just make us pay more for less. The question will be answered when the said power plants gets operational. Meantime what we can do is just pray, seeking help from all the saints in heaven to effect a brownout-less society.