Cerge Remonde — The Prayer

January 19, 2010 · Filed Under Let's Be Kind to Each Other, Public Officials · Comment 

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He was 51.  He died at 11:51 am on January 19 and he wrote his LAST PRAYER at 6:51 pm the night before, exactly 17 hours before he passed away.

I don’t know Press Secretary Cerge Remonde personally. But I liked how he was generally cool when responding to questions during press conferences, although I don’t agree with some of his views.  I liked how he smiled and how he treated his staff.

And I’m touched by his LAST PRAYER — written on his Facebook page 17 hours before he died:

Lord, thank you for your infinite love
that meets our every need
and provides all the beautiful
and wonderful things we experience in life.

Release our hearts and minds from fear and worry.
Fill us with your peace
as we learn to fully trust in your providence.

Help us to do all that we are capable of
and the rest we entrust unto you.
Amen.

Senators’ Web Sites: My Top Seven

September 3, 2008 · Filed Under Public Officials · 2 Comments 

Try visiting our senators’ web sites and you’ll be surprised to see some interesting things. While there, you might as well fill up the comments sections and tell them what has been bothering you about our country or any idea that can help them create relevant laws. If a large number of us, working Pinoys, are writing them about the same issue, they could be compelled to consider it.

My ranking of the web sites depended only on how I feel about the web sites and how they interact with users, without regard to how the senators have been performing or how I feel about them. The web sites may or may not be an indication of their performance as senators.

1. Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero http://www.chizescudero.com/

Escudero1This is the most interactive site, with 21,080 registered E-forum users as of September 3, 2008. I consider it also the bravest because of Senator Chiz’s challenge for users to tell him anything, however “strong, brilliant, opposing or outlandish.” Spread across the web site are ways to make comments and get heard, such as Views & Comments and Team Chiz. Read more