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"HUY SI MAYOR NAG DONATE! WOW GALING NIYANG LIDER!" Amid a crisis, the well being of our nation is at risk and these trying times would be an era of darkness for every duly established state. But on the other hand, this would bring us some lesson that is evidently beneficial for our living. The story about philanthropist politicians became viral in social media. The elected officials from national to local government are donating their salaries or money for public use. The said news is well commended by people. Some would say, these people deserve to be elected on their post again, for good leadership. From that let us try to be critical, it is a work of compassion to put your money for mobilization of help in times of crisis but is it necessary to seek public office to become a philanthropist? To set an example, Ramon Ang from San Miguel Corp. and Jack Ma of Alibaba Corp, were able to extend their assistance to the people as a private individual. I'm not questioning t...

Does every martial law is a prologue to dictatorship? The Philippines has suffered a lot from the Marcos regime. And we could not deny that its repercussions are still present and immensely threatening the economic, political and judicial aspects of this country. Whenever there is a need for the suspension of the writ of Habeas corpus and declaration of martial law, Filipino's minds are conditioned to resist without any analysis. But this might be the time for calibrating such thinking, to begin with, we need to realize that martial law in Mindanao at President Duterte's term did not result in an autocratic dictatorship. In studying this topic, knowledge about historical facts and provisions of the Constitution refering to Martial law is a must. As we all know martial law is a suspension of all civil norms, establishing a military court and eventually preside to one-man rule. As per 1987 Constitution, the chief executive has the power to declare martial law.  Also, the wri...