By Klaus Döring
And here are many more other dreams: people pleaded that the government solve the foreign and national debts by its self-imposed fiscal discipline and elimination of graft and corruption starting from the top of the bottom of its bureaucracy. For years, and even longer, people told top-level government officials what’s happening in their
communities, their needs and their hopes. People told their leaders to give protection to the environment as top priority in all agricultural and industrial undertakings. Mostly nothing happened. Good to see: change is coming!
Graft and corruption – ethics, moral, character?
I have been with the media since 1969 – since 1982 in the Philippines. Having good relationships with politicians dated back and up to now can be an easy game, if both sides understand their role to play. The (my) freedom of expression has indeed a thin line between maligning people’s reputation and extortion. I can’t always do right with my write-ups, even if it would gratify some people and surprise others. But, I learned that education will never be as expensive as ignorance and indifference.
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