4Cs, not C4: Solutions for PNP-AFP, anti-terror, politics, culture, ‘misencounters’

The Philippine National Police-Armed Forces of the Philippines (PNP-AFP) incident last week — was it a rubout or a misencounter? Is it to be seen as a matter of facts, of law (or justice), of policy or of what? This is among the many issues in the Philippines that could be easily be reduced and, with applying a few principles, could put the Philippines solidly on the footing of becoming a consistent rather than a “wishy-washy” culture, a respected, dynamic country. Building an organization or this nation is often like building a castle on sand. The same types of problems happen again and again.

“Misencounters,” missing funds, vast overpricing, double titles on properties, fraternity deaths — who are responsible for unconscionable contracts; who is the source of fake news and fake histories; what is fake and what is real? Many of the amazing jaw-dropping news that happen every other week have simple obvious solutions that half our population knows of, but 90 percent of our population can critique but don’t really care to change, and some 10 percent are able to benefit from despite the problems.