It is about time to shift our economic and political gears towards a greener Philippines when it comes to politics and economics and all aspects of sociological and public administration of the country. For so long the US government is being so good with us since World War 2 were the Filipino citizens fought war with the US hand in hand in the pacific and the Philippines. But on the contrary, since World War 2 our economic stability and our world ranking in terms of economics and trade are still lagging behind compared to other Asian and ASEAN countries.
As a comparison, the war in Vietnam is
just recent compared to the war in the Philippines (WW2) but we can boldly see
the difference in its economic recovery of Vietnam is far fast compared to the
Philippines. Burma, Lao and Cambodia are
also rising in terms of economics and trade but why does Philippines who is a
“bond of brother” of US in the Pacific is still among the struggling economy in
Asia and ASEAN. Is our big brother
helping us or just sucking our resources (human resources to be specific) to
make their economy fat?
AGRICULTURE:
In
terms of agriculture, I’ve never seen any farm equipment used by local farmers
that are made by US manufacturers.
Instead Kubota and other farm machines are used by local farmers instead
of John Deere. Moreover, instead of
giving and sharing their technological advancement, U.S. farm companies like
Dole and other companies who are using our lands are just giving a portion of
the money to the owners for rent but they are getting a huge economic profit if
we try to calculate the whole economic benefit.
As a fact, Filipino farmers will always be a “Juan Tamad” even though
how much effort we put into our farming livelihood. The term “Juan Tamad” is already a societal disease,
even how a poor Filipino farmer will try his best to sell his farm goods from
farm to market road the economic output is just the same. In addition, our OTOP farmer products are not
fully recognized in American FDA were small farmers in the Philippines has no
chance to widen its agri-products in US. Instead, Dole and other American
agricultural companies in the Philippines has the sole monopoly to transport
the farm goods from the Philippines to US.
Does it mean we are just the backyard garden of US that when they need
to cook some vegetables they can just go to the Philippines and get it with
their US private company counterparts?
As
Filipinos, why are we always waiting for the so called US AID when we can make
our own agriculture finished products far more innovative compared to the
American made IF AND ONLY we have enough agricultural knowledge and expertise
in scientifically managing our farms.
POLITICS
AND MILITARY:
Recently,
the American equipment’s is now in transit going to US territory for
evacuation. Is these a good sign for the
future of Philippine politics and military capabilities? If we try to examine
the military capabilities of the Philippines, Philippine Military power is far
behind compared to other Asian and ASEAN countries conceding that we are the
direct ally of the Americans in the Pacific. Are we just ally in the signing of
treaties in NATO and UN? Likewise,
Military exercises since before are giving no improvement to the capabilities
and military tactics of the Philippine Military but just plain “Push-ups” and
“Sit-ups” to boost the Philippine Military’s stamina for more hardships in Julo
Islands.
On
the contrary, Russian Military is offering the newest line of MI 17 and other attack
helicopters to the Philippines while the Philippine Military is sending a
“buzz” across the net that Philippine Military is planning to acquire such
advance helicopter. Do you think US
can share their “Black Hawks” to the Philippine Navy or just the “Push-ups” and
“sit-ups”. Are we really their ally or
just dummy ally?
Philippine Military Training to be Night's Watch With US Forces #Valyriansword
Hopefully the Future of Philippine Military
Mi 35, 8, 17
RUSSIAN NAVY POWER
S-400 Advance Air Defense System
Russian Advance Weaponry
Finally,
we can apprehend that we need to stand our own as a Filipino in all walks of
life. A saying which says… “Give a
Man a Fish, and You Feed Him for a Day. Teach a Man To Fish, and You Feed Him
for a Lifetime”. Why can’t they teach us with their farming technology
instead of giving us their sack of US AID?
Dear
Filipinos, we cannot be forever dependent with that sack of US AID in our
household. We need to innovate our own native products and productively help
our nationals and maybe in the future we can help other Asian and ASEAN
countries and beyond showing to the world that we are economically and
agriculturally sufficient to provide our own food. And I personally believe that we can achieve
that when in our hearts we have the spirit of “TAMPANG AT MALASAKIT”
#tapangatmalasakit.
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