The 1st Hundred Days in Governance…Results Matter.

The first 100 days in the term of office of a public official is believed to be one of the most crucial. It is within this phase that people will be able to see the general direction that they want to pursue as well as the their way of handling the government. If a public official performs good on his first 100 days then most likely people will support him and look up to a brighter tomorrow. So, like P. Noy who expressed his vision, plans and sentiments through his SONA, Mayor Mike Rama delivered his advocacy, platform and ideas before members of NGO, LGU, Youth sector and Cebuanos in today's event.

Team work, unity, cooperation. These would be the best words sum up all of Mayor Rama's vision for the city. He emphasized the importance of the role of society in allowing the government to reach its goals. This is very clear on his branding  "Together, we make things happen". Mayor Rama pointed out that there is a lot of issues to be solved, and if we leave it all to the government for solution then it would be very difficult. He showed pictures of various projects which according to him was made possible through the efforts of the private sector. Banking on this, he then formulated his spider web approached plan. In the spider web approached plan, the government would try to gather information on the needs of society then create general ideas as to how to solve these needs. Once these ideas are generated the government will then pass this to the next level which would be composed of the different LGU's. The LGU's will then try to dig deeper with these issues and inline with the general solution propose ideas and seek the assistance of various NGO. This way the burden is not solely shouldered by the government but is spread to allow members of the society to directly act on it.

Mayor Rama also presented his developmental framework which is composed of the beautification of the SRP and and our coastal areas, the revitalization of the downtown, the progressiveness of the uptown and balance between development and environment in the upland. In line with this his 7 pillars are mostly on the improvement of the cleanliness and beautification of the city.

Generally, Mayor Rama's plans are good. It would allow us to have a cleaner and more participative Cebu. If you look at it closer however, you might be able to ask this same question that I had in mind, which is also thought of by the great Juan Mercado, all these cleanliness and beautification acts, are these really the main problems of Cebu? Mayor Rama did not present his plans on how he with the help of us solve the issue on the water problem in Cebu, or the prostitution in Cebu. He also did not present plans or updates on the problem of education, poverty and health.

I'm not quite sure of the specific data but based on experience and what is displayed in our surroundings, these are the more pressing issues that we as Cebuanos are facing. I'm also not quite sure if Mayor Rama just forgot to show his plans for these issues or something but at least he still has around 60 days left in his first 100 days. Hopefully he will be able to look into these issues and together with the people, provide solutions and act on it.

newbie

i don't really know how to go about this but its worth a try..

here goes nothing..

unlike most of the blogs that i have read, my first blog would not be about societal issues or new developments in technology and not even the cooooooolest latest movie (which for me is inception).. this first blog would be about expressing the need for me to blog..

since i was a kid, i have never really been confident about myself and also expressing my thoughts and feelings.. i fear that people might ridicule me for the way i deliver it or belittle my ideas.. i always compare myself to to others and kept on saying that they are so good, i could never compete with them.. for years i have searched for venues that i may be able to overcome such choke points in my growth.. i thought of joining the debating team but i couldn't face that much people yet.. i tried joining toast masters but again fear took over me.. about a year ago the idea of blogging came to me.. this way i can express my ideas without having to face a number of people..through blogging i would be able to develop not only confidence but also my writing and critical thinking skills (which i badly need for my studies)..

 due to my tight schedule in college and my even tighter schedule in law school, it is only now that i have am finally able to do this..

i honestly hope i would be able to learn a lot from this and that this wont be my last blog.. hehehehehe..