Aquino’s legacy: Regressing from Third World to banana republic

A woman reader, who sends comments on my columns when the spirit moves her, has written to say that, given the current spiral of problems to traumatic proportions, it may be time for us to seriously examine/debate whether the Philippines under President Benigno BS Aquino 3rd has regressed to the status of a banana republic.

She directed my attention to Lee Kuan Yew’s proud boast and legacy before he rode off to the sunset. He laid claim to leading the transformation of Singapore from a third-world country into first-world status. And he had the gumption to write it all down in valedictory volume: From Third World to First.