The youth must play its role well. Will we just settle with how things are presently working? Let us prove that we are a generation of problem solvers and not just passive reactors.
For the citizens of Pateros, cityhood is a chance to improve the municipality’s stature vis à vis the 16 other cities in NCR, save its ailing industries, and raise the standard of living of its people – tasks that have proven difficult to accomplish.
Taguig did not win their claim free from risk. It can be argued that Taguig might be receiving a political trojan horse that is waiting for an opportunity to strike.
Out of all of the confusion this decision has caused, one thing is clear: the political and social outcomes of the Supreme Court decision have cost the residents of the EMBOs decades worth of political representation, welfare benefits, and social services which are now left uncertain.