what is the hottest news today at your country?

i believe we're from the same country learn2earn. ondoy and pepeng have left pitiful situations for us. i guess we have to pray harder and even better help our unfortunate folks out there at the north. you're absolutely right in saying that we can always see the brighter side on things, positive attitude is what we needed most for circumstances like these.

The latest news in my country today are the typhoons aftermath. Now there's a good new because US send relief for us for hygiene purposes. I'm happy that they are the one who going to dlstribute it to the victims of the typhoons.

that's a very good news! i've been wondering what will happen to the money if they'll let the government handle the distribution! first thing that goes to mind when money and government were involved is that it will be on "good hands" (you know what i mean)... that's why it's such a relief if U.S. will handle the dispersion of whatever goods they'll be giving our country.

it's good to know more about other country. sorry if i have to ask you this: who's your president as of the moment? i wonder if she can still run for the presidency and if she's willing? our current president is the 2nd woman president in our country. it's good to know yours is respected; ours is kind of not really loved nor respected by the people.

hey marguicha, i look her up at the internet and according to wikipedia, as of september 2009 her approval rating stands at an all time high of 72%. that's amazing! oh and she's a polyglot - i looked up the meaning it means multilingual

we can only pray for those people who were on that floating house and others that have been victimized by pepeng. time can only tell when those provinces in the north will be able to stand up again. crops have been destroyed and i think we -here at the city- can feel the aftereffects. have you noticed that vegetable prices are not getting any lower?

yes I do notice that... it is because those affected area of the typhoon were not the vegetable producing areas. I heard that Baguio City is one of the biggest vegetable producer in our Country and so as Davao City, Cotabato City and more. they were not much affected by the typhoon. So despite all that we should still be thankful that not all of the lives stock were destroyed. At least there are some productive place in our country who could lend a hand to those who were much affected by the typhoon..as the saying goes "everything works together for good".

as far as i know, baguio is the largest supplier of vegetables in manila. so i think manila is by far experiencing shortage of vegetable supply, and then next will be shortage of rice, i just hope we'll be ready by the time came... by the way jndlponti, where are you from?

did you exercise your right to vote? do you think the election was clean? fraud-free and such?

that is a sad news, government people should have been the one people could look up to and should generally be conscious and aware of his actions. what could he be thinking? how did the people take it, what's the general reaction? is it a big deal in your country?

Well, in our country, a government officer is elected for his ability, but not for his morality. Of course, most of citizens are offensive towards him, but he still stays in his position.

well that's true they were voted for their ability, but still...i thought there's some code of conduct or something. just like when a lawyer break their code of professional responsibility they'll be disbarred:D

i quite feel that sometimes when all you see and hear is depressing news, you just want to turn-off the television and sleep until you forgot everything that's happening around us...

wish you luck at the World Cup! how come stealing $650 is not considered a crime? it's still stealing and it's a crime, right? maybe government should review the laws or something...

Well its not consider a crime its just a contravention(dont really know if its the word; infringement could also be). Although it really doesnt matter, since the judicial system is really sucky in here, too many thiefs are left free on streets, becuase they let them go even if they have capture the thiefs like 5 times(and yeah there are many cases like that, and still they are getting out) Its becoming a really big problem this crime thing.

Thnx for the wishes, though i know its almost imposible(we are playing with chile in chile), and we(being realistic) dont have too many chances of winning.

i hope your government could do something or rather people could do something to make the government do something! we don't want the future generation to live in an environment like the current one.

and for the world cup, as the saying goes, the ball is round -- you'll never know when you'll be at the top!