For most people around the globe who haven't travelled to the Philippines, perhaps you'd think that the Philippines is really as bad as what the global media projects. Yes, it is a third world country. About 65% of its population live below the poverty line. The economy isn't remarkable. There's too much political instability. Chaos and insurgencies loom in the south. The country is still buried in its huge debt. Much of the government's arm is tainted with corruption. Dwell on these facts and you'll very well picture a banana republic struggling to get out of its pit.
On the lighter side though, the Philippines is a great country, endowed with beautiful people and beautiful places. It is a little paradise geographically segmented into several little islands that are mostly unindustrialized, thus preserving nature's innate beauty.
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