Ratsada sa Inquirer featured Fred Mison and Erin Tanada,some of the best and most progressive leaders of our time

Yesterday's show, Ratsada sa Inquirer was fun and highly entertaining. We have as guest, Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Fred Mison and a representative from Megaworld. Our co-hosts Deputy speaker Erin Tanada and social media maven Noemi Dado were in their element yesterday, asking guests and putting relevant and highly important questions. 


Mison is one of the most promising public servants around. Having graduated at the top of his class at West Point, the US military academy and likewise, became a lawyer shortly after his graduation from the academy, Mison is one of the most principled men in government. 


We asked several questions to Mison, including one about uploading posted by our co-host Erin Tanada. By the way, Erin just came from a climate change summit in Rio de Janeiro. He also reported his accomplishments.


Like Mison, Erin Tanada is one of the most idealistic and most promising legislators of our generation. Tanada is the deputy speaker of the 15th Congress and by far, the most energetic and the most dynamic legislator in our history.


The show was exciting and fun because we had a dynamic group that discussed things in gusto. Social media advocates Juanxi and Tonyo Cruz took turns asking questions to Mison and Erin, and even convinced the Deputy Speaker to actively promote and advocate the passage of the Freedom of Information act.


Tonyo Cruz even pointed out that among countries in Asia, it is only in the Philippines where there is no FOI. Tanada said that he will continue advocating for its passage.


Next show we will be focusing our discussion on the Freedom of Information bill.

Ratsada sa Inquirer tomorrow

Tomorrow June 16, 2012 is a pretty busy day for me. Noemi Dado, a colleague of mine, will pitch-hit for the first time with me on the show, Ratsada sa Inquirer (8-9am over at Radio Inquirer 990 khz). A good friend from the workers' party will also be a guest, along with representatives from Teleperformance and Lenddo.com. What is Lenddo? Find out for yourself tomorrow.


Listen as we give you a rundown of the most important news events that shaped our history these past week. Erin Tanada will also give us an update on the Universal Health care program.


If you want to suggest something for the show, email us at ratsadainquirer@gmail.com. I will also be setting up a Ratsada sa Inquirer Facebook page, and a twitter page very soon.


INteract with us tomorrow, my friends. 

Erin Tanada pushes for passage of Freedom of Information bill

In my interview with Congressman Erin Tanada, he said that it would have been different if The Freedom of Information bill was passed prior to the impeachment. The impeachment would have been immaterial, since under the FOI bill, all government officials would have been required to post the SALNs in their respective websites. Anybody who is interested on studying the SALN would have gained access into it and would have been satisfied.


The interview came during my show yesterday over at Radio Inquirer 990 khz. In the first episode of Ratsada sa Inquirer, we guested Erin Tanada who happens to be one of the lead prosecutors during the impeachment of the Chief Justice.


Tanada admitted publicly for the first time that they only expect 16 guilty votes. What really tilted the outcome in their favor was when Chief Justice "walked" out of the impeachment trial. That really convinced some of the senators to render a strong verdict.


Tanada also said that the Chief Justice impeachment trial taught us all a lesson--that is transparency in governance applies to all government officials, regardless of rank and status.


Tanada is currently advocating for the passage of the FOI since this will institutionalize calls for transparency in all governmental actions.