We need to participate in the very process of electing into office people we believe are deserving. And this long process – sometimes viewed as tedio… - Francis Escudero

We must review oil deregulation law and study the following: Removing VAT, lowering tariff, re-imposing price ceilings and prohibiting price manipulation. We should also spend on research and development to find alternate and indigenous sources of energy. The summit will not accomplish anything other than to highlight the ignorance and incompetence of energy officials who need to call a summit just to find out what’s going on.

Which bring us back to my original question: What is wrong with us? Why do we Filipinos always shoot ourselves in the foot?

The former will guarantee a healthier life for future generations and upholds the principle of stewardship - that we are merely caretakers of the world which we presently inhabit - And that we must hand on to our children the land and waters in as good a condition as when we inherited it from our fathers.