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Gambling RP: A work in progress VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 08/08/2010

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Gambling RP: A work in progress



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Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz
08/08/2010
It is certainly not an exaggeration to declare, once and for all, that this otherwise beautiful and admirable country, by reason of its majority simple and guileless citizens, is a Gambling Nation in the making. This is definitely not some kind of an expression of frustration, much less a cry of desperation. It is an existing national reality that is precisely becoming more and more deeply rooted and extensive in coverage. Of course Luzon is way ahead in the vibrant incarnation of gambling, with the Visayas closely following, and Mindanao slowly but surely gain grounds — all in the context of “Gambling Philippines.”

There are major and marked indications to reasonably arrive at such a nauseating observation and conclusion — even if but considering the following three standing realities in the Philippines scene. These public and living facts may no longer rightfully demand for “evidence” — considering their naked truth long since well known and accepted by the general public. In other words, below mentioned are the factual and real observations that only downright fools or ignoramuses would dare to ask for proofs thereof:.... MORE

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