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Mga Obserbasyon at Opinyon ko na Dapat Respetuhin

at Hindi Dapat Kwestyunin

Ni Apolinario Villalobos

SABI NG ISANG TAGA-CHR, HINDI DAW KAILANGAN ANG PARUSANG KAMATAYAN UPANG MAWALA ANG KRIMINALIDAD SA PILIPINAS. KAILANGAN LANG DAW AY HULIHIN ANG MGA KRIMINAL, LITISIN, AT IKULONG AYON SA UMIIRAL NA HUSTISYA.  SUMAKIT ANG TIYAN KO SA KATATAWA NANG MARINIG ANG INTERVIEW SA KANYA. BULAG KAYA AT BINGI ANG NAGSALITA? Pero, nirerespeto ko ang opinion niya….nagtatanong lang ako.

ANG MGA DRUG LORDS AY NASA BILIBID NA PAGKATAPOS MALITIS DAHIL NAPATUNAYANG NAGKASALA, PERO TULOY PA RIN ANG OPERASYON NILA NANG WALANG TAKOT DAHIL  HINDI NA SILA MAKAKASUHAN ULI…. MAY GUWARDIYA PA SILA AT NAKATIRA SA AIRCON NA ANIMO AY CONDO.  NGAYON, NALIPAT MAN SILA NG TIRAHAN, TULOY PA RIN ANG OPERASYON NILA KAHIT WALANG CELL PHONE DAHIL NAGBAGO NA SILA NG TAKTIKA. PAKITA LANG YAN NA ANG SINASABING HUSTISYA AY “KULANG” NA PANTAPAT SA KATUSUHAN NG MGA TAONG SARILI LANG ANG INIISIP. Obserbasyon ko yan na dapat respetuhin at ang hindi bilib, gumawa ng sarili nilang obserbasyon….saan man sila nakatira, na ang ILAN ay sa ibang bansa at ang source ng balita nila ay mga biased na mga lumalabas sa internet at mula sa CNN!

ILANG KRIMINAL NA BA NOON ANG HINULI PERO HINDI NAKASUHAN DAHIL SA “TECHNICALITIES” NA PARANG SINASADYA NG MGA KASABWAT NA PULIS?...AT, PINALALA NG MGA TIWALI RING HUWES?....AT, LALO PANG PINALALA NG MGA “MAGAGALING” NA ABOGADONG MAY KAKAYAHANG MAGPAKITANG “TAMA” ANG “MALI” DAHIL SA MILYONES NILANG PROFESSIONAL FEE? PAKITA LANG YAN NA SA PILIPINAS BASTA MAY PERA KA, IKAW ANG “HARI”. Opinyon ko yan na dapat respetuhin.

YAN BA ANG SINASABI NG CHR NA HUSTISYA SA PILIPINAS? HINDI KO SINASABING DAPAT AY PATAYIN AGAD ANG MAHULI. ANG HINIHINGI KO LANG AY TIGILAN NA NG MGA AHENSIYA AT ILANG TAO NA MGA KAPANALIG KUNO NG “HUMAN RIGHTS” ANG PAGBUBULAG-BULAGAN AT PAGBIBINGI-BINGIHAN SA MGA TOTOONG NANGYAYARI SA PILIPINAS. IBIG KONG SABIHIN, TIGILAN NA NILA ANG KADADAKDAK NA ANIMO AY MGA BEBE AT PATONG GUTOM O PUSANG NALILIBUGAN NA NAGHAHANAP NG MAKUKUBAWAN KAYA NGIYAW NG NGIYAW NA NAKAKAISTORBO SA MGA NATUTULOG SA DIS-ORAS NG GABI! Opinion ko rin yan na dapat respetuhin…at ang tanong ko ay dapat sagutin ng mga nagmamagaling na nag-aakalang may radar ang utak nila kaya nakakapik-ap ng mga pangyayari sa Pilipinas kahit nasa abroad sila..ILAN LANG NAMAN SILA!

The Stupid Surveys

By Apolinario Villalobos

Nowadays, there are so many surveys conducted by various survey firms which are of course paid for by parties that will benefit from the “expected” favorable results. Big companies, political units and even nations spend so much money for the flattering and self-serving favorable results. Surveys can be effective only if the whole targeted responders are captured, but if not even 1% of the total has been interviewed for their views…then, the survey results should better be told to the Marines!

How can for instance a survey, give assurance that a certain candidate will surely win during an election when the majority of the voting population has not been interviewed? To top it all, their assurance is based on a further confusing mathematical formula. So, there’s the trick – the more confused the ordinary citizens become, the better for these survey firms to insist that they are right, and the more that they make their clients happy. They want the ordinary citizens to believe that the results are products of “highly intelligent” surveys…conducted by “intelligent” people!  While some surveys are based on personal views and opinions, others are on perception which make the results more “imagined”….unrealistic. Simply stated, how can a personal view become representative of the rest, opinions as truthful, and perception as generally realistic?

The way I see it, these surveys are the workings of “research” firms that have run out of anything to do and clients who trust them. They have come up with this novel idea that can flatter egoistic groups that we call business firms, political groups, educational institutions, and governments. These surveys are also the result of the marketing strategies that need to be updated to make them attractive to clients. Schools want to attract enrollees, business firms want more clients, political groups want more donors and followers, and governments want a “third opinion” that would qualify their claim for success in their administration…all selfish objectives which at the end are supposed to be satisfied with self-serving survey results, that would later find their way in advertising spaces!

What the clients should do, instead of squandering millions in surveys for self-serving results, is require their advertising agencies to gather hard data from records that are available, to support their contentions. The truthful and realistic information shall no longer cause a single eyebrow to be raised every time the reports are splashed on the front pages of dailies, as well as, broadcasted on air lane and TV screen….at least, the doubting Thomas can be directed to the records on file. 

What the President of a Country Should Be

…in my humble opinion

By Apolinario Villalobos

As a president of the country, the person is expected to make sacrifices in many forms. Having been born and still living in a third world country, such as the Philippines, I have witnessed the rise and fall of my poor country’s presidents, and how the current one performs. My humble opinion is based on my keen observation, thanks to the eyes and ears that God gave me.

I am humbly aware that there are so many other “should be’s” and “must be’s” which I have overlooked. Viewers are free to add…