Mindanao: Treasure Of The Country
Ducky Paredes
Malaya Opinion
I really consider myself as a Mindanaoan. Even though I am here having a living in Lapulapu City, Mindanao has been very dear to me. My hometown is In Iligan City. Previously it was coined as "The Industrial City Of The South". After the shutdowns of major industries found in the city, it was coined as "The City Of Waterfalls". Moreover, I heard that the waterfalls that tourists are visiting are not that fascinating anymore, thus Iligan can now be coined as "The City Of Lights". Pretty bad, huh?
Anyways, back to the topic, Mindanao has been very rich in natural resources. I always think why there are only little returns for Mindanao. As I can see, Mindanao is much more progressive than either Luzon and Visayas. As Kurt says one time, 65% of the country's resources came from Mindanao. Tax revenues collected in Mindanao are sent to Manila and only a little amount of budget is being allocated in Mindanao. Even with that, Mindanaoans still survived with the fact.
Most of the time I hear some people are calling to separate Mindanao out of the country. Making Mindanao a new country? Wait! Let me chew this one first. For me it's somewhat a tempting idea since the resources that Mindanao is producing can be made as a source of living for Mindanao, not just as a source of income for the over-paid and corrupt National politicians (I am saying this not as an absolute). However, we still don't know whether this will be suitable. Mindanao will be vulnerable to economic-downfall attacks if the Republic of Mindanao (should I say that?) isn't still sturdy to stand up.
But if Mindanao can be capable of rising as a strong country, then why not give it the best shot!
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