A Call to Keep Mindanao Business Ventures for Filipinos Onlly
Posted on Saturday, 13 August 2016
A CALL TO KEEP MINDANAO BUSINESS VENTURES
FOR FILIPINOS ONLY
By Apolinario Villalobos
IN VIEW OF THE LOOMING FEDERALIZATION OF
THE PHILIPPINES , IN MY OPINION, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN MINDANAO SHOULD BE
GIVEN TO THE FILIPINOS- THE MINDANAOANS, RATHER THAN THE FOREIGNERS. SECURITY
AND DIGNITY ARE ASSURED FROM DIRECT AND CONTINUOUS INCOME EARNED BY SMALL
FILIPINO ENTREPRENEURS RATHER THAN, FROM CONTRACTUAL JOBS IN ENTITIES OPERATED
BY FOREIGNERS.
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD LEARN A LESSON OR TWO
FROM THE “BILAO” ENTERPRISES THAT ARE PROLIFERATING AROUND THE COUNTRY – SMALL
BUSINESS VENTURES OF FILIPINOS. ALL THEY NEED IS REGULATION THAT COMES IN THE
FORM OF APPROPRIATE SITES AND REASONABLE TAX. INSTEAD OF LETTING
FOREIGN-FINANCED STRUCTURES USING FILIPINO DUMMIES, WHY NOT MAKE USE OF THEM AS
SITES FOR “BAZAAR” SITES FOR MINDANAOANS?
THE SMALL FILIPINO BUSINESSMEN NEED
UNDERSTANDING AND COMPASSION FROM THE GOVERNMENT….THEY WHO ENDURE THE SEARING
HEAT OF THE SUN IN THEIR DESIRE TO EARN HONESTLY, BUT DUE TO LACK OF SPACE AND
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT, THEY ARE FORCED TO VENTURE INTO SIDEWALKS AND STREETS, ONLY
TO BE APPREHENDED BY AUTHORITIES…A PITIFUL AND COMMON HAPPENING IN MANILA.
THESE SMALL ENTREPRENEURS ALSO BITE THE BAIT OF LOAN SHARKS BECAUSE OF THE
PROHIBITIVE LOAN POLICIES OF THE BANKS. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY
(DTI) HAS QUIXOTIC “PROGRAMS” DELIVERED IN SEMINARS, BUT WITHOUT REALISTIC
SUPPORT AS THE SMALL ENTREPRENEURS ARE THEN LEFT ON THEIR OWN WHEN THEY SECURE
FINANCING. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN IN MINDANAO.
WITH THE EFFORT OF THE GOVERNMENT TO OBTAIN
A LONG-LASTING PEACE IN MINDANAO FOUNDED ON HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP AMONG
MINDANAOANS , THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD OFFER REALISTIC HELP TO THEM, INSTEAD OF
OPENING THE REGION TO OUTSIDERS WHICH COULD MEAN ANOTHER PROBLEM ON THE
NEVER-ENDING CONTRACTUALIZATION AND THE UNEASY FEELING OF INSECURITY.
IF THE GATES OF MINDANAO WILL BE OPENED
WIDE FOR THOSE FROM THE MIDDLE EAST, HOW SURE ARE WE THAT THE SURGE WILL NOT
INCLUDE TERRORISTS, PARTICULARLY, ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA (ISIS)
ADVOCATES WHICH IS HAPPENING NOW IN EUROPE?
MUST THE DESIRE FOR PROGRESS BE USED TO INVITE SUICIDE BOMBERS TO
STEALTHILY CREEP INTO THE MIDST OF THE PEACE-LOVING MINDANAOANS?
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