Church at the colonial town of Valladolid, Mexico | Photo by Filip Gielda on Unsplash
Part II of Reinventing Mexican-Filipino Relations
This journalist is a Filipino media activist who disagrees with most of the nearly 5 million Americans and contract workers of Filipino descent who believe “the Philippines is beyond redemption.”
But insofar as socioeconomic opportunities are concerned, it may be best for the more than 16 million Overseas Filipinos and O.F.W.s to focus their efforts on a “New Frontier,” which should be outside the Filipino homeland.
On August 25, 2021, this columnist opined that “North America Is the Biggest ‘New Frontier’ for Filipinos.”
This journalist said in it: “On Nov. 23, 2020, this column was born with its first op-ed piece, Time to finally ‘reinvent’ the Filipino presence in New York and North America.
“On Dec. 2, 2020, this writer came up with a follow-up article, Our Failure to Build Monumental Projects or Hold Great Events in North America, at this link. Yes, after 44 years since I made several proposals in the Big Apple about doing monumental projects or holding meaningful events, we, O.F.W.s, and Filipino-American community leaders have not done anything significant. But as I mentioned, we held (as exceptions) the first couple of Filipino-American Community Nights at the Dodgers Stadium in July 2006 and 2007. The events — the first in Major League Baseball — were made possible by my chairmanship of the Kalayaan Philippine-Independence Committee of Southern California in 2006.
“But our supporters and core-group members are that hard-headed since we never give up on our ideas. This writer penned more articles in The Straphanger, divided into several series: from the initial Filipino Presence in North America to the suggested Biden Back-to-Basics (B2B) Doctrine to the “Filipino Melting Pot” and now the ReVOTElution of H.O.P.E.”
“Many Americans, even those of Filipino descent, often forget that Mexico is part of North America. Thus, the “Biggest New Frontier” for Filipino-American communities and Overseas-Filipino workers (OFWs) is North America, composed of Canada, the United Mexican States (UMS), and the United States of America (USA).”
Many Americans, even those of Filipino descent, often forget that Mexico is part of North America. Thus, the “Biggest New Frontier” for Filipino-American communities and Overseas-Filipino workers (O.F.W.s) is North America, composed of Canada, the United Mexican States (U.M.S.), and the United States of America (U.S.A.).
Four days before the “New Frontier” column article was published, this writer penned “A ‘New Frontier for the Youth” Can Create Millions of Young Millionaires”
The August 2021 twin articles enumerate how and where Filipino youth could work fruitfully in North America, beginning in Mexico. And within 5-to-10 years, be financially capable of retiring in the Filipino homeland as “multimillionaires.” Yes, with their net worth in Philippine or Mexican pesos, if not in American or Canadian dollars.
Then by 2050 (or even earlier), the “new multimillionaires” — from more than 10 million Overseas-Filipino or O.F.W. families — will probably be known as from the “O.F.W./Overseas-Filipino Nation.” They can compete with “The Imperial Manila” and its lords, taipans, their cartel cronies, and political protectors. How? Because their wealth — as earned in North-American employment and ventures — will be in the trillions of pesos (or dollars), as against the hundreds of billions of pesos (or dollars) possessed by “The Imperial Manila,” often at the expense of the Filipino people.
By this coming Wednesday, more of the financial aspects of the Filipino socioeconomic activities in the New Frontier, beginning with Mexico, will be discussed in Part III of this series. It may be entitled “Funding the Filipino Futuristic Ventures in North America.”
