CORRUPTION, DEFPRETRATION. LANDSLIDES. DEATH AND MEA CULPA (tags)
“The reasons for the degradation of our forests are corruption and our own shortcomings,” admitted Secretary Lito Atienza of Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in a New Year message to his department personnel. A common knowledge among Filipinos, Atienza's admonishment, hardly created a ripple in Manila were ordinary citizens had almost but accepted corruption is an integral part of governance in the island nation.
“Rage. Rage against the dying of the light.” Monico “Ka Togs” Atienza passed away peacefully lastDecember 5, 2007 in the Philippines after a long andarduous struggle to live and serve. A staunch nationalist and a revolutionary, he leftbehind tons of work that will forever serve as hislegacy to his friends, comrades and his beloved people. He dutifully served as the president of the FirstQuarter Storm Movement (FQSM) when it was organized in2001. During and before this time, from 1986 to 2001,many impostors and fly-by-night leaders like GeneralVictor Corpus, Rolly Kintanar and others tried to usethe FQS legacy for their selfish political ends.