It is, Mr. President, what propriety requires; it is, I believe, what our people expect from us all: delicadeza. - Francis Escudero

While it is true that we are recipients of certain aids from the US government and without making excuses for the misgivings of our law enforcement, it is not for foreign entities to rate us or grade us or whether we pass their benchmark or not, especially when no bases are given. We are not their students and they are not our teachers to say the least.

The other significant special and/or general provisions amended or created by the House include the following. If I may mention a few:

• Insertion of the phrase “Unless otherwise provided in a Subsequent Law” in Sec. 84 stipulating that the requirements of ARMM shall be provided in the implementation of nationwide programs in recognition of the proposed BBL, now pending before Congress ;