1) a CLEAN, efficient public transportation system. I don't care if the jeep is a symbol of the Philippine culture, but I can't stand jeepney drivers. And bus drivers. Every time I'm stuck in the middle of four buses I want to kill myself. I can't breathe. We ought to develop something like the subway system or the Bart. It will lessen the traffic for sure because people will be encouraged to take it instead of driving around. Less cars on the road = less roadkill and less pollution.

2) Emphasis on education. Public school teachers should get paid more. My English professor has been teaching in UP for 35 years and is getting paid less than 15k a month. That's someone with an MA and Ph.D. under her belt.

3) Focus on the arts. Filipinos are naturally gifted in performing arts. When they had auditions for Disneyland HK, they fired the Japanese and Chinese dancers because they couldn't learn as fast as the Filipinos. They had to hold a second round of auditions here. We were once touted as the "Latinos of Asia" in terms of dance. That's why I'm so angry about the San Miguel Philharmonic Orchestra being disbanded because San Miguel chose to focus their funds on the four basketball teams they own. Personally they're investing in a useless cause. High school Italian teams can beat the all-star PBA team, but our musicians are at par with the international standards. There's gotta be more performing arts high schools in the cities. Mt. Makiling, Pampanga, and Baguio are too far.

4) Population control. Contraceptives and sex education should be encouraged. Projects concerning population distribution. Most of our problems are born from this. Too many people = too much waste.

5) The environment of the Philippine shows SO much potential. My dad wrote in his book something like, "When God gave away natural beauty, the Philippines must have been in the front row." We gotta work on it now before it disappears for good.

6) Too many laws already. We don't need any more. What matters more is the implementation of those laws.