DENISE DALUSONG
IT is incredibly easy to feel suspicious of real economic and national progress when you are overwhelmed with high rates of political corruption, social injustice and national organized crime. Juan and Juana are not to blame if they lose trust in a government that treats their taxes as personal money, and politicians that connive with high-level criminals with vested interests. A public official’s duty is to the nation, and is to be held responsible for delivering adequate public service to all of its citizens.