| The Youth Power |
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I just found the time to listen to the early Monday morning radio program “Paniqui… Lipad Nang Umunlad” being aired on our website. The segment was supposed to have been aired last July 6, which is quite a leap from the last one aired months ago. Don’t you wish there could be a more regular posting of this one-hour weekly radio program on our website so that everyone from any area in the country and the world could listen to Mayor Dors giving his views on every timely issue affecting the lives of the people in Paniqui? And while we’re at it, I might as well mention to Dave Asuncion that the audio gets cut after about 10 minutes of listening to it. Is it my computer or is it the uploading There is a significant activity among the youth throughout the country these days. The activity repeatedly occurs within school campuses, in gymnasiums and auditoriums, outside schools, on the streets, and freedom parks. An outstandingly big number of them would want the election to happen in 2010. And they don’t want it to just happen. They want it to happen RIGHT! They also want to have a part in the coming big event. That is why we see them queuing to register themselves as volunteers for various groups that aim to rectify the ills of our election process. We owe it to the two big television networks that have a big hand in bringing about a clean, honest, and credible election next year. But first and foremost, let us salute the youth power. History has proven again and again that the youth make a difference. They make big things happen. With the youth united and staying vigilant against election irregularities that have brought to the Filipino people considerable embarrassment here and abroad, we can all look forward to a better image of our country. Hooray to the many young people who are determined to make a difference; but woe to the few who hardly care. To these few who hardly care, let me borrow a phrase from a president that recently made a dramatic change: “You’re on the wrong side of history.”I remember the glorious days of the 60’s when the same youth power started the impetus that toppled a dictator. I take pride in having been a part of that historical period, although not with the same audacity as some of my contemporaries who gave all, including their lives, to the noble cause. Years after, Fr. Thomas O’gorman, S.J., then a professor of the Ateneo de Manila University recognized the role of the youth in that eventful era when he told me that it was the youth to which I belonged, who took the first bold step towards restoring democracy to this country. The youth of Paniqui enjoys an advantage in this struggle for a clean, honest, credible election. They have a mayor who, partly because he is young himself, is sympathetic to the cause of the youth. And because he chooses to stay on the side of truth, he hopes to lead the youth to the right side of history. For comments / suggestions, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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