Human Rights vs. Human Lives

          President Rodrigo Roa Duterte was set to deliver on July 23, 2018 (Monday 4pm) his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City, Metro Manila Philippines. SONA 2018 was delayed by an hour due to the briefing of Duterte  on who will be seated as House Speaker beside him. In a sudden twist of events former president and Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo unseated House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and became the House Representatives' top congressman.

          While the SONA of the president turned out smooth as he followed his speech and did not say any curse words. Many people are shocked, even the celebrities shared their reactions on what happened. There are lines that caught my attention and went trending on social medias. One is "Your concern is Human Rights, mine is human lives". Teenagers live nowadays are being wasted because of the chemicals called shabu, cocaine, cannabis, and heroine. I think the reason of our president is there are many people who question his policy about the War on Drugs. President Duterte wants to prove us that he know what he is doing, that all he want for our country is to become peaceful but because of that they called "cancer ng lipunan" he was force to do unwanted act.

          "You worry the present, I am concerned about both the present and the future. If not stopped, crimes can make human cesspool of succeeding generations. I will not allow it happen, not during my term".

Good Health, Good Life

     Poverty is one of the biggest problem of the world. There's so many people felt this problem. They are lacked of money, things, education, food especially nutrition that can cause a bad result to their health. They said that health is wealth but how can they achieve a good health if they are lacked on many things? It is very important to take care of our health for us to maximize our skills and talents.

    

    "Ugaliing Magtanim Sapat na Nutrisyon Aanihin" means we need to plant fruits and vegetables  for us to gain enough nutrition , a nutrition that everybody should we have. We can protect ourselves from getting diseases by simply starting a healthier way of living which means equipping ourselves about the importance of eating healthy foods and avoiding those unhealthy foods. Do our best, let us plant vegetables and fruits in our backyards and by simply doing this we can assure that the food we are eating is healthy and safe.
   
     Always remember that having a good nutrition can boost our confidence, no one  wants to belittled let us show them that we are strong and healthy.

Letter to the President

April Anne Paet
Paing Bantay
Ilocos Sur

July 10, 2018

PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE
Malacanang Palace Compound,
J.P. Laurel Street,
San Miguel,Manila
Philippines

Mr. President:

Good day!. Being a president of our country must be really stressful. Everyday I see all your efforts for our country. I write to express my deep concern about how you discipline the Filipinos.


Mr. President after a year since you become a president I observed that our country had lessen the drug addicts and pushers. It is a good start as a leader not only to get the trust of the Filipinos but also to prove them that you are deserving to be our leader. Yes it lessen but the question is were all the people killed are drug addicts and pushers? Well definitely not and we all know that ending someone's life is a sin but because of that "War on Drugs" that killed many lives and sad to say that some of them are innocent.

Mr. President let me be candid and honest in saying this: Rodrigo Roa Duterte is both good and bad as a leader. You are definitely better than the previous Philippine presidents in the matter of decisive and political will.

Thank you and may God bless the Philippines under your leadership.

Sincerely,
April Anne Paet

Freedom!!

            "Freedom" 7 letters 1 word that every Filipinos want. Word that is very important to us. Why? simply because we finally have our own freedom. Freedom of our country, that we can already do what ever we want. But how? how did we achieve that freedom?

          We are celebrating the Independence Day for us to remember that, that day was the day we have  our own freedom.And also for us to thank our heroes who sacrificed their lives. Not just a simple effort but they fought for our freedom. Freedom of the Philippines from the Spaniards. Spaniards who slave us and didn't gave our rights as a human.

          That's why it is very important to celebrate Independence Day. A very significant day to the Philippines. A day to praise our heroes who sacrificed their lives. Who poured their blood and sweats in fighting. Just for our freedom, even their life is the replacement.