A Letter to the President of the Philippines

July 24, 2018
Cabalangegan, Vigan City
Province of Ilocos Sur

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
Malacañang Palace Compound
J.P. Laurel St., San Miguel, Manila Philippines


Hello Sir, good day! I'm Kaeziel Maxime C. Flores, a student of Ilocos Sur National High School, Vigan City, Ilocos Sur. I wrote this letter because I would like to express my feelings and opinions about the things that you implemented.

I was so sad when I heard the news about "Death Penalty". Everyone has the right to live. We are all aware about the "Human Rights", our rights. It was like you deprived their chance to live long because of that Extra Judicial Killings that you implemented. Every day, many lives have been lost because of that and it was so sad.

I would like to recommend that you should at least let the victim explain his/her side because sometimes although he/she wasn't part of the illegal thing. If he/she is one the part where the illegal doings was being held, police immediately thought that they really part of it. Everyone has the right to speak out and you should listen to them so that it will lessen the lives that will sacrifice. That's all. Thank you, have a good day Sir!

Respectfully yours,
Kaeziel Maxime C. Flores

Ancestors, Sacrifices and Freedom

Independence Day is a special day because on this day, everyone enjoys freedom from the Spanish rule since the years of slavery. On this special occasion, that we celebrated every 12th of June, we remember the great figures of people who made significant contributions to the Independence. But are we really giving significance of all their sacrifices?

They dream to be free from all the rulers so that they can do all the things they want to do, they will be the masters of their destiny. Other countries want to colonize our own country maybe because of all our resources that could make their everyday living easier. We, Filipinos should be thankful that although they didn't completely achieved the freedom we really aim, at least they've tried and fight for us, for our own good on the upcoming years. We got our freedom behind all the sacrifices of our beloved ancestors. We celebrate this said occasion to make this a motivation to other so that they would be inspired to do the same thing, although not exactly the same but at least try to retain the good image of our country.

We must not take it for granted, we must give importance of all their sacrifices. We will never be where we are right now not because of them, not because of their sacrifices. Continue building our country so that we will have a developed home. 

reference: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Philippine_Independence%2C_July_4_1946.jpg/250px-Philippine_Independence%2C_July_4_1946.jpg