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What a Year 2020 for the Filipinos!

 2020 - Oh what a year! We pronounce it "Twenty-Twenty". On a side note, the ophthalmologist will always want us to have the 20-20 vision. This year was supposedly the 2020 Olympics to be held in Japan. The outlook for 2020 by the economists, by the Feng-sui experts, and by majority of Filipino people is that this is going to be a great big year. A Woman Vendor getting back on her feet after the devastation brought about by a typhoon in the Philippines. Here, she's selling corns that were left to her by Typhoon Ulysses. Including me, I was hoping that this year is going to be prosperous. Until these things happened: Taal Volcano Eruption Thousands of families lost their homes. We were shocked, saddened by the impact of ashfalls not only to the nearby towns in Taal Volcano but also in provinces as far as those in Central Luzon. Death tolls were recorded in the following days, both humans and animals. Restrictions to enter danger zones were imposed, giving residents more pa

Ignorance of the Law: Chasing for Changes in the Country of the Kayumangging-Kaligatan

Is it the responsibility of every Filipino to know the laws being implemented in the land or should it be the government’s duty to inform the Filipinos about the laws that they are implementing? Say that it is the former that must happen, then how can every Filipino knows all these laws? If it is then the later, then is the government fulfilling its duty and is it effective? What’s clear today in the Philippines is that many are violating the basic laws of the streets and of the offices. There is a high level of complaints among common Filipinos when it comes to the integrity and quality of services of government employees. Traffic rules are among of the most violated rules in Metro Manila. Lack of discipline in the roads, parks, and subdivision communities is dominant. Many Filipinos do not know the laws or they know them but they never obey. On the Photos: Typical Street Life in the Philippines On these photos, you will see the lack of discipline, wrong doings, violations of traffi