What's On & Expat - Philippines

Resty Vergara
Filipino
Society columnist, Daily Tribune

    It is a good deal because we really need the advanced technology. Everything is good. The time will come that it will be beneficial. Here in the Philippines, every project (LRT, MRT), they oppose it, but when it is done they enjoy it because it is good for the country. Just because they didn’t get the project or that they didn’t get the contract doesn’t mean it is bad.
 

Florentino Hornedo
Filipino
UST Professor

     My impression is, why is there a mystery man in the first place? It creates some suspicion. There’s this book by Friedman, called The World is Flat which says: “It does not matter who is the boss but the one who knows is the boss. The one who knows has the power. Whoever knows will hold the aces. Knowledge becomes translatable to blackmail.”

Janus del Prado
Filipino
Actor/Student

     I think the whole broadband deal is okay. But the politicians who get kick-backs, that’s what’s wrong. But I’m not saying that they are already guilty. Certain projects are okay for the economy.



 

Vic Lactaoen
Filipino
Freelance Travel Writer

     It just shows how corrupt this government is. They don’t know how to do it in a subtle manner. It has turned brazen already because of the amount involved at the expense of the Filipino people.

Cez T. Ramirez
Filipino
Owner, Plato Platina Italian Restaurant and
 Wine Bar

     The government should have an honest-to-goodness investigation on the issue. And I hope something positive and substantial comes out of the inquiry.