[brian_d]

Tempest u from Davao? Curious lang me, the way you wrote tagalog its quite obvious you're not "originally from Manila".

Anyways back to the main issue. You see am a true blue Cebuano myself nga napadpad sa Manila. And tempest is right all the infrastructure development are here. Even this subdivision where I live in Makati, residential ha dili highway pero the roads are about a foot thick. In my whole 22 years in Cebu wla gyud ko kakita ug karsada nga ingon ana ka baga. Puro ra inispalto.... tsk tsk.

I think what we need lang is more autonomy in Cebu, meaning more power to handle its own finances instead of all of it going to the capital. So maybe federalism is the answer. Problem is federalism helps the rich provinces like Cebu kay daghan ug resources. Pero how about the rest of the country.

Pero total independence? Mura'g lisod pa na sa pagkakaron, considering the location of Cebu---natung-an baya na sya. Kung sya ra ang mahimong independent... Gi-libutan sya ug "hostile forces". You have to remember Singapore is in the tip of the Malaysian Peninsula. So basically ga atubang sya ug ocean.

Who knows really whats the future for this country. Basta all I know the Cebuanos and Cebu (maong don't break it up) will live on long after the Philippines as we know it is gone. We have a long and proud history that has long existed before the history of this country has begun.