We are poor because we are a country of contradictions (by Christian Monsod)
1. We are an agrarian economy but we import rice and other agri product;
2. We have abundant fishery resources but we have dwindling fish harvest;
3. Our coco industry has earned billions of pesos but our coco farmers are poor;
4. Our workers are among the best but don't have security of tenure in their own country;
5. We have huge mineral resources but poverty incidence is highest in the mining sector;
6. The indigenous people who used to own land are now land-poor;
7. We have some of the best social justice and empowerment laws but corrupted govt officials, judicial rulings that victimize the poor.
The big question is "can Pres. Aquino's administration truly provide the transformational leadership the country badly needs?" Hmmmmm
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