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MANIC MANILA PANDEMIA

In this current pandemic situation, most of us, if not all, fervently hope for the same things—first, to wake up from this strange nightmare and to still have some semblance of what we used to believe as our normal; and second, to one day be in a Philippines that has a better quality and way of living for its citizens. Oh yeah, but a girl can dream. Right?

So much has been said in commentary and uproar about the state of the quality of living in our beloved Manila, and other Philippine metropolitan districts. Progressive southern cities like Iloilo, Cebu, and Davao seem to be in better shape than the country’s capital these days. From where I stand, Manila seemed to have grown somewhat calloused from years and

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