Filipinos are no strangers to hardship. But when suffering is caused not by nature, but by greed, the pain cuts deeper. The Flood Control Scandal has awakened a sense of moral urgency.
People from all walks of life — students, workers, elders — are demanding accountability. This widespread anger is not just emotional; it is strategic. It signals a readiness to challenge the systems that allow corruption to thrive.
In our locale, we hear the Mercado Publico jokes about how hard they grind and how tired they become only to be envious of the public officials whose airconditioned offices is paid for by their taxes and how they threw big millions in the Casinos.
Ask a simple vendor today and I bet, he would rant about the cruelty of social divide for her it is a toil and the small returns are needed to survive. For the Crocs in Barongs signatures are worth hundreds of millions and these are unfolding every single day. To her dismay she will have to live with it. And if ever justice will come it will come so late and the outcome will be late, the people will already forget how the thievery put everything in a bind.
Yet, in spite of it all, the awareness and indignation is ascending. The flood control scandal may have exposed the depths of corruption, but it also revealed the strength of Filipino resolve. The outrage it sparked is not a sign of weakness, but of awakening. It is a call to action — to build systems that protect, leaders who serve, and communities that demand better.
In every protest, every vote, every act of courage, the good is rising. And with unity, vigilance, and hope, the good will win again.
Yes, the good shall win ! It will trample the evil men who squander our taxes! It will finally make this country, better. It will make corruption, shameful, again!
