KANDIDATONG DI SIKAT

Maraming kandidato bilang Senador ang hindi kilala ng madami.  Hindi sila ka-level ng kasikatan ng mga nangunguna sa survey.

 

Actually di ko maintindihan kung bakit iboboto si Bong Revilla o si Lito Lapid o si Jinggoy Estrada, siguro may kanya-kanyang dahilan ang bawat tao.  Anyway, eto ang mga kandidato bilang senador na hindi showbiz at hindi sikat.

 

(DISCLAIMER:  Di ko sure kung iboboto ko sila ha, at di ko sila kinakampanya, pero dapat pag-isipan kesa naman kay Bong Revilla):

 

 

ALEX LACSON

 

 

 

(contents from Wikipedia)
Alexander L. Lacson is a Filipino lawyer, author, lecturer, and philanthropist  He is best known as the author of "12 Little Things Every Filipino Can Do To Help Our Country.

 

 

Because of the significance of Lacson's advocacies in a country faced with as the Philippines', one biographer has noted that "Alexander Lacson is more than just an author – he is a nation-builder." [1]

 

12 Little Things Every Filipino Can Do To Help Our Country

 

 

When Lacson and his wife Pia made a conscious decision to remain in the Philippines instead of searching for greener pastures abroad, they also decided to advocate the idea that conditions in the Philippines could be improved if individual Filipinos took action to improve matters, rather than move to another country. Lacson reasoned: “The answer is in us as a people; that hope is in us as a people.”

 

 

To further that advocacy, Lacson wrote the 108-page booklet "12 Little Things Every Filipino Can Do To Help Our Country," and had it published at the Alay Pinoy Publishing House in Quezon City.

 

 

The twelve little things mentioned in the book title are:

 

1. Follow traffic rules. Follow the law.
2. Whenever you buy or pay for anything, always ask for an official receipt.
3. Don’t buy smuggled goods. Buy local. Buy Filipino. (Or, if you read the book, he suggests: 50-50).
4. When you talk to others, especially foreigners speak positively about us and our country.
5. Respect your traffic officer, policeman and soldier.
6. Do not litter. Dispose your garbage properly. Segregate. Recycle. Conserve.
7. Support your church.
8. During elections, do your solemn duty.
9. Pay your employees well.
10. Pay your taxes.
11. Adopt a scholar or a poor child.
12. Be a good parent. Teach your kids to follow the law and love our country.

 The book's first printing sold out in spite of the fact that Lacson did not initially sell in major bookstores because their markup price was too high.