State of denial or Filipinos just don’t care?
A lot of things had happened last week… a loadful of work, value adding experiences and frustrations all packed in one.
Schedule– We had a 2 day HR Managers meeting, 2 day training at AIM (Asian Institute of Management) which are in conflict with the 4 day Oralce–Payroll workshop. I have to ask one of our officers to attend in my behalf for the Oracle workshop.
Honor– Annalyn Jusay published her interview with this blogger at Manila Bulletin’s Oct. 16. 2006 edition of Blog-O-Rama. Thank you for the honor.
Challenges– I have 2 Supervisors, one have resigned to attend to her ailing father, and the other one was advised to bed rest for 2 weeks because of threatened abortion. Furthermore, I have terminated one staff. Two staffs are set to leave for work abroad.
Frustration– As of this writing, my internet connection at home is still down. No thanks to Globe’s Speak and Surf slow response (I will write a full review of that experience once I got hold of the details)
Learnings– This is the fun part. The 2 Day Training at AIM is a short but a productive endeavor. At this early, I am planning how to use the principles and approaches to my division’s year end report. Likewise, I intend to use the systems thinking approach to this blog and hoping to integrate all that I have learned to my future posts.
For the meantime, please allow me to stir up your thoughts and solicit your inputs.
- Do you know that the Philippines competitiveness has steadily declined for the last 50 years since gaining independence? Vietnam has already overtaken us and if we will not get our acts, Bangladesh will overtake us in a year or two.
- Do you know that Vietnam’s former (US) Naval Base has become a sprouting tourist destination? They are able to achieve it by adopting the Philippines Subic Blue Print. Today, this place is far better than our very own Subic.
- Do you know that Malaysia has successfully implemented an IT highway and they are able to do it by adopting the Philippines blue print which up to this point have not been implemented yet?
According to one prominent professor, Malaysia’s former Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohammed, in one of the forum he was invited with business leaders in attendance had said: the key to the prosperity of the Philippines is for the government and business groups to ensure that the “poor” will enjoy the economic benefits.
Mr. Mahathir’s formula is simple, empower the poor economically, and they will spur the economy– they will buy more products which in turn generate demand. Demand for goods and services will also spur job creation.
I remember almost 10 years ago, in my labor relations class with (DOLE undersecretary) Josephus Jimenez, he mentioned that partly, the problem of the Philippines is 80-90% of the resources are controlled by only 10-20% of the population. The remaining 10-20% of the resources will have to be competed by the remaining 80-90% of the society.
Likewise, during PMAP’s 42nd Convention at Lahug, Cebu City last year. I remembered one of the resource person, a top banker, who said that if the elite segment of our society will act as “big brother” to the less fortunate ones, then the progress of this country will not be difficult.
It seems to me that the issue that I became aware of a decade ago is still the issue at present. New leaders have emerged but it seems we are in the state of denial that we failed to recognize the root of the problem: The great social divide and the unwillingness(?) of the powerful to empower the less fortunate ones.
Have we become a society that does not care anymore for the poor? Or is it because Filipinos are one of the happiest people in the world and proven to be resilient, therefore, is always taken advantaged of?
There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing Proverbs 13:23
As an HR practitioner or manager, entrepreneur or plain consumer, Filipino or expats, and believers, how do you think we can help?
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the key to the prosperity of the Philippines is for the government and business groups to ensure that the “poor” will enjoy the economic benefits.
With the kind of people we have in government, this will never happen. People in governent are ore interesed in perpetuating themselves in power. Both administration and opposition are guilty of this. Unless we change our voting preferences, nothing will change.
Business groups on the other hand is more interested in profit and/or keeping their businesses afloat. Neal Cruz has an interesting story on his column Inquirer today with regards to businessmen who are namamangka sa dalawang ilog.
How we can help? We need to act, walk the talk. I am still hopeful that something good will come out of Ang Bagong Pinoy’s good citizenship campaign. Unfortunately, it seems people behind the group are just too busy right now with other advocacies.
Hunger, fear and necessity are the motivators. Some feel \”full\” early and the others later or not at all.
The poorer classes have been hungry so long, that they feel full very fast.
Then add INERTIA to this attitude. Total lack of concern and love for the country does not seem to be apparent in the everyday scene.
