ICT relations in GMA's 2k8 SONA

Having read the President's latest SONA made me see a diverse perspective of what today's national crisis is, as well as the global crisis.

Just now that I have come to know GMA's side about the existing dilemmas. I haven't actually been updated of the true present state of the country. Well, aside from the ideas of oil and rice price hike. I was even shocked that she(GMA) made another SONA recently. Is it really done every after 7yrs?hehe I actually have no idea!

Anyways, with regards to the main issue about the relating ICT areas in GMA's SONA, herewith are some:

"Texting is a way of life. I asked the telecoms to cut the cost of messages between networks. They responded. It is now down to 50 centavos."

* Yes, indeed it is. It's part of the daily life of almost all Filipinos (I think). Does this progress(?) have any consequences? Does this idea mean that there will be no more unlimited services in exchange to the to-be-dimished text cost?

"Our costly commodity imports like oil and rice should be offset by hard commodities exports like primary products, and soft ones like tourism and cyberservices, at which only India beats us."

* With the advanced technology, this would actually make a great development in the country's business relations with other country in abroad."Our P 350 million training partnership with the private sector should qualify 60,000 for call centers, medical transcription, animation and software development, which have a projected demand of one million workers generating $13 billion by 2010."

* This has got to be a very good news to IT students!Yehey!More job opportunities for us. Hmm..Come to think of it, this would actually lessen the population of the unemployed for non-related IT graduates and non-graduates can also take benefits to these job offerings.

We may not care about what our country has become or how the global crisis came to this point. But that doesn't exempt us from being affected by the changes and difficulties that the whole world has come to face. Ignoring the facts, doesn't change anything. Make a move. Be aware! A country is not about its leaders, it's all about the people that comprises a nation. Take part...And let's hope that all that has been said will be done.