I believe Filipinos abroad or their children shall one day come back home and calim their patrimony. I believe that like the children of Israel long long ago, Divine Providence will someday choose a leader who can through his own examples lead Filipinos to cleanse the country from the country from those who practice graft and corruption, nepotism and other destructive values that hinder the nation to move forward. I believe that one day Filipinos will reach political maturity and vote into power national leaders who have the integrity and the capability to assume political responsibilities required by their offices. I believe that in the future Filipinos will set up effective and efficient institutions that will, aside from penalizing the corrupt and the inefficient people in the government bureaucracy, attract local and freign investors to set up businesses in the country. I believe that most Filipinos will realize the need to go back to its high moral and social values that made other countries looked upward to it as a model. I BELIEVE IN THE PHILIPPINES!

     however, Filipinos must start soon and somewhere! That's why for the past issues I have been telling Pinoy Balita (PB) readers to start this change in Korea. Let the spirit of change be incalculated in the minds of Filipino individual workers, their groups and associations here and spread like virus in the minds of other OFWs all over the world then later in their dependents' in the Philippines.

     Nevertheless, changes especially those that require shift in values need to be started and practiced in the hearts and minds of individuals. UPAK, to be frank about it, donot have the experience nor the training now to immediately do this, so we will coordinate with and support people and institutions who are experts on these activities but who are short-handed to fulfill their noble objectives. We will help them set up events such as values seminars and training for OFWs here in Korea and their dependents in the Philippines.

     Meanwhile, Pinoy Balita will not only help in information dissemination but also in printing articles that will enhance the values and skills of its readers.

     Critical among the activities suggested above will be the Filipinos belief in themselves - BELIEF in their capability to institute changes in themselves and their countrymen back home. They must look at other countries like Japan and more recently Vietnam which both have risen from ravages of war. You must declare war against negative values and your battlecry should be, "If others can, Filipinos MUST!!"

UPAK WILL ALWAYS BE THERE TO SUPPORT YOU!