The Indian political arena has manipulated the situation and made itself the main beneficiary hand in hand with private enterprise. Small entrepreneurs have a very hard time to begin,sustain and survive. The policing mentality is still stuck in the Raj and Zamindari ethos and is one of the worst culprits in making life difficult.
The poor, lesser brethren are not seen as important and lifting them up and dealing with them with compassion is not one of our better traits. They are seen as fair game. They are being made to fight for every little bit of rights. Policies like reservations in jobs etc are taking away opportunities from meritorious candidates. A little change is now seen with the opening of the economy but not enough is being done. In many instances more controls have been imposed.
Until the ruling class opens its heart, I wonder really if we will ever flower to our full potential.
The problem with us filipinos is more of complacency… the thing is…no matter what you do to help and try to make the motherland \”the powers that be\” always weigh things and take only themselves into consideration… sawa
na ang tao… how can we change and move forward when the very managers we have elected are just raking in the profits of their elective positions….
I was watching tv the other night and saw a place (i forgot where) where almost 90% of the kids had ring worms… imagine, had the tv show not done anything, nobody would\’ve… not the local government, not the national
government…
local government spends too much time talking about things that they would like to do as projects and are very good at spending for these… national government always bicker, and fight each other… can you imagine, a whole
generation watching these supposed \”learned\” people wasting time away and doing nothing?
just like poverty, the only true secret to alleviation of poverty is through quality education… the problem is, politicians do not like increasing the middle class simply because the lower class would vote for them even for
just a sack of rice…
most problems we have in society are simple enough to solve but takes government millions and billions of pesos to do so, if they do so… like the problem of squatters, there would be no squatters if the Meralco or the
MWSS do not let these people have water and electricity… even if the politicians go after them… i have nothing against squatters… and i believe that they are people too…
how does government address squatting problems? they simply take these people out and send them to far flung areas without any sign of employment, education and basic necessities like water and electricity….
then they leave them where they are…
Sino ba naman matutuwa… it all boils down again to education… if these people had access to quality education would they be squatters?
I totally agree with you. But what must we do?
It is not enough for us ordinary Filipinos to feel, hear and read all of these sentiments, studies and statistics. We, all of us, should start to be agents of change if we want change. We can not change our culture, the sordid state that we are in, by just forming a movement, rallying in streets, texting or forwarding e-mail messages.
We all should participate in a constitutional or legal exercise.
we must go to the grassroots and search for Servant leaders.
Our country does not need any EDSA revolution or any military intervention. It has obviously failed us and will definitely fail us again. We have nobody else to blame but ourselves. We allowed this to happen. By
being indifferent, tribal and selfish. What\’s happening to us is simply Newton\’s Law or to some, Karma. We are just reaping what we have sown.
But we must never lose hope. We are the ones who did this……we have the capacity to undo it. Just like in this community of business people. This is a fantastic start. There is the spirit of giving and sharing. If we can only channel this energy to every other aspect of our lives and into the society. Peace, Progress and Prosperity is inevitable.
What we need is a CULTURAL REVOLUTION.
Cultural revolution may take time, probably a generation or two but someone has to start this. Us. No one else. Not the trapos, not the oligarchs, not the foreigners. But us, ordinary Filipinos.
Ordinary Filipinos can still do extraordinary things for his country. This is the only one we have. We must take care of it. WE MUST CARE and do something about it. Let us start with ourselves and spread the virus to others specially the C, D and E sectors of the society.
Thank you for reading. May God bless us all.
I agree with you arnold, The only problem of people going into politics is that they keep forgetting their tasks once elected… but nevertheless that is a good thought…
I think what we should all do is change our mindset and forget being selfish.. we should start thinking of more practical things than dwelling..
What pinoy’s need is to change their mindset, something like a former boss of mine once said we should undergo a paradigm shift…
Instead of telling kids to study hard so that they can work, why not tell them to study hard so that they can have a business of their own some day…
And also, most of the time, we see groups of people on the street, some political some apolitical and yet…people sitting in the government do not see through their heavily tinted cars and airconditioned offices the actual conditions of living… to make things worse… we are the ones paying for their salaries…
The problem is the cycle never ceases.. the best solution is to break free from the cycle… and just do things… spontaneously… like giving time to teach the poor.. let them feel that they have what it takes… even without the silver spoon, they can make it..
