Let me rant a little. I just can’t pass this up.
It was in the news yesterday that the UST Alumni Association gave a recognition award to Mocha Uson. She is an appointed assistant secretary to the Presidential Communications Operations Office by no less than their president Duterte. Prior to that she maintained a blog (until now) at FB proliferating fake news in favor of the administration. And still prior to that she was a singer (kuno) and a dancer. She is a Med Tech graduate of UST.
I am an alumna of the university and I deeply feel that she does not deserve this award. The UST administration has nothing to do with the giving of this recognition to her but it was the prerogative of the alumni association which operates separately from the UST administration. UST is being bashed and dragged down by those people who are misinformed in the social media.
What has she done to deserve this award? What has she done to the welfare of the UST alumni? She’s been in the government for just a few months. She still continues with her FAKE news. And those who are gullible enough believe her. This government is going to the dogs. When you are a pro-Duterte and you promote what he is doing to the country, you are assured of a seat. Never mind if you are qualified or not as long as you make yourself close to him. What a shame!
The UST Alumni president explained that they give awards to those graduates who work in the government. Period. Maybe it is about time for them to amend their rules/policies and give rewards to those who are truly and sincerely working in the government. There are so many Thomasians out there who are more worthy of emulation.
The UST Alumni Association is supposed to represent us, the alumni. We as Thomasians are supposed to exemplify the core values of Competence, Compassion and Commitment. Meron ba nun si Mocha? They sullied the good reputation of the university. How sad!
Just my two cents.
😦 There is a proliferation of fools in charge, isn’t there? And fools love awards whether they signify anything real or not. “The Emperor’s New Clothes” has come to life all over the world, it seems.
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Yes, yes, yes. I wholeheartedly agree Kitty. This is just so disgusting. I am annoyed with what they did. Thank you for your nice comments.
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I have been ranting about this in my twitter all day yesterday. It is just beyond disappointing po talaga. haaaaay
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Nakakainis lang talaga di ba? ako rin, sumasagot ako dun sa mga di nakakaalam. they are blaming UST for it but it was not involved with the awarding and recognition. Handpicked nga lang daw ng president ng alumni association which is a separate entity from UST itself. It’s the fault of the alumni association and the president does not want to admit it. Hay!
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and did you see po the program? her name and 2 others were like just inserted through a pasted piece of paper…
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I saw the invitation sent by my mentor, a Dominican priest. Mukhang isiningit pati yung pangalan ni Rector eh. Afterthought? Baka may hidden agenda yung presidente.
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mukha nga pong naisingit lang. i dont wanna judge pero parang ang dating eh may gustong hinging pabor later on ung presidente ng USTAA (or baka meron na nga).
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Haha, sinabi mo. Dapat if you live by the ideals of the university, nagawa mo na hindi yung gagawin mo pa lang at encourage yung nabigyan ng award to do good. Sorry to say, i don’t believe in Mocha. Kahit dito sa presidente, mukhang ewan.
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Tama si VP Leni. Our country is being enveloped by a cloud of darkness. I didn’t expect a Catholic university to be a part of it. Disappointing!
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It;s the fault of the alumni president, not UST. Kindly read the official statement of UST on my succeeding post regarding this. But still of course the name of the university is being dragged down.
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Here we have fools who know nothing being appointed judges or heads of agencies because they participated in Trump’s campaign. They aren’t even trying to pretend the appointees are qualified. I see the same thing is happening with your alumni association.
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Same here, not just about that award but in our govt. too. All those who helped in the president’s campaign had choice seats in the govt. Appointments left and right even those who are not qualified. How good could that be?
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One judge nominee was actually rejected because he couldn’t answer basic questions in the hearing to approve him.
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Ayayay, it is happening all over I guess. Where are we going?
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[…] We all know Mocha doesn’t deserve that award so I won’t dwell on that. Twitter is chock-full of scathing reactions. Or you could read a rant from a UST alumnus here. […]
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You are right maybe it’s time UST would also supervise the USTAA. their name is at stake here.
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