We Need A Presidential Hero For PH, Especially Agriculture!

Why is it that no presidentiable is talking about PH Agriculture when it is the #1 industry in the Philippines and millions of people are directly dependent on it for their foods and finances?

I have a for-my-eyes-only Word-file that says:

There should be a survey on the Presidentiables’ individual Vision, Mission & Strategies, VMS, for the country. That will force them to come up with their own VMS package; then we can intelligently select!

Above, my photo was taken on my extended ViewSonic 20 monitor on Tuesday, 24 April 2018, one of many Windows 10accidental collages I was able to catch onscreen (on my Lenovo Core i7 laptop). Everything you see is part of the W10 collage, including day and date – I had to look into the image data to determine the year: Digital data doesn’t lie.

Our choice for the next PH President cannot be personal – it must be based on what the candidates said in the past, and what they are saying now. The statements must not be scattered – they must be consciously more or less nationally directed.

Here is an example of what I mean by Vision, borrowing from Servant Leader & Secretary of Agriculture William Dar –
“Science with a happy Filipino face.”

Mr Dar’s original was “Science with a human face” – the slogan with which as Servant Leader he guided the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics(ICRISAT) from dead last to #1 from 2000 to 2014 (3 terms). ICRISAT is based in India. Mr Dar is now in the Philippines; while unfortunately, he is notrunning for President, we can learn from him about VMS!

On the right of the above image are a few recognizable faces of PH National Heroes; I recognize Apolinario Mabini, Jose Rizal, and Andres Bonifacio. Which kind of hero do we need for the Philippines today to lead us?

My choice is the middle – Rizal, because he was an intellectual as well as a true farmer seen when on exile in Dapitan, Mindanao. In an article in the National Historical Commission website, ANN says (Author Not Named, undated, “Museo Ni Jose Rizal, Dapitan” (NHCP.gov.ph):

For four years (1892-1896), Rizal kept himself busy with various pursuits and occupations: as an educator, doctor, farmer, artist, architect and engineer, entrepreneur, archaeologist, and naturalist.

Rizal cultivated a 34-hectare farm in Katipunan, Zamboanga del Norte, some 38 kilometers south of Talisay, Dapitan… Rizal also put up a school and dormitory for boys in Talisay… With engineering and architectural skills, he built a dam and waterworks in Talisay and set up the town plaza of Dapitan with street lighting.

Rizal had studied medicine and already a practicing surgeon – barehanded, he began literally from scratch and studied how to farm with only those local boys helping him. 34 hectares! That’s like the President minding Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao today. Rizal needed not a one-track mind but a multi-track and multi-task brain to succeed. Rizal knew he was doing it for his country.

We need a National Hero for President today!@517