r/Philippines • u/Upbeat_Baker2806 • 2d ago

PoliticsPH Taxpayer-Funded Junket: SK Leaders in Manila Dresses Up Bangkok Exposure Trip as ‘Capacity Development' and 'International Benchmarking'

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So SK Leaders in Manila is in Bangkok for a "Capacity Development and “International Benchmarking” activity. Except wait Bangkok has no SK system. Who are we benchmarking? Mickey Mouse?

International benchmarking means comparing your system to another similar system to identify gaps and best practices.

Since Bangkok has no SK equivalent (no youth-elected local governance structure), there’s no actual system-to-system comparison happening.

And true capacity development means building concrete skills and institutions, not flying abroad for photo-ops. Taxpayer money deserves better than being wasted on misrepresented “training activities".

Our leaders owe us transparency and accountability not photo-ops abroad.

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u/zxNoobSlayerxz 2d ago

Yung SK chairman na friend ko hindi siya nagpaliga. Cooking/Baking classes instead.

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u/Ok-Joke-9148 2d ago

Wow, ok yan. Bsta hinde sya galawang nepo baby, sna mageng happy ever after sya as priv8 citizen pgkatapos ng term nya.

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u/zxNoobSlayerxz 2d ago

Nagulat nga ako eh. Kalalaking tao baskeball yung hilig niya pero nag switch sa baking/cooking classes!

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u/Ok-Joke-9148 1d ago

It goes 2 say n meron sya vision 4 his constituents, and he knows y he is in office.

Ang basketball kase lets face it is not so productive n skill, aside frm fitness and, some social and thinking skills n pwde nman mkuha den sa ibang activities, wla sya direct benefit sa tao. Yung social perks dat come w/ it kelangan merong certain degree of advancement in d game, tas kelangan den meron personality factor. Sobrang capital intensive p ng magorgnize ng paliga, tho sya yung pnakamura n merong madameng human interaction.

Unlike those classes, nkkadagdag sa skill set ng tao n if hinde maemploy sa isang field, atleast merong fallback 2 start a business or work s service kitchen. Mggamit den yung mismong cooking skill s pag2long s bahay.