Philippines President

I'm sorry but I have to disagree with you, Marcos was not a good preseident!!! It could not be denied that at first our country was booming in his first few years as a president but as the years went by he became the most corrupt President ever... Though he was influence greatly by his wife, as a president and a man he should have not let himself be influence. If he was great, why was he pursuaded by his wife to do corrupt things? If he was great, shouldn't he have the will power to do the right thing instead of being influence and manipulated by his wife??? Yes I agree that the dollar rate during Marcos time was P1 but it is not entirely his doing, it was because almost all the world economy which contributed to dlooar rates was still very stable at that time comapred to now.... As who I would prefer, No one... we still have to wait for a good president to arrive...

Anybody proved the corruption of Marcos, Nobody proved the corruption the Marcoses even the court can not prove it that is until now they are still looking for evidence and the case is still going on, nobody proved it.

Ouccchhh! That remark hurts! "What can you expect from a mere housewife?" That's very negative, Sir! You might be a Marcos loyalist (hope your read my post about your Marcos) but that doesn't excuse you to remark so negatively about us housewives! I agree that Cory's regime is not a bed of roses but at least SHE is not the corrupt one, SHE did not kill thousands of people, and SHE did not cause the disappearance of thousands more. No matter what you say as a Marcos loyalist, you can never change history books which names your Marcos as a dictator. Moreover, "mere housewives" can be great too. I am a housewife but put in my extra hours to volunteer for social service work in our barangay whenever I am needed. I am a mere housewife with a personal computer which I use to teach several high school students from our poor national high school who cannot afford to give this kind of education; therefore, I have helped a lot to become e-literate. I am a mere housewife but in our community, I never turned back from the needy people specially those stricken with cancer. I am a mere housewife but because my son taught me to be e-literate, now I have joined a movement to promote good citizenship, something that a mere housewife like me can give as a legacy to my son.

You were right in some points about Marcos, Ma'am. He could have been the best president ever, if we only close our eyes to the atrocities he has done, if we could close our eyes to the despairing mothers who have lost their sons and daughters during the Martial Law days! The Marcos' regime tally of 3,257 kilings is second to Argentina's 8,000 missing persons, but it still exceeds Pinochet of Chile's deaths. Under Marcos, military murder was the apex of a pyramid of terror - 3,257 killed, 35,000 tortured, and 70,000 incarcerated. Lest we forget, Under Martial Law from 1972 to 1986, the Philippine Military was the fist of Marcos' authoritarian rule. Its elite torture units became his instruments of terror. (from "Alfred McCoy: Dark Legacy - Human Rights under the Marcos Regime")

That's a deadly verb, my dear "I think." This is a very important question and I just hope that you will find the right answer to tell your children and grandchildren when the time comes. They will always read the books or research in the Internet, and they will then ask you why you "think" it was Marcos.

Hi gemille!;) Correct me, if I'm wrong, but is this what you're essentially saying: first president=best president; Emilio Aguinaldo is the first president; therefore, he is the best president? I'm just curious. Thanks!

I agree with your observation. Picking the best president among the current crop of presidents that we've had is like wholeheartedly accepting mediocrity. Don't get me wrong, I do believe that all our presidents, so far, have had their distinct contributions in our country, but I think one could not yet be classified as THE best because we've had no criteria to identify who is, in fact, a best president. I truly hope that we'll be able to define for ourselves, as a people, our best president, and that someone will meet the lofty standards that we'll collectively set, for our country's welfare. That being said, though, I respectfully hold that it is quite unlikely for one who will be president of the Philippines not to have "a tinge of personal interest" because the mere fact of deciding to serve the people or satisfying his desire to serve the people is already a fulfillment of that person's personal interest. In other words, the bare fact that the person wanted to be president, for whatever reason, and that want or desire was fulfilled, obviously manifests the fulfillment of that person's personal interest and, hence, effectively exhibiting a tinge of personal interest.