Philippines is a sad country. 80 million people most are under the poverty line. 7 million (legally) reside outside the country (who knows how many more illegally).
The real tragedy is De La Cruz was just doing his job trying to feed his family back in the Philippines.
I have many Filipino friends who like to blame the government for the reason they are so poor. I have a feeling their poverty is due more to the local culture of "pakikisama" and "kurakot" Other countries are poorer (in terms of natural resources), Singapore and Japan come to mind. But those countries are light years away from the Philippines when it comes to economic development.
No wonder 99.9% of Filipinos want to leave the Philippines. I don't blame them one bit....
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Originally posted by ocho-ocho
Earlier Monday, Al-Jazeera reported that the group said it had taken de la Cruz to the place where his "punishment" would be meted out.
"They offered him food and water," the network reported.
"The hostage asked that his corpse be handed to his government, and he asked for one more day to allow him the chance of sending one last message to his president. The [kidnappers'] statement continued that the Islamic Army did its best to prove to the world it did everything it could to keep the hostage alive."
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