What's On & Expat - Philippines

Datu Macapanton Jihad C. Abbas, III.
Filipino
Businessman

      It’s a game between East and West, on who will liberate the Bangsa Moro Homeland and its people, and dominate the economic and political advantages of the region. The Filipinos, on the other hand, are so clueless on what is really happening and don’t even realize that Luzon and Visayas are already being run and controlled by the Chinese. Four hundred years of endless tyranny- 300 years by the Spaniards, 50 years by the Americans and 50 years by the Philippine Republic. May it be another thousand years, but the Bangsa Moro People (indigenous people of Mindanao) will never bow down to anyone except God.
 

Jean Cenede
French
Tech Diver

        It’s a wrong move for the government. They must have serious peace talks, or else this thing will just go nowhere.

Christopher SyCip Frondoso
Filipino
Businessman

     Basilan and Sulu are flashpoints and trouble zones due to various social and political problems. Also the lack of political will, inept law enforcement and corruption and incompetence has allowed it to remain as such. A thorough understanding of the people, culture and situation would be the first step to resolve the troubles.
 

Vic Caparroso Jr.
Filipino
AM-Service Manager
Bank of the Philippine Islands, Greenhills Branch

   It should stop. Innocent people are dying. The government should address this problem. I believe poverty is the root cause of everything with deeper problems embedded into this war such as social injustice and poverty.

Terrie Gutierrez
Filipino
Managing Editor
Travel Life Magazine

    The war in Mindanao has only one root - poverty. It’s really a question of the marginalized trying to get their voices and their issues heard by a central government that does not seem to give a damn.
 

Dante Tagongtong
Filipino
Assistant Restaurant Manager
Chili’s Grill and Bar, Greenhills Branch

    It is a burden especially to those who are caught in the war zones. The government is to be blamed for this all out war against the rebels. How can the rebels be defeated if the weapons of the military are not upgraded and if the soldiers are not well-trained, given good salaries and benefits? The rebels have high-caliber weapons but our soldiers have poor weapon quality. These are just some reasons why the rebels are not defeated. Another key issue of all this is graft and corruption.