Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little longer, and the independence movement was always dictated in political terms, never in social ones. We borrowed terms, but we didn't understand them.
You even have tourists visiting the site which is great. It would make people more conscious about the availability of alternative power sources.
We cannot and we will not negotiate with terrorists. We have nothing but contempt for them. To conciliate differences with these people without them changing their objectives is to condemn our Republic to ultimate strangulation and death.
Some people say the president is incapable of enforcing the law. Let them say that once more and I will set the tanks on them.
I have committed many sins in my life. But stealing money from the government, from the people, is not one of them.
No matter how strong and dedicated a leader may be, he must find root and strength amongst the people. He alone cannot save a nation. He may guide, he may set the tone, he may dedicate himself and risk his life, but only the people may save themselves.