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Article: Lack of 'savoir-faire'.(Opinion & Editorial)
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- Manila Bulletin
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- May 17, 2005
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"Politics consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
John L. Galbraith
CORRUPTION and illegal gambling such as "jueteng and its many variations, and crimes against property and humanity, and prostitution, are social vices and fundamental malaise from time immemorial that will not disappear with motherhood statements and rhetorics.
Since these social ills are interrelated and symptomatic of a maladjusted political and economic system, the mechanics of reducing their influence and impact on society depends on leadership by example, working teams, honesty, sincerity, and vision.
First, while the problems of the ...