Juete
I. Introduction
“Ang dating Sick Man of Asia ngayo’y punong-puno na ng sigla.”( The Sick Man of Asia is now full of life) That is how Pres. Benigno Simeon Aquino III described the economic status of the Philippines during his Third State of the Nation Address. He was indeed proud to report to his bosses the progress done by his administration to the Philippines- such as the decrease in unemployment rate, the increase in infrastructures, and the growth in investments among others. However, when the Filipino masses are asked if whether they are truly able to feel the effects of the claimed progress of Pres. Aquino, most of them would only answer that they are still sick with and of poverty. Because the Filipinos have long before realized that they cannot solely rely on the government to provide a solution for poverty just as people no longer expect the scientists to invent a cure for cancer, they found a way to be independent from their government even if a lot of things had to be at risk. And since when did they lose their confidence in their government? It dates back in the 1800’s, the time when the Spanish colonizers introduced Jueteng. Jueteng whose existence has been calculated to last as long as there is poverty, is credited to the Spanish government since they were the ones who introduced and sponsored it through the governor-general in Manila. Tickets then were sold in boats or ferries to Visayas and Mindanao. Chinese migrants were the common operators and financiers. But it was only later when the locals took over the whole operation. Now, unlike during the reign of the Spaniards in the Philippines, the Aquino administration is no longer sponsoring Jueteng, though they are still recognizing it. Yet it is what people know as the illegal numbers game only in the Philippines. Juan dela Cruz
II. Cause of Jueteng
“A game of Chance” or known as Jueteng, as we have interviewed Aling Nene, a former kobrador and a neighbor of Ms. Calubaquib, the
“Ang dating Sick Man of Asia ngayo’y punong-puno na ng sigla.”( The Sick Man of Asia is now full of life) That is how Pres. Benigno Simeon Aquino III described the economic status of the Philippines during his Third State of the Nation Address. He was indeed proud to report to his bosses the progress done by his administration to the Philippines- such as the decrease in unemployment rate, the increase in infrastructures, and the growth in investments among others. However, when the Filipino masses are asked if whether they are truly able to feel the effects of the claimed progress of Pres. Aquino, most of them would only answer that they are still sick with and of poverty. Because the Filipinos have long before realized that they cannot solely rely on the government to provide a solution for poverty just as people no longer expect the scientists to invent a cure for cancer, they found a way to be independent from their government even if a lot of things had to be at risk. And since when did they lose their confidence in their government? It dates back in the 1800’s, the time when the Spanish colonizers introduced Jueteng. Jueteng whose existence has been calculated to last as long as there is poverty, is credited to the Spanish government since they were the ones who introduced and sponsored it through the governor-general in Manila. Tickets then were sold in boats or ferries to Visayas and Mindanao. Chinese migrants were the common operators and financiers. But it was only later when the locals took over the whole operation. Now, unlike during the reign of the Spaniards in the Philippines, the Aquino administration is no longer sponsoring Jueteng, though they are still recognizing it. Yet it is what people know as the illegal numbers game only in the Philippines. Juan dela Cruz
II. Cause of Jueteng
“A game of Chance” or known as Jueteng, as we have interviewed Aling Nene, a former kobrador and a neighbor of Ms. Calubaquib, the