Marcos; His reign vs. Noynoy's?

**kisshmet** · February 27th, 2016 02:01 PM

Theres not much traffic then except for divisoria, manila, angeles city and olongapo city because practically those are the places where most of the economic activity is present

We have so much traffic now due to economic activity. When its a holiday theres not much traffic in the urban jungle

In solving one problem it begets another problem. Lack of economic activity means less traffic but a big problem to the tummy. Better economic condition bring about a new problem such as horrible traffic condition

To solve the congested traffic condition we need to add more road space. Before that can happen construction will take more road space to the consternation of the motorist

**Monseratto** · February 27th, 2016 07:31 PM

**Monseratto** · February 27th, 2016 07:50 PM

There used to be a population program during the Marcos years, but this was thrown out the door when Cory came into power, as a favor to the RCC... using the church failed birth control method. That is why from 55 million in 1986, you have a population of 120 million now...

The State and the Church in the Debates over Reproductive Health and Population Control

Marcos embedded his initiatives in Article 15, Section 10 of the 1973 Constitution, which declares, “It shall be the responsibility of the State to achieve and maintain population levels most conducive to the national welfare.”8 In the years following, Marcos aggressively implemented other steps, such as amending the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax exemptions for those who have four children or under, permitting the use of sterilization, lifting custom duties on family planning supplies, mandating private employers to provide family planning services for female employees, allowing for oral contraceptives to be available without a prescription, requiring those seeking a marriage license to receive education on family planning, and authorizing local governments to pay for all projects dealing with population and responsible parenthood. In the midst of all these activities, the CBCP denounced the government for advocating practices antagonistic to natural family planning.9

The abuses of Marcos’ despotic regime have overshadowed the ruler’s progressive reforms on population control and reproductive health.

President Cory Aquino changed track away from Marcos's policies for population control. The presidential successor chosen by the Catholic Church during the People Power Movement, Cory Aquino's family planning initiatives faithfully adhered to the Church’s support for the natural family planning methods, as seen in the Constitution of 1987. Article 2, Section 12 states, “The State recognizes the sanctity of family life and shall protect and strengthen the family as a basic autonomous social institution. It shall equally protect the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception.”10 She shifted the political focus from family planning to family well-being, and placed Mita Pardo de Tavera, a staunch conservative, at the head of POPCOM. Statistics show that once Cory Aquino ascended into power, health personnel promoting family planning decreased from 10,000 to 200, and couples using birth control dropped from 45% in 1986 to 36% in 1988.11 Though Cory Aquino was pushed to partially recover family planning initiatives because USAID suspended funds in 1990 — thus motivating the Philippine government to carry more of the weight in terms of family planning12 — natural family planning was emphasized in a much higher regard than other contraceptive methods.

**3GEMS** · February 27th, 2016 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by renzo_d10

Would you prefer our country being led by Ferdinand Marcos over Noynoy? -- or over the people who led the country after Marcos' reign.

It has been said that Marcos had lots of good plans for our country, and it was the people who surrounded him that made him look bad and led him to his own downfall.

Marcos was also considered as a visionary.

Your thoughts?

6 years Noynoy term vs 20 plus years Marcos term? And yung hand over kay noynoy ang Philippines wasak na wasak, puro buwaya na palaki ni GMA.
This comparo is so pointless.

**funkeemunkee** · February 27th, 2016 08:23 PM

Originally Posted by 3GEMS

6 years Noynoy term vs 20 plus years Marcos term? And yung hand over kay noynoy ang Philippines wasak na wasak, puro buwaya na palaki ni GMA.
This comparo is so pointless.

Correct. It is like comparing apples to oranges.

**kisshmet** · February 27th, 2016 10:16 PM

Well despite the seemingly great policies during marcos reign people are misled that things were great then. The fact remains when he took over the helm, our country stands second only to japan economically.
but towards the end of his term we are second to the bottom. How great could that be? We were in the brink of financial collapse after two decades of marcos. Negative credit rating at that and kept afloat only with loans from imf & world bank

With only six years of noynoy we have better credit rating

**boomshine** · February 27th, 2016 11:06 PM

Comparing the economy today versus during marcos era i think is hindi fair, one factor is the technology today na wala naman dati

**kisshmet** · February 28th, 2016 12:07 AM

^did u know that almost all car manufacturers left the phil during the time of marcos and only one is the exception, mitsubishi?

Go figure if the business climate was great at that time

**kisshmet** · February 28th, 2016 12:15 AM

The current mayor of LPC is the son of the former mayor whos a doctor that ventured in real estate business and a staunch marcos loyalist

Friendship route was opened as part of traffic solution to decongest the very few public roads in LP (alabang zapote rd, naga rd, coastal rd, quirino st, aguinaldo hi way) which is plied by all sorts of public conveyances. Yet again it created another problem for residents of these gated communities which is security related (devante case)

In exchange the local govt picks the trash of these gated communities not after they get taxed for it with what is known as garbage fee

**Jun aka Pekto** · February 28th, 2016 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by kisshmet

The current mayor of LPC is the son of the former mayor whos a doctor that ventured in real estate business and a staunch marcos loyalist

Friendship route was opened as part of traffic solution to decongest the very few public roads in LP (alabang zapote rd, naga rd, coastal rd, quirino st, aguinaldo hi way) which is plied by all sorts of public conveyances. Yet again it created another problem for residents of these gated communities which is security related (devante case)

In exchange the local govt picks the trash of these gated communities not after they get taxed for it with what is known as garbage fee

Seems like the locals like him. He's been mayor of LPC like since, forever.

Here in Arizona, each homeowner pays $15/mo to have the garbage picked up. We also have to manually separate trash from recyclables.