SONA 2014 – P-Noy forgets to mention Binay?

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The President’s latest SONA came and went but he forgot to mention one person and that’s Vice President Jojomar Binay.  It is no surprise he did that since Binay is expected to be the main competitor on the next elections against the election’s presidential candidate Mar Roxas.  Binay uplifted the plight of the OFWs since he is the presidential assistant for Overseas Worker’s Affairs.  However, that did not happen but that does not mean the president and the vice president of the country are at odds against each other.  It just means the president had a lot of other people he thought that he should mention instead of his second in command.  Whether they deserve to be mentioned on top of the vice president is another issue.  Aquino obviously wants his best friend Mar Roxas to win the 2016 elections so the current projects of the government would be continued.  However, he is not really sure if the public wants the same since his trust rate has gone down recently.

Nobody knows if Binay and Aquino really got along with each other during the President’s term.  Now that there are only two years left on the current term of Aquino, that won’t really matter as it would be time to pass the torch in just a couple of years.  If the elections would happen now, he would be touring Binay at the Malacanang palace.  Some say the only way Binay loses is if massive cheating happens.  That already happened in the past so it won’t be a surprised if it happens again.  It won’t be fair though since the people should get who they want as the leader of the country.  At least some lesser known cabinet members got mentions in the speech of the President.  However, the person voted to be his second in command did not.

Escudero – “Step up Waste Management Campaign”

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Senator Chiz Escudero has applauded President Aquino’s mission to build a 100 km dike in Laguna de Bay as a solution to flooding there.  A lot of people are now living in basketball courts due to recent monsoon rains that wiped out their homes.  Chiz knew that this project of the President would take a long time as it could possibly carry over to the term of the next president which could be him if Chiz decides to run for the highest position in the country.  If he does then he does have a good chance of winning no matter who he decides to run with.  He suggest that ta chunk of the government’s budget should be used on the waste management campaign so the garbage on the streets should go to the proper places.  There are a lot of irresponsible people who just throw them wherever they wish. 

He pointed that there are still 27 percent of wastes that are everywhere and only 73 percent have been collected.  He is not really pointing the finger at anybody but he knows that every Filipino should do his or her job in keeping the country clean.  He pointed out that solid waste procedures should have been done a long time ago.  He knows it is long overdue and each Filipino should recognize that.  However, nothing can be done to those people who throw their trash anywhere they wish.  It just means they don’t care about the effects of their misdoings.  There are 5000 metric tons of wastes generated every single day in Metro Manila alone which means we are not really doing a good job of maintaining our environment clean.  It is a good thing the chairman of the senate committee on Environment and Natural Resources voiced out his opinion.  I wonder if the president heard him though.

R3RUN to Blaze New Trail for Filipino Consumers: Realizing a Sustainable Economy and Future

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Over 10,000 runners will rally behind Quanta Paper R3RUN or Run for Sustainability. On August 10, 2014, at the BlueBay Walk complex and along Roxas Boulevard in Manila, R3RUN will blaze a new trail for Filipino consumers to take part in realizing a more eco-conscious and sustainable economy. R3RUN is an advocacy program for environmental conservation and climate action designed in a healthy and fun lifestyle activity, which serves both a strategic marketing and social responsibility tools of Quanta Paper Corporation. Jasmine Curtis-Smith, Rj Padilla, Kylie Padilla and some TV personalities, government officials from Malacañan and executives from private corporations will grace the occasion.

The gun start for participants of the 12K run is at 5:00AM, the 8K run at 5:20AM, the 4K run at 5:30AM and the 1K run at 5:50AM. The starting line will be adjacent to the programme and activity area at the Metrobank Avenue of the BlueBay Walk complex. There will be three male and female winners per category who will be ranked first, second and third. For the 12k race category, winners will be awarded cash prize of Php 4,000 and a gold medal for first placer, Php 3,500 and a silver medal for second placer and Php 3,000 and bronze medal for third placer. For the 8k race category, winners will be awarded cash prize of Php 3,500 and a gold medal for first placer, Php 3,000 and a silver medal for second placer and Php 2,500 and bronze medal for third placer. For the 4k race category, winners will be awarded cash prize of Php 3,000 and a gold medal for first placer, Php 2,500 and a silver medal for second placer and Php 2,000 and bronze medal for third placer. For the 1k race category, winners will be awarded cash prize of Php 2,000 and a gold medal for first placer, Php 1,500 and a silver medal for second placer and Php 1,000 and bronze medal for third placer. All winners will receive additional prizes of gift packs and certificates from participating sponsors.

R3RUN this 2014 calls on Filipinos to embody the 3R (reduce, reuse, recycle) basic principles of waste management as a way of consumer’s life. Nowadays, as the world faces many extreme and unusual weather conditions, R3RUN primary aim is to help recreate a new economy for the country where demands for green products and services are greater. “On a macro perspective, we ambitiously hope that the greater demands of consumers for green products and services may push for our businesses and the economy as a whole to shift into a more sustainable or eco-conscious production,” says Quanta Paper corporate strategist and Race Committee head Neil Erich Galicia. This objective directly addresses global warming since sustainable business practice, like in manufacturing industry is a key in reducing significant amount of C02 emissions.