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The Recent SONA of PGMA

are all but Praises

The just recent SONA was very  rosy, in terms of infrastructure projects that the government is doing, and about to do. The US Dollar is weakening, and the Philippine Peso is becoming strong, from a low of 50, to a high of 45—and is hoped to hit 43 by the end of this year, or early next year.

We are now lagging behind its neighbors, economically. South Korea was behind the Philippines during the 60s going into the 70s. Poverty is still widespread, and jobs are hard to find, although there are jobs for college graduates such as at call centers. Job contractualization is still rampant, and we don’t see the end of it.

In the urban centers, we could see signs of poverty. We could hear laments of helplessness, and unemployment. Economic hardships are almost everywhere--seen in everyday life of Filipinos. This is the State of our countrymen—we are still languishing in the doldrums.

Budget deficit is still in the 46 Billion peso-bracket. Please don’t paint a rosy picture of our country. No make-up artist can cover the problems. The Philippines is languishing in poverty. Jobs are hard to find, and if you can find, you could sense the job is contractual. Let us not fool our contrymen—just tell them what they want to hear, which is the truth, and nothing but the truth!

Mindanao is still in the dark, and remain to be the “land of promise,” because we could hear promises of development that don’t come. That’s why the place is always the scenes of kidnappings, and they turn to these contorted scenario just to get money and attention.

When will we hear truthful SONA from a lame duck president, instead of painting a beautiful and rosy picture of our country? ***