Philippines is being left behind

Although I admire the personalities you mentioned, I do not think famous personalities alone will make a country great. It's all about good governance and political will on the part of our leaders. It's about national discipline, innovation and Nationalistic aspirations on the part of the general populace. We can never be great as long as we have lazy people who know nothing else but make babieswith out giving a thought on how they can provide basic needs and education, they multiply and grow up like their parents and become easy prey to abuse and use especially by corrupt government officials who has no love for country but only wants to stay in office to steal some more. Unless we can break this vicious cycle, sorry to say pal, we are going nowhere

It's not just about the government, but the people themselves. "A Filipino firefighters is serving in New York," "Filipino Doctor in Canada," "Filipino nurses in Middle East," oh how proud we are of them. Just showcases how global a filipino's talent/workmanship is. But what if they stayed here and served their own countrymen? Wouldn't it have helped the country better? The best professionals (most of them) are working for other countries! What is left behind are the left-overs who can't manage to go abroad because maybe they're not quality enough. (Still speaking on "most of them" basis) If you think about it, why are we left behind? That is because we nurture these students only to have them working for someone else. If you have apprentices and they always wind up working at your competitors, who's at an advantage? Is it you? You'll only end up with employees who were rejected by your competitors. And yet you'll still continue spending money, time and energy teaching your new apprentices. You'll never get anywhere like that.

Hi rmendoza123! We used to be a leading nation in Southeast Asia in many areas (even in sports), but apparently we became stagnant and stay as to what we are. I highly believe that our political system and too much democracy in our country have a lot to do with this. First and foremost, almost all of our government agency are faced with corruption, ranging even to the lowest branch of our legislative(barangay). There were also political families who have ruled their constituents for almost 20 years and nothing significant or improvement happened to their province or town. One more thing, political leaders don't seem to pursue the good projects started by their predecessors. They don't want to be connected and part of it and just neglect these projects even if it's already finished. In the end a lot of money coming from us are just being wasted. Have a nice day!

That's because most of what's left behind are left overs. Those who have mostly what it takes to lead, the talented all ended up working for foreigners and it's these foreign employers who sow benefits. The ones we've got who are capable to lead are left battling corruption and it took most of their time that they no longer have time to make the necessary changes and worse they even end up as corrupt as well.

I must say that we don't measure a nation's greatness with the number of its known people. It is how other nation treat us. If Filipinos are being prejudice, rejected and dejected from other countries, then it is about time to think. We are being respected, not only those person you mentioned but mostly Filipino who silently contributing to the good image of the country. Let's not blame it to the government. When a Filipino set foot on other countries, he is alone responsible for his acts. What we must do is simply do our part, carry the pride of being a Filipino in every thing that we do. That's how nation's greatness will be measured, by the collected efforts of its people

Maybe, you have a point. It also maybe because of the debt that the country has. Our government really needs to take an action on it. Or better yet, do their jobs accordingly. I also do hope better development of our condition.

There are a lot of factors affecting this issue. But I think the main one is the people themselves. You can't just straight out blame it on the government. I bet we also play a major role in our country's inability to move forward. Take for example a simple rule: no littering. I bet most of you here have already thrown a piece of candy wrapper in the streets or have already, at least once, have violated a simple traffic law.

That is because we follow the Filipino time. We are always late. How can we get ahead when we're always a little behind?

Because of the corrupt government and because of the people's inability to choose the right leaders of our country. they mostly care about immediate needs offered by politicians during election just to win the candicacy. back in 2010 we tried to wake the minds of the people but we were overwhelmed by those who are fooled

I too think that having famous personalities will help us move forward. That is one aspect, but not everything. Political instability and corruption, are two others. But still, I don't think that is the reason. Like what the others said, it's the mentality of the people! People who look for other people to blame. For example, why would you blame corruption for flood? Or the government for having their houses (built on government properties) demolished. Filipinos need to learn to stand by their decisions and face their consequences, without having anyone to blame. Another is people who lack patriotism. It's not enough that we have globally prominent people (or brand, in some cases), they need support. Finally, people who are pessimistic. How can a country move forward, when its people think it is left behind?