Maybe we can come up with a group that could discuss and help provide action on certain matters that would affect our children and our children’s childrens’ lives..
Mabuhay ang Filipinas, Mabuhay ang Filipino
Mabuhay tayong lahat!
i cannot expect my “rich” brothers to support me but rather i expect myself to be the source of my own sustenance. but yes i obliged myself to do charitable deeds. i have seen my family worked hard for a living and nothing came easy. i read the renowned book of napoleon hill and confirmed that for everything i work for there will be something in return. i must work smart not only work hard. i met “poor” people in my life but the reason they are poor coz they want easy money out of little or no work. they may be the laziest in the bunch still with no gusto for life has the uncanny ability to complain. this is injustice for me because i work in a way that every peso spent on me by my employer is worth more. then i make it a point that my successor is oriented in a way to bring out that same passion! i just cannot wallow in self pity and blame another. but what i can control is to stop the poor me attitude and challenge life that it made me angry enough to be a richer, bigger & a better person! then, i can conquer anything!! My colleagues at work have a natural tendency to say, “naku wala akong pera…” and i cringe. so whenever i hear this i personally reach out to them and tell ‘em, “do not ever say that again because it is not true!” i think they say it out of habit – i mean these people have money 15th and 30th of every freakin month! see the glass half full probably then you won’t feel so sorry about yourself – and probably the glass may even be overflowing! i had to develop the spirit and principle of entrepreneurship in me! a lady on tv was down and out but had P200 in her pocket. then came the idea of making rags, she then collected excess cloth from factories and using her decade old sewing machine turns a couple of hundreds into hundreds of thousands. that did not come easy i bet but the hunger to be something bigger and getting out of the rut no matter how small amount of money she had truly turns hay into gold! im 28 and i’ll be earning my 2nd million before i hit thirty. either way, i’ll keep working hard and working smart. and i bet you my million i will…
if only we can control the population, that’s a start! some are not educated enough to realize having more kids don’t do any good for them. anak na lang ang anak! grrrrrr…as if there’s not enough challenges in their life that they add more. we should have a law limiting births to one or 2 for parents who obviously cannot afford them.
It’s quite unfortunate that we are losing out to erstwhile less progressive countries in terms of competitiveness. We have abundant natural resources, language competency, and highly-trainable human resources. I’ve read some of the discussions on this topic here as well as the Ang Bagong Pinoy forum, and I believe more inputs are coming in. I think there are many brilliant programs that got shot down in flames, and these are successfully rehashed and remodelling by other countries. Too bad. It’s our loss. We may have been a bit too impatient to wait for a program to succeed before killing it. On human resources, I do hope more companies will cease to look at training and development as cost center of the least priority. We have a lot of untapped potentials here. Better trained workers make better products and services. A continuous quest for excellence in products and services when sustained (as opposed to temporary adrenalin-filled campaign for excellence) will show the world a Philippines that is truly world class. We can then show the rest of the world that we are indeed competitive.
@ PKMahesh
As is said, Inertia is the main issue. People are self centered. \’Chalta hai\’ attitude. Vote bank (dirty) politics and the root of corruption is another one for this state of affairs. Anything short of a revolution cannot change the present system. The system of governance must change for any worthwhile progress and development.
I doubt if this has to do with our competitive spirit or declining
work ethic, nor could it have to do with our disregard for the
impoverished. If you check, our OFWs are the most needed worldwide.
It’s just that our local capitalists are willing to invest less on
our workers than foreign capitalists do. Each time labor asks for an
increase for a rise in the minimum wage workers are called tools of
the communists, greedy or inefficient. I remember a time when
businessmen claimed the rise in minimum wages did not reflect a
corresponding increase in productivity. Yet, the same unproductive
workers achieve excellent work when fielded to oil-rich countries or
other first world nations. The difference, aside from culture and
geography? The wages paid.
What then about countries like Vietnam where their economy
supposedly took off faster than ours? Vietnam is run by communists.
Democracy is a foreign word there. Malaysia? How many informed
intellectuals do you have there? How much freedom do they get?
Filipinos may be annoyed by censorship, but among Southeast Asian
coutries, Pinoys have the best deal. Not ideal, but for now it’s
enough.
