An Eye for an Eye Will Only Make the Whole World Blind - Outsourcing America - A New Philippines President
The Inauguration of Noynoy Aquino
Yesterday was an amazing day in the Philippines as Noynoy Aquino was sworn in as the 15th president since the United States granted the Philippines it's independence in 1946.
Aquino ran on a slate of ridding government of corruption and only announced for office 90 days after his mother, former president Corizon Aquino, passed away late last year.
Reunited just for President Benigno Aquino III's inauguration, APO Hiking Society performed at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila.
The Apolinario Mabini Hiking Society, later popularly known as Apo Hiking Society had its fledgling beginnings in 1969 at the the Ateneo de Manila high school with thirteen members. After graduation the majority of its members left to pursue individual careers.
With only three members remaining in the span of their professional career Apo emerged as a principal adherent of the musical movement termed Original Pilipino Music (a.k.a. OPM), a milieu in which their original musical contributions and cultural influence became essential.
The Apo became involved in record production, talent management and organizing artists under the Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-aawit (O.P.M., acronym translation: "Organization of Philippine Singers/musicians").
The group expanded its activities into establishing and furthering the careers of new OPM artists in the Philippines. Apo Hiking Society released 22 albums in three decades of its career and would be considered the Philippines equillivant of Mowtown.
Hugh Agenda
Some of Aquino's biggest challenges will be:
1. Rooting out corruption in government including pressure to prosecute the former Philippines president, Gloria Arroyo, who for the past nine year's has allegedly neared Ferdinand Marcos in government corruption.
2. Dealing with Islamic militants
3. Controlling debt and unemployment
4. Curbing the influence of the military
Any one of these would be a big challenge by itself, but in combination there are many who think the new president's biggest challenge could well be "staying alive" to implement these challenges.
He has experience in that as well. He has been shot five times over his lifetime and still carries one of the bullets received in one of the coupe attempts against his mother's leadership.
Posted by Marvin David Webster at Friday, July 02, 2010 3:26 AM 
Categories: Outsourcing
Tags: Philippines Noynoy Aquino
Categories: Outsourcing
Tags: Philippines Noynoy Aquino
Comments