Poverty cannot be eliminated overnight unless people turn to a life of crime and illegal drugs or win the lottery, President Aquino said on Tuesday. The outgoing President has defended the government’s efforts to improve the lives of poor Filipinos and create job opportunities in the past six years but insisted that there was no quick formula to wipe out poverty. Photo courtesy of PhilNews.ph “Hindi ho kayang gawin ng gobyerno ‘no, na isang dikta lang. Ngayon mahirap ka, bukas mayaman ka [The government cannot make a poor person rich the next day in one fell swoop],” Aquino said during the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) assembly in Taguig City. “Pero kayang gawin ng gobyerno tulungan ka para maisagad lahat ng oportunidad na nandiyan naman para mapagsamantalahan ng ating mga kababayan. At yan nga po ang pinilit natin [The government however can help our countrymen exhaust all opportunities [...]