Filipinos are one of the most hardworking people in the world. No
true Filipino would like to see poverty proliferate over the
country. That doesn’t make sense. Specially when you consider that
if you have more people with money, it levels the playing field. You
probably would have less reasons to commit economic crimes as
everyone has a near-equal chance to make something of
himself/herself.
We can’t totally blame the gov’t either as it have to serve
everybody, including the wealthy. At times the gov’t must make
decisions that affect the middle class, poor or even the heavily-
taxed wealthy.
One way the problem could be alleviated (as opposed to solved) is
for the capitalists to support wage increases. True, not everyone is
worth the money they paid for among labor but an investment in the
Filipino worker is an investment for the country. The worker could
see what’s in it for him/her if hard work pays in terms of an
authentic living wage, not a “getting-by” wage. If corporations can
pay huge salaries, in dollars no less, to imported PBA players, why
then does it cringe when workers ask for some more pesos in their
pockets? Why do corporations have more than 3 vice-presidents when
you only need one to replace their CEO? Why are businesses willing
to spend mucho moolah for technology but complain if the people
under their employ who will work their butts off selling to the
consumers ask for more money? For every worker who believes his/her
money’s enough to expenses and savings, there are literally
thousands of laborers who need extra jobs just to support a family. N
If we want productivity and competitiveness are our moneymen willing
to spend more? Or do we continue the concept of cheap labor which
will only be undermined by other countries who are willing to work
for less?
Why do we impress foreign businessmen but not our local
capitalists? Why is a raise in salary a threat when it should be an
investment?
Or do we vote for totalitarian system of government?
Just some thought.
First off, how do we measure \”competitiveness\”? Competitive in what aspect? We do excellent work in some aspect but suck in others, just like any country.
I think the problem is far more complex and unfortunately for us, creating a negative feedback. Relatively low wage is given to the worker so that our products can compete with the prices abroad, which lowers the buying power of
the people, hence, the lower economy that lowers the value of our Peso and hence, makes it harder for our prices outside to compete, causing traders to skimp on manpower, and so on ad infinitum.
I believe the problem is embeded in the way that our culture views a person\’s value based on their jobs. Ask yourselves: are your katulongs or yayas in your houses being paid the required minimum wage? Do you give them the benefits for SSS, Pag-ibig, PhilHealth, etc? And yet the katulongs are the ones that are taking care of your important assets in your house. And more importantly, your Yayas are taking care of the most important people in your world!!!
Similarly, our line workers for the production of our products are mainly marginalized, not entirely the fault of the owners, mind you. The government is supposed to provide the necessary legislation for equitable wages and
everyone else follows. However, the government is also not giving ample support in the form of monitoring and regulation to ensure even this minimal task is accomplished by all companies. And because neglecting this aspect
lowers the buying power of consumers, the economy suffers and hence, the companies are forced to keep the wages at bay to lower cost.
What happens if the company owners themselves gave a lot of benefits and even a salary increase? If the company is not doing so well (probably because of poor productivity?), they will soon become bankrupt if the economy continues to decline. These companies are usually corporations that have a responsibility also to their investors to realize profits, otherwise, we will not have enough capital to run the business in the first place.
Many (not all) of the labor unions are also not helping. Instead of helping workers and management to find a middle ground for their concerns, these labor groups tend to push for a one-sided workers only consideration and to heck with the company\’s financial concerns. How many factories have we seen operating one day, strike the next and closed soon after that. Who loses in this scenario? Everybody. Just because the company owners have the money doesnt mean they are required to just give it away without ample returns. Imagine yourself depositing your hard-earned money in the bank and later on getting less than what you deposited because the bank is also losing money?
The bottomline is this: if people don\’t start working symbiotically, we will get nowhere. Workers asking for wage increases can probably settle with the company with the company providing less expensive benefits such as health,
insurance, education benefits that will impact the lives of these workers more than just say a P100 a day wage hike. Both workers and capitalist groups can lobby better government legislation, regulation and monitoring to ensure a
better deal for all. The problem always starts when each group pushes forward with their own self-serving agenda without understanding the other group so that a middle ground can be reached.
Furthermore, both groups can take initiatives to be able to educate their ranks amicably towards mutual development.
Until we are able to do this on a larger scale (many companies I worked with have already shown this), we will not be able to push forward.
Cheers!
I think this message is very loud and clear, and it will be more better to address to People sitting in the Goverment. True we are already behind Vietnam, because until now the Vietnamese goverment is running day to day affairs like a moderate communist, it means country resources are controlled and distributed equally and less corruption.
