Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Section P
SWS Survey Paper
SLIDE #
5
TOPIC
Trust in Pope Francis
REFLECTION / INSIGHT
Looking at the bar graph
presented in the slide, it
can be seen that theres not
much of a difference in data
between September 2013
and December 2014. To be
honest, that kind of
surprised me. I honestly
thought that there would be
a big difference seeing as
how the Pope was
welcomed last January.
However, I suppose
Filipinos couldnt really
gauge how much they
appreciated the Pope until
actually seeing him live.
Filipinos are known to be
religious people who are
involved in a lot of Catholic
practices. However, more
often than not, most people
dont really practice what
they learn from the Church.
Why am I talking about
this? Well, its simply
because of the fact that the
same thing happened with
the Popes arrival.
When the Pope was here,
the Filipinos were angels.
They revered him so much
as seen by the crowds
along the streets and in the
places he visited. In fact, it
was even said that we
broke the record for the
largest mass conducted in
the world. It was amazing
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15
Compared to De Castro,
Binay is way more popular.
I suppose his work with
Makati is a factor that
contributes to this fact.
Compared to the past
couple of Presidents, the
senators and congressmen/
congresswomen under
Noynoy seem to be doing
better based on the chart.
Generally, the past
senators / congressmen
were cronies or allies of the
past presidents. They were
more or less in some way
connected to the corruption
the president of their time
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25
Areas Damaged by
Typhoon Yolanda can Fully
Recover
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Resolving the
Maguindanao Massacre
with Justice
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We want to do so many
things without actually
really focusing on the
important ones. Instead of
only taking great measures
to prepare for the Pope, the
government should also be
investing the same amount
of effort in resolving such
cases like the
Maguindanao Massacre.
Its not that the Philippine
government isnt capable.
Its just that theyre not
doing enough.
All I can say is So much
for the Framework
Agreement. Thats all gone
to waste now and all
because of what occurred
around a few weeks ago.
The Fallen 44 incident
definitely severed the
relationship between the
two parties.
It seems like itll be much
harder to patch things up
this time. But to be honest,
I dont think actual peace
was an option yet. The two
parties dont really trust
each other in the first place.
Im not saying its
impossible but that its
rather difficult. The history
and cultural differences
between the two parties
make it hard to truly
reconcile with each other.
Too much distrust is what
caused the Fallen 44
tragedy in the first place. If
there was really any
intention of establishing