Why the Philippines has not progressed. A response to a friend called Bobby.

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Bobby, after the Revolution of '86, JPE, Gringo and RAM staged several putsches, 9, if I am not mistaken, in Cory's six year term. In 1990, the quake crippled the North and the Central Plain, the following year, Mount Pinatubo erupted, you must know the devastation that volcano brought to Central Plain. While the lahar was ravaging Pampanga and the nearby provinces, power outage punished the entire Luzon. Then came Ramos, the dictator's cousin, and entertained his self in Europe while Flor Contemplacion was hanged in Singapore. Erap came next and divided the people further, his womanizing, gambling, corruption and Dacer-Orbito killing, plus the disappearance of Buhain infuriated the people to another revolt, only to install a super corrupt called GMA whose betrayal was as sinister as the devil, the NBN-ZTE deal and Hello, Garci, I am sorry. Our reprieve was accidental, because Cory died, and Noynoy was prodded to lead the land and the people. He did. Our economy grew. The infrastructure was a jigsaw puzzle, he solved it. Our men-in-uniform wore brand new boots, and helicopters became a sight in the metro.BGC flourished, as every province did. Six years of calm, all taken away in two years. Seventy thousand dead now, their names we wouldn't know unless Patricia Evangelista publishes the list, for she diligently went to the wakes of those executed, Ours is a people divided, the idol thing became hero worship. Hope springs eternal. Bobby, and I have my faith in the millennials and Gen Z. They will deliver because I know that I have narrated the grim tales of Martial Law to many a youth. They know. Just wait. They will deliver.