{"id":29,"date":"2008-01-04T21:54:03","date_gmt":"2008-01-04T11:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=29"},"modified":"2008-01-04T21:54:03","modified_gmt":"2008-01-04T11:54:03","slug":"left-overs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=29","title":{"rendered":"Left Overs"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Benjie de Ubago<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wow….last year sure went fast! I\u2019ve had to trade in some original body parts for more modular ones. We are another year older but hopefully, much, much wiser. It\u2019s the year of the Rat… hmmm, wasn\u2019t that last year\u2019s theme? But Chinese astrology promises an auspicious year.<\/p>\n

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I was invited to two Christmas parties (yippee!) \u2013 the Alpha Phi Omega\u2019s anniversary party and the Philippine Health Care Association. The latter, surrounded by medical practitioners and nurses makes me always feel safe. I can dance the night away with Dr. Joe Languido knowing he\u2019ll resuscitate me if I run out of breath.<\/p>\n

What was fascinating though was that on both occasions, I was tapped on the shoulder by our readers who asked me to comment on the statements made by Mr. Manny Villon during the MPC press conference last month. I specifically did not attend the media conference because I knew it would not provide any new information and would be a total waste of my time. However, I am compelled to reply to Mr. Villon\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n

Mr. Villon claims that the new site is something that can be left \u201cas a legacy to our children\u2019s children.\u201d Now that is an absolute joke! That would be like inheriting a cultural baggage!<\/p>\n

And in Mr. Villon\u2019s typical style, he comments \u201cGod is so kind to prevent us from finishing that project because He wants us to have a new place.\u201d Now this comment irritates me no end! To use God as an excuse is absolutely pathetic! If God prevented the completion of MPC, it is to show us that we need new leaders.<\/p>\n

Mr. Villon further states \u201cThe time frame for the completion of the MPC depends again on you.\u201d By you, I guess he means us. \u201cWe are under your command,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

Considering that we did not command them to sell and move, that\u2019s a complete reversal. Now he (they) are under our command? That\u2019s our clue. He slipped! If they (the MPC group) are under our command, well then, please read our lips! Please, pretty please vacate your seats! If it couldn\u2019t be done over 18 years, well, it isn\u2019t going to be done. If nothing has changed with the people with the people running it, then nothing will change. A change of venue is only geography. The problem cannot be resolved by the same people that created the problem in the first place.
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The dust has settled from the campaign track but some are still suffering from the aftermath. We are now faced with the challenge of finding new blood. I know of some with ambitions but those aspirants will need to need to face the mirror and take a long hard look at themselves before making the dash for the political trail. Some tweaking may be required. Better still, let us mould new leaders.
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\nSome thinking person asked me how FILCCA was structured. As far as I know, the presidents of the state councils are automatically members of FILCCA and from this group, the FILCCA president is elected. As in the case Jess Diaz, who resigned as PCC president when he was elected as FILCCA president. Interesting point, however I have not seen or read the FILCCA constitution. If that is true, then Kate Andres, Ric de Vera and even Malyn Chun\u2019s terms are not legitimate because they were not state council presidents at the time they were elected to office. Then again, who knows, somebody may have changed the constitution along the way without telling. We\u2019ll check it out.<\/p>\n

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Ahhhh……Victoria\u2019s secret is out! If you\u2019ve been wondering why Vice Consul, Ferdie Victoria has been walking in a daze? Well, he\u2019s just gotten married and is now off the eligible list.
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Oh, and by the way, if your phone should ring late at night \u2013 don\u2019t bother answering. It\u2019s probably only Rey Manoto phoning around asking you to vote for him as PCC president in the forthcoming elections on 3 February. And you may just end up President of a club with no members!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Benjie de Ubago Wow….last year sure went fast! I\u2019ve had to trade in some original body parts for more modular ones. We are another year older but hopefully, much, much wiser. It\u2019s the year of the Rat… hmmm, wasn\u2019t that last year\u2019s theme? But Chinese astrology promises an auspicious year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,41],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}