• I thought so! The so-called solomonic decision on EO464 is not so. AFP Chief of Staff and other officials snub Senate hearing, cites EO 464. Tsk tsk.
• See what happens when pathetic citizens allow injustices to happen: 3 youth ‘invited‘ for questioning over distribution of pamphlets. What’s next? Why can’t they invite Austero and the gang for being angry? Oops. Friends and supporters not included.
• I saw this as purely harassment, and the court made the right decision: libel vs. PEP Coalition dropped due to lack of probable cause. Well, there are several more courts to decide on the same issue.

DJB has a combo post regarding Rizal Day and on education spending. He thinks that allocating 100.9 billion out of 119.9 billion peso-budget for DepEd on salaries of 400,000 people is questionable. He thinks the DepEd bureaucracy is bloated. He says its like being FedEx with 400,000 drivers but without any trucks, planes, and others.

So are we spending too much on education? Or too little? It’s a complex problem, indeed. Can we still trim that 400,000+ personnel?

There are those who think education is best left to private entities. I don’t agree in the short term, since many will be dislocated even if government subsidizes these schools. I think it is the same banana but different in color. I’m not so sure in the long run.

I think I’ll get back into this soon. BTW that episode where Gloria Arroyo berates the acting SecDepEd was amusing and sad.