Philippines at the threshold of going to the garbage bins (NOW GET OFFENDED, PLEASE)

PHILIPPINE GARBAGE. Photo from nsicdoria's Instagram account 

Today marks the 114th Independence Day celebration of the Philippines, my country.

But the same question has been nagging the Filipinos- ARE WE REALLY FREE AND INDEPENDENT?

The sad reality is this- Filipinos are migrating abroad because of abject poverty, to put it in flowery words, to seek greener pastures, and to be bound by foreign cultures and governments. The OFW is one tragic example. Some returning only after being adopted and has renounced their Filipino citizenship. To be in a foreign land is much better than Philippine "independence"? 

And now the yellow ribbon is slowly tying a gripping notch in every Filipino's neck in the guise of going towards a straight path.

Are we celebrating?

Moveable Feast

This year in the homeland, government decreed June 9, not June 12, a holiday for Philippine Independence. In both the Middle East and New York, OFWs celebrated on the first week of June. In California, different festivities in San Diego and San Francisco were held June 8-9 and 13. In Bangkok, the United Filipinos in Thailand celebrated in our embassy on June 15. In New Jersey, they’re rocking indie day with Mig Ayesa on June 29. Do we now tweak Jose Rizal to “El sitio ni fecha, nada importa (neither place nor date matters)”?

Quoted from www.inquirer.net