Unlike the Philippines, only powerful family and chinese now control the resources. Politicians are enjoying support from them. I hope most Politicians mind make a u-turn and help distribute resources equally among the Pilipinos and the country prospers.
Should the government always act and the people wait for the government to act? We should remember that in the 50s and 60s while we have a overnment that was stable and very much supported by the American government, we are still considered then as nobody.
If you look at the billionaires of today, these people travelled miles by sea and worked hard to have what they have today. Politicians, of the old school, walked several miles to and from school to get educated. We often hear stories of our parents how they got their education. Now, we are asking ourselves how other countries have left us.
We are alone today because most people keeps on waiting for the government to act when there are already a lot of Non-Government organizations that are ready to assist those who are in need.
If you ask me, if we can only strenghten these organizations so it will not lose money and direct those people in need in these organizations and teach them them the basics of how the cash should be handled I am sure things will turn around.
The Future is always in our hands. Opportunities, legally speaking of course, are endless if one is ready to get a hold of it.
Just a thought.
thanks
This is aptly said as a capitalist regime where the actual workmen are subjugated and underpaid. This is so the phenomena in every country – why only in Philipines? Take for example our country – India – This is precisely the situation of workmen in almost all the companies.
When the inflation level goes up (government apathy against common man) does the wages go up simultaneously? It is an emphatic NO. Then how do you expect the workmen make both ends meet, let alone save something for future or for the upbringing of his children? They ask for wage rise. Here the trade unions controlling the workmen bargain (on behalf of the Management – not workmen – as most of the TU leaders are hand-in-gloves with the Management)and strike a deal – to the detriment of the workmen. Thus the workmen get tuppens as raise. Hence they take to agitation and strike.
Fair wage payment is NOT the order of the day. Most of the big names in the corporate sector, even (non) professionally managed companies too, barring a very few exceptions, are engaged in such unfair labour/trade practices. Therefore the workmen resort to go-slow or ‘productivity’ as per wage/income. The management must ponder over these economic criteria of their workmen. In other words, the cream of the profit is being shared by the executives to the top leaving the bottom barren. Their narrow attitude towards the workmen must change. Say in India, even after 59 years of independence, we can very well see the prevailing scenario in the industrial sector vis-a-vis the plight of the workmen. From the Zamindari system we are now in the slave dynasty. This must change. When we are moving from the 21st century, the outlook, thinking, behaviour, attitude etc. of the top management must change. A humanitarian look with good social welfare schemes even for old, retired ex workers, will boost their morale as they need not worry about their future, will make the worker loyal and discharge their duties diligently and thus the company can prosper with their optimum production thereby enhancing their profits. A share in the profit of the company to the entire organisation – to the lowest most worker – will go a long way.
Here the HR must play an active and vital role. I can write volumes on this subject. Any way I wished to express my thoughts.
Thanks.
Alphonse,
Your inputs are valuable as well.
I agree with you that we have to come up with a group, discuss then take action. How about putting up a cooperative?
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It’s really a good idea to form a co-operative. Unity is strength. A joint action can definitely planned for a fruitful result. I am with u.
Tony Tan Caktiong of Jollibee said that the highest form of philantrophy is job creation.
I guess that’s the battle cry – job creation.
It entails becoming entrepreneurs, and encouraging entrepreneurship.
It requires improving our education, so we can better produce entrepreneurs and qualified workers.
And our population growth must slow down.
We can only one thing at a time. Choose helping in either education or entrepreneurship. Helping in population control is also a big big must.
One thing is sure – bitching and rallying won’t get us anywhere.
Have we become a society that does not care anymore for the poor?
generally, yes. a straightforward and a glaring and a resounding yes!
these could be the reasons why:
1.what i have is not (and will never be) even enough for me, me, and for me..how can i think of sharing with others? i’m so poor! what i am holding couldn’t suffice for the designer clothes, luxury cars, houses, jewelry, power, fame, posh, which i greedily desire.
2.the poor? they are distrustful, they are cheaters, they are liars. lazy and all.
3.i worked sooo hard for my money. how could i give it away? i am stingy, yeah…but…oh well.
4.i feel shy to do anything for them, my poor countrymen..cuz..no one else is doing it also.
