Despite the usual pledge every Philippine government makes (the Arroyo administration is no exception) when it
Prof. Luis V. Teodoro is a former dean of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication, where he used to teach journalism. He writes political commentary for BusinessWorld.
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Looking who echoes the thought of abandoning the Philippines I saw this two year old article pop up. The condition hasn’t changed, but seems to have deepened. It’s just like humanity roving on Mars: the longing for a better world w/o any measure of scale. But here it’s on islander terms. The cataclysm won’t happen because national cohesion is restored with the flick of a detonator. No need for kiloton TNT equivalents, just a little blood broadcast into every hut will do.