Soon all clocks will register the same time all around the country.
House Bill 6905, or the Philippine Standard Time (PST) Bill was filed by 19 lawmakers and was passed and approved on third and final reading at the House of Representatives, reading for transmission to the Senate.
This bill aims to address the lack of an official time in the country.
Main author of the bill Rep. Magtanggol Gunigundo explained,
“With a synchronized set PST, we can welcome a new year in unison, blend time sensitive chemical mixtures like medicine and food ingredients, and synchronized security locks and other devices. By synchronizing the official watches and clocks in the entire archipelago, all Filipinos can sing the national anthem at the same time.”
This is good news only if our government officials are not arriving late on speaking engagements and their sessions (if not always absent).
The serious question though is, do Filipinos really have a sense of time? More than setting all the clocks around the to a certain standard in order for us to a synchronized chronology of things, are the Filipinos have a sense of chronological time? Or the discipline to respect and value time and that of other people’s time?
anyabelle
3 days ago
Well, I certainly hope this changes things. No more excuses as to why one’s late for a meeting and such.
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elmot
1 day ago
Thanks for the comment Anyabelle.
It will certainly usher some changes for more positive things. No more lat Filipinos for work? hmmm…maybe the next bill to be submitted in Congress is how to decongest and eradicate traffic in Metro Manila.
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anyabelle
1 day ago
Thanks
elmot
1 day ago
You are welcome; and you are always welcome here on my blog Anyabelle
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Jhay
2 days ago
We value time, not just in the same way Westerners do. Simply because we’re still a semi-feudal society in which time seems to move a bit slower because most of us still live in rural areas compared to the fast-paced life in the industrialized cities and countries of the West.
The PST bill is a welcomed development though, it may be simple and mundane for some, but it will show its fruits in due time, pun intended!
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elmot
1 day ago
I agree on that one Bro, we value time. But our sense of time is different than that of the western world. If they value time as “chronos” or the chronological order of things and events; Filipinos however value time as “kairos” or the meaning of the moment.
We are still quite rural in terms of our understanding of time and our behaviors towards it, that sometimes alienate us when radically plunged into the western concept of it.
I like this bill too; only if our government officials themselves follow time and respect it; not arriving late on speaking engagements and using all the sirens in order for them to go ahead of others in a road full of traffic.
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jan geronimo
2 days ago
That’s very interesting. This lawmaker’s profundity drives me speechless. Or perhaps I need an aspirin? Whatever…
elmot
1 day ago
I also never thought there are also lawmakers who are still using their common sense on crafting laws: quick to act on proposed laws that will not spoil their sources of income, but so lazy on creating laws that will make this nation a better place.
I guess, I will have to share with you that aspirin Bro.
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internet savings accounts
2 days ago
Of course learning the value of time is really important.Because you can never turn it back.
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elmot
1 day ago
If there is two things that we cannot turn back or return: time and words we have spoken.
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ian
2 days ago
sana ay maging batas ang philippine standard time bill.
elmot
1 day ago
Thanks for the comment Ian.
Palagay ko magiging batas nga ito, kasi hindi “pork barrel” ng mga congressmen ang pinag uusapan eh, wahahaha!
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ceblogger
17 hours ago
i set my clock and cellphones at 40 minutes advance. but i seldom arrive ahead of schedule unless i’d be left behind if i arrive late.
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