5.i feel overwhelmed by their situation. i feel helplessly overwhelmed! how can someone like me do anything at all for them?
IN OTHER WORDS, filipinos have become apaathetic to the poor because
-of their preoccupation with getting as much pleasures as they could while alive,
-two, because of their distrust of the poor which at many times is well-founded,
-three, because oif plain old stinginess and ungenerosty fueled by fear of our ailing economy and lack of the knowledge of a gracious and generous God,
-fifth, weakness,
which all could be summarized into…APATHY AND DENIAL.
WHAT COULD WE DO?
-believe in the God of grace and generosity and mercifulness
-be generous as often and to as many poor people as you could find
-know that no matter how little resources and power you have, you could do something
-have the courage to do something good which no one would expect
-forgive and understand the poor cuz they could be so wicked and godless, ya know…but once helped, they would give you their lives
-do not take advantage of them
-teach them
-do whatever you could to help in any small or big way you could help.
in the bible, moses said soemthing like…you will always have the poor with you. do not be grieved when you open your heart and hand to them. you should give to them wholeheartedly for in so doing, the Lord your GOD WILL BLESS YOU IN WHATEVER YOU DO.
in the new testament, paul said…
They only asked me to remember the poor, which is the very thing i was eager to do.
I guess the rich and powerful are to blame for it, but now that we know the problem, what do you suggest we do about it?
Cheers!
During the first 4 years of our company’s existence, we suffered losses after losses. But I persisted in publishing the Light Touch Magazine having heard from the Lord to ‘publish good tidings’ in Nahum l:l5. On our 5th year, year 2000, we began posting income when we released our Bible-based values textbooks (for pre-s, elem and hs), A Pocketful of Virtues. That very year, I nurtured the desire to put up a Foundation with likeminded friends and co-workers. Five years later, that dream was realized.
We put up Glad Tidings Foundation (GTF) whose aim was to provide Christ-centered education and community development for the poor and needy. With about 80% of our people within and below poverty line, the challenge can really be overwhelming. It is indeed next to impossible to reach over 60M poor people, but we can start initially with one person, one family and one community. This is the strategy we are pursuing at GTF. The Lord led us then to a nearby community composed of 22 families right beside a smelly creek and bounded by high, concrete walls erected by the three subdivisions around them.
The first thing we did for them was to provide their kids, ages 3-6, with preschool education with free books, a weekly feeding program and
instructions not only on the 3 R’s but on godly fear and love. Next, we helped them erect a makeshift bridge on the creekside complete with a wooden rail and a net to protect/prevent the children from falling into the creek. Prior to this, an 8 year-old girl fell
and had stitches below her chin.
Presently, we are helping them raise funds for a 4-door common CR (2 each for male and female) and a common bath area. They will provide the labor counterpart. (By the way, most of the men in the area are skilled workers.)Our long-term dream is to help them own decent homes. (A schematic plan was already prepared by an architect.) We are also thinking of ways to provide the housewives with livelihood projects for them to earn extra and divert their precious time from tong its and gossiping.
On top of all of these assistance, we are conducting regular Bible studies on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Physical help will only be meaningful when people realize that it is God Who really cares for them. We are mere instruments, conduits of God’s love and goodness.
As one resident and regular attendee of our Bible study said: “You do not only give us help/support. You also gave us back the ability to hope again for a brighter tomorrow.
We are now challenging them to likewise be
mindful of those around them in a sorrier, more miserable state. Freely you have received, freely you ought to give.
And they are not the only ones blessed. We at GTF have experienced our purest, most gratifying fulfillment as we reached out to them. Why? Because the Lord Jesus said if we do things for the ‘least of our brethren’ we do so for Him! (matt. 25) And God considers Himself indebted to us the moment we help the poor! (Proverbs l9:l7)
May we just light a candle instead of cursing the darkness. nomee dizon-canlas
why are Fiilipinos jobless? 1st because of our government which are corrupt they only think of their onw future never thinking that some people really needs, for some cases they should give jobs to our countrymen. 2nd, Filipinos lack of education, well some of us are given the chance to have a good education but we all know that 40/70 of those who are given proper education are just making fun. 3rdly, there is no enough jobs given to our countrymen. people think that if they graduated there is no job anymore. well thnaks to those people who have business and are rich to have 2nd courses.