I chose to become a dual-citizen not just to make things easier, but to remind myself that I'm not here serving a foreign country. I'm serving my country.
MANILA, Philippines - Nearly a month after typhoon Pablo hit Mindanao, the situation is still dire.
Hundreds of bodies remain unburied, many of the survivors are homeless, and food is scarce.
Filipino artist AG Saño was in Mindanao for an environmental campaign mid-December. After a trip to Mati, Davao, he went to Tagum to meet the convoy of Dominican Missionaries and the Philippines Army's 71st Infantry Battalion that was on its way to help typhoon victims in New Bataan, Compostela Valley.
Saño wrote, "After more than 2 hours of driving, we were greeted by the trail of devastation, showing Pablo's footprint on both sides of the road, destroying man made structures and falling countless trees that were obviously not born to withstand this natural onslaught."
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I chose to become a dual-citizen not just to make things easier, but to remind myself that I'm not here serving a foreign country. I'm serving my country.
On May 3, 10 days before the elections, I met the future of the Philippines who work quietly in the background, in their own schools and communities; those with no agenda, just heart