Comments on: Violence Looms over Upcoming Poll http://the-diplomat.com/2010/02/02/violence-looms-over-upcoming-poll/ Know The Diplomat, Know Asia Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:42:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha By: wowie http://the-diplomat.com/2010/02/02/violence-looms-over-upcoming-poll/#comment-2981 wowie Fri, 30 Apr 2010 05:09:11 +0000 http://the-diplomat.com/?p=3518#comment-2981 If only the Philippine government would invest more effort in addressing the problems in Mindanao, the country would be a lot more stable and peaceful. The problem is, the government doesn't give much important to this part of the country because a lot of the wealthy and influencial people are not living in this part of the country! Much of our national budget is spent on the Metro Manila area and only a few trikles on the rest of the country. I think its high time that the country should shift to a federal form so that the people of Mindanao will have their own policy makers and run their own affairs according to whats best for them. People in Manila couldn't fix the problem in Mindanao because they have little knowledge in the culture and lifestyle of people in Mindanao! They only read about these things in books that, for my part, are rarely accurate! The former senator, Raul Roco, have exposed anomalies in the Department of Education in the procurement of textbooks and an expat here in Cebu has exposed that the textbook used by the students here have a lot of errors in its content but still the department of education didn't do anything about it! You see, historically, our past have been padded by our own historical writers, its a hypocritical writing of our history! it's a history of hypocritical accounts. If we can correct our past, maybe, we can solve our problems by being aware of the mistakes in the past. It won't "just the it is here". If only the Philippine government would invest more effort in addressing the problems in Mindanao, the country would be a lot more stable and peaceful. The problem is, the government doesn’t give much important to this part of the country because a lot of the wealthy and influencial people are not living in this part of the country! Much of our national budget is spent on the Metro Manila area and only a few trikles on the rest of the country. I think its high time that the country should shift to a federal form so that the people of Mindanao will have their own policy makers and run their own affairs according to whats best for them. People in Manila couldn’t fix the problem in Mindanao because they have little knowledge in the culture and lifestyle of people in Mindanao! They only read about these things in books that, for my part, are rarely accurate! The former senator, Raul Roco, have exposed anomalies in the Department of Education in the procurement of textbooks and an expat here in Cebu has exposed that the textbook used by the students here have a lot of errors in its content but still the department of education didn’t do anything about it! You see, historically, our past have been padded by our own historical writers, its a hypocritical writing of our history! it’s a history of hypocritical accounts. If we can correct our past, maybe, we can solve our problems by being aware of the mistakes in the past. It won’t “just the it is here”.

]]> By: Bill. http://the-diplomat.com/2010/02/02/violence-looms-over-upcoming-poll/#comment-35 Bill. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:19:38 +0000 http://the-diplomat.com/?p=3518#comment-35 I live in the Philippines now and have been here for 2 years. There are distinct ties between the Manila elites and the problems in Mindanao. It is common knowledge, but, in a country where most people are just trying to survive, something happening elsewhere is not of importance unless it directly affects them. This country is run be a few billionaire families that were in power when we gave the Filipinos their "freedom" over 50 years ago. The US has helped these wealthy families to maintain control in the years since. The US is to blame for many of the problems occurring here by the lack of concern for our one-time colony. But, as there is nothing here that our US elites want, the Philippines are ignored. Too bad. They are a really great people who just want a chance. I live in the Philippines now and have been here for 2 years. There are distinct ties between the Manila elites and the problems in Mindanao. It is common knowledge, but, in a country where most people are just trying to survive, something happening elsewhere is not of importance unless it directly affects them.

This country is run be a few billionaire families that were in power when we gave the Filipinos their “freedom” over 50 years ago. The US has helped these wealthy families to maintain control in the years since. The US is to blame for many of the problems occurring here by the lack of concern for our one-time colony. But, as there is nothing here that our US elites want, the Philippines are ignored. Too bad. They are a really great people who just want a chance.

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