“If you think you’re too small to make a difference, you haven’t spent a night with a mosquito.”
- Old African Proverb
It’s exactly 4AM. Sa bawa’t gising ko ay COVID ang bumabati sa akin.
Ano mang oras sa buong araw, COVID ang laman ng aking isipan.
Hanggang sa pagtulog na lang, COVID ang napapanaginipan.
COVID dito, COVID doon.
In other news ...
Malakas ang diskusyon kung sino ang dapat maupo bilang Speaker of the House.
Pero ang banat ng nakararami, “tsaka na yang politika at drama, solusyon muna.”
Sa isang banda, nagtambak ng dolomite ang DENR sa isang maliit na portion sa Manila Bay.
Hirit ng isang ale: “Napaka-insensitive na gawin yang pag-beautify sa height ng pandemic!”
Meanwhile, the DepEd Chief recently declared: “We beat COVID!”
Teka lang, ha.
Lagpas 329,000 na ang nag-positibong kaso. Bago mag-deklara ng tagumpay sa isang bagay na kakasimula pa lang, sinukat na ba ninyo kung may natututunan ang mga bata at ano ang epekto nito sa mga magulang?
Nasaan ang inyong datos?
The reality is, many students can hardly afford gadgets and have no access to the internet. Instead, they are given printed modules and left on their own to learn.
[UPDATE: In the next few days, we will be signing the agreement with a leading internet service provider. It will take approximately 5-6 months to build the infrastructure needed to support our #CaviteFreeWiFi project that will cover the needs of DepEd Public School students in the province.]
THE BIG PICTURE
Based on recent data, CAVITE is on the path of flattening the curve.
Dati, umaabot tayo sa 600-700 cases a day. But for the past 10 days, we have been averaging approx. 90-100 new cases a day.
While conquering the pandemic together is paramount, it is time to think ahead and discuss our initiatives for a better future.
GOIN’ GREEN
Next week, the provincial leadership will start discussing the steps to cut down greenhouse emissions in Cavite.
On the long term, we are proposing a 15-year phase out program of all fossil fuel-based engines from both Local Government and Public Transportation.
The process, however, shall entail consultation, engineering and economic impact analysis before it is put into law.
Our aim is for Cavite to be gasoline and diesel engine free by 2040.
Bakit ganoon katagal ang proseso?
Dahil ang pagpalit ng makina ng sasakyan ay mas madali kaysa baguhin ang nakasanayan na at pananaw ng mga mamamayan.
Kaya't ang 15-20 years ay sapat na panahon para:
1. Makapaghanda ang mga operators at mabawi ang kanilang puhunan;
2. Magsagawa nang komprehensibong programa para ang “charging infrastructure” ay mailagay sa abot kayang lugar at halaga.
Napakaraming dapat paghandaan. Napakaraming dapat pag-isipan.
But no matter the challenges that lie ahead: Government leaders should never stop paving the way for the future, instead of getting caught up with just the problems of today.
Long term consistency will serve better than short term intensity.
