#LetChangeBeginWithMe

Change has finally arrived, and we at The Standard would like to be part of this transition. Share with us your thoughts and pledges on how you wish to be part of this change, and let The Standard share this to the world. 

The top 10 most creative posts will receive special prizes from The Standard. 

Mechanics:

1. Share a status, a creative photo or artwork of the changes you wish to make as a Filipino in support of our new President on your Facebook or Instagram account with the hashtag #LetChangeBeginWithMe. Your post/image should contain a description of what changes will you adopt to help make a better Philippines.
    
2. Tag us at www.facebook.com/TheStandardcomph, or  www.twitter.com/TheStandard_PH. All posts should be received from June 22 to June 28 at 11:59 p.m., Philippine Standard Time. The top 10 posts will be published in our special supplement to welcome President Rodrigo Duterte on June 30. All posts and photo entries that we find inspiring and shareable will be posted on www.thestandard.com.ph. 
    
3. The post or photo entry must be owned by the person submitting it; no other entity should have rights, claims and interests on the submitted photographs. They must be original, unpublished and free of watermarks, markings or borders.
    
4. Participants submitting photos must have sufficient permission and consent from any recognizable models or other persons appearing in the photograph.
    
5. Entering the contest signifies that the participant grants The Standard the right to display, exhibit and publish the entry outside the contest.
    
6. All prizes are non-transferrable and not convertible to cash.
    
7. Entries should not have been entered in any other contest or submitted to other publications.

 

What’s coming? Change is coming.

On June 30, the country will witness another milestone – the transfer of power from President Benigno Aquino III to the 16^th President of the Republic, Rodrigo Roa Duterte. To pay tribute to the historic win of Duterte, The Standard will publish a special supplement to welcome his administration. Entitled “Welcome, President Duterte,” the said special will focus on the many issues that the incoming administration will face and address in the next six years.

Is change really coming with the election of Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte as president of the Philippines? Or is he just reinforcing the “macho” image of the man on the street popularized by former president Joseph Estrada and dozens of action movie and teleserye heroes? As early as a few days after the election, he was already accused of political payback when he contemplated the appointment of his campaign supporters to Cabinet and other appointive positions. His attitude towards many social concerns has been criticized as barbaric and medieval.

We want to be at the forefront in exploring the issues that surround the incoming President, as well as issues that were discussed on the campaign trail, the presidential debates broadcast on radio, TV and the Internet and written about and commented on in print and on websites and blogs.

1. Offering Cabinet posts to Communists
2. Wants to revive death penalty
3. Pushes federal form of government
4. Foreign policy
5. Views on religion, anti-Catholic statements
6. The Punisher: Davao death squad
7. Views on women
8. Views on cultural minorities, LGBT

Let our nation that voted for change give a warm welcome to the new leadership. Change has finally arrived.