Stop littering!

How relevant the scripture is when the Lord Jesus said, “Unless you become like little children, you cannot enter the Kingdom of God.” Filipinos need to become child-like to be able to discern simple truths amid mountains of fake news. Many educated people, bereft of wisdom like Pharisees of old, cannot solve simple problems because their minds are full of inconsequential ideas.

Corruption prevails in our country because we are blind to the best practices of advanced nations that achieved peace and prosperity. Clean countries like Singapore, Japan, Scandinavian countries, etc. have become wealthy due to the fact that a nice and clean environment makes people decent and leads to a very low crime rate. More investors and tourists will come dahil sa makalat na lugar, maraming magnanakaw; sa malinis na lugar, kaunti lang ang magnanakaw.

I, therefore, recommend a doable solution to the problem of corruption in our country: implement the Anti-Littering Ordinance. The cheapest flood control is to penalize the litterer of plastics.

The government can even earn a lot of money because many Filipinos are, by nature, litterers. Our humongous debt burden will be eased and, God willing, we can become peaceful and prosperous, too. – William G. Pulido, MD [email protected]