Like Mount Rushmore or the Great Wall of China, she was always there, a living institution rendered virtually inanimate in her almost superhuman constancy and longevity, writes Nadine Dreyer.
Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa sendoff (File photo) MANILA - The continuity of the government's Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa (BP2) program will promote "inclusive economic development". The incoming Marcos administration must consider the continuation of the BP2 program "to equalize" opportunities nationwide, according to Dr. Juan Antonio Perez III, head of the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM). "[We] hope that the Balik Probinsya Program will be really studied in the next administration and will include the population dynamics," Perez said in a recent radio interview. He urged incoming officials to promote policies that would encourage people's migration from rural to urban areas and address "income disparity" among regions. Beneficiary Lilibeth Domo, a resident of Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte, said her life in Metro Manila did not change since she migrated 22 years ago and was made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic. Hence