During my latest visit in Baguio City before the year 2007 ends, I noticed along Marcos Highway the ruined statue of former President Marcos. I was shocked and disgusted about the people who destroyed it.
What I’m trying to say is that statue has somehow remained a legacy of President Marcos great rule over the country for two decades. The people who did this should have at least paid their respect for the former President.
It has been one of the two landmark when you’re on your way to Baguio City, tourist stopped by to take a shot when it was still in good condition. The two landmarks I’m saying is in case you didn’t know was The Marcos statue on Marcos Highway and The Lion statue on Kennon Road.
During President Marcos time, the Philippines was the number one country in Southeast Asia and Number two in Asia lagging only behind Japan, and yes we were ahead of China and Hongkong during those times.
But when President Marcos was ousted and replaced by Corazon Aquino, the Philippines swiftly lagged down in the Southeast Asia in terms of economic growth. Not only that, Government Offices has become more corrupt and Government Officials greedier. The Philippines shouldn’t have suffered if only our Congressmen and Senators could give up their pork barrel, imagined a whooping P 100 Million plus per year, that is enough to feed a whole country. Filipino people shouldn’t be suffering from poverty just because of this.
Philippine politics is so sickening.
I think Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is probably the most corrupt Philippine President in history, almost all of her family member is in politics. President Marcos has done a lot of good things under his leadership.
What I’m trying to say is that statue has somehow remained a legacy of President Marcos great rule over the country for two decades. The people who did this should have at least paid their respect for the former President.
It has been one of the two landmark when you’re on your way to Baguio City, tourist stopped by to take a shot when it was still in good condition. The two landmarks I’m saying is in case you didn’t know was The Marcos statue on Marcos Highway and The Lion statue on Kennon Road.
During President Marcos time, the Philippines was the number one country in Southeast Asia and Number two in Asia lagging only behind Japan, and yes we were ahead of China and Hongkong during those times.
But when President Marcos was ousted and replaced by Corazon Aquino, the Philippines swiftly lagged down in the Southeast Asia in terms of economic growth. Not only that, Government Offices has become more corrupt and Government Officials greedier. The Philippines shouldn’t have suffered if only our Congressmen and Senators could give up their pork barrel, imagined a whooping P 100 Million plus per year, that is enough to feed a whole country. Filipino people shouldn’t be suffering from poverty just because of this.
Philippine politics is so sickening.
I think Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is probably the most corrupt Philippine President in history, almost all of her family member is in politics. President Marcos has done a lot of good things under his leadership.
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My last visit to the Marcos bust was back in the early 1990s, and still got a bunch of photos from then when it was still in a generally recognizable condition. It needed some finishing work, but who in their right mind at that time, either a private or local gov't agency, would spend for that? Not to mention at least securing the area.
Anyway, yes, it shouldn't have been left to it's sorry state right now, but it is unavoidable no matter how you try to think of what should have been done to preserve it. I'm sure even a wealthy Marcos loyalist/former-crony would NOT want to attempt to get involved in its upkeep for various reasons.
By the way, with all due respect to the former president, anyone with enough knowledge in recent Philippine history knows that the country was taking off economically faster and sooner than that of all other South East Asian nations, except Japan, back in the 1960s... UNTIL Ferdinand Marcos came into office.
A quick read on this should let you know more...
Economy of the Philippines
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