Is flood control totally impossible?
DEAR Mr. President:
I beg to disagree with those who have already said that there is no solution to the problem of flooding and...
The gov’t cannot be reached
DEAR Mr. President:
Perhaps it has already come to your attention, but based on my own actual experience, it is very difficult to contact...
What is a smart city?
DEAR Mr. President:
So far, no city in the Philippines has claimed to be a “smart city”, not even Manila, the capital city.
But...
Faster and cheaper internet
DEAR Mr. President:
Our present system of producing and distributing electric power may not be the best, but it serves our purposes right now.
Our...
Online medical consultations
DEAR Mr. President:
Perhaps it started during the COVID-19 epidemic, but online medical consultation is now available in our country, at least to those...
Using information technology for agriculture
DEAR Mr. President:
There are at least eight government agencies that should be involved in using technology for agriculture, but as of now, they...
Consular ranks for overseas labor officers
DEAR Mr. President:
Under the rules of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, Labor Attaches could only be assigned to embassies and not to...
Livelihood for indigenous peoples
DEAR Mr. President:
Despite many efforts of previous administrations to improve the quality of life of our Indigenous Tribal Peoples (ITPs), most of them...
Business process outsourcing
DEAR Mr. President:
It is ironic that the Philippines is known to be the “BPO (business process outsourcing) capital of the world” (or the...
Automated voting machines
DEAR Mr. President:
It could just be a matter of semantics, but as far as I know, an Automated Counting Machine (ACM) is not...