It’s clear to me that there are plenty of people around and not just politicians or the elite, who think the Philippines is just fine the way it is. The World Bank ranks the country 30 places higher than it was a year ago in its ease of doing business table, the international credit rating agencies continue to improve the Philippines rating, the economy in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) growth is growing faster than China and this rate of growth will be sustained, led by industrial output no less according to the National Economic and Development Authority. The Philippines just won an award for transparency in government—the “Bright Spots Award” at the Open Government Partnership in London. Now even the least aware person in the Philippines must surely see an award for open and transparent government as being a bit odd to say the least of it, among the current controversies. And there are many individual ordinary Filipinos who feel that any criticism of the way things are is totally unwarranted. A great job is being done.