SunStar May 13, 2021 LAST I looked our national problem is still the dehumanizing poverty of 30 million or so Filipinos. No administration so far, including the current one, has made a substantive dent on this problem because we have always been ruled by politicians who represent the interests of a wealthy and privileged few. This humungous problem includes thousands of small farmers and fisher-folks who eke out a living in farms they don’t own or in polluted municipal waters. It also includes undernourished families without decent homes, running water, and sanitary waste disposal facilities. It includes millions of contractual laborers that have no security of tenure and regular workers who are underpaid and work in less than ideal conditions.