aba, guess what, arroyo announced last week that we're no longer third world country. uograded na tayo. we're now 2nd world country which was based on per capita income of the phil. ($1400)
can you just imagine if the goverment isn't corrupt, then years ago we could be middle class country.

yun na,.

sosyal na ang pinas.

news

inuman na to! pulutan

right now? tara! kala ko it would be longer until the phil becomes 2nd country. parang imposible pero nagiimprove din ang life sa pinas.

mind you who's talking! haha. second world? doesn' she knows that the second world referred to the Communist bloc?

way to go philippines!!

.... this is the president talking ... im not doubting her or nothing, but all leaders bull$hit .. especially George bush ..

however, good to know the filipines is economically growing

ang saya naman.. nalilibog tuloy ako! asan na si kristleh?

hahahah so true!!!

Yeah baby!!

Good catch, FCM.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_world_country

The term second world country diminished in usage ever since the fall of the Soviet Union, and the scaterring of its satellite republics. I guess that's why Arroyo boldly used that term to indicate the Philippines' economic improvement. Probably her way of saying that Filipinos in the Philippines are better off these days than they were several years ago. Hence the utilization of quotation marks on the term "Second World" at the title of that article.

Good news indeed, and I hope the economic growth will keep improving in the coming years.

All I can say is, IT"S ABOUT FUKKING TIME!

doesn't 2nd world mean like... communist countries?

EDIT: oh.

so late

shaddap

not bad

2nd world is a term for a communist country its usage has fallen off after the collapse of the USSR. So no were not 2nd world country lol.

If the militantes who support Jomas ideology take over, we'd surely be a second world country. Before this happens, the Igorots and Moros shouls secede, if not, our lands will be distributed to the lowlanders!

That's exactly what I was thinking.

Does that mean no more fine Igorota babes for us lowlanders?

Nooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!

lol i agree with you, but the goverment is still corrupt....

Hindi na gaano ginagamit ang term na "first" "second" third" world countries. Ang ginagamit na ngayon ay "developed countries" "developing countries" and "least developed countries"

Singapore, for example, is in the "third world countries" category in the old term, but in the new term it is now in the "developed countries" category. Former communist countries such as Russia, Ukraine, Romania are categorized as "developing countries." This same goes with China, Vietnam, Cuba, they are now in the "developing countries" category.

To categorize developed, developing, and least developed countries is based on the country's per capita GDP.

I believe the per capita GDP to be in any category is as follows:

Developed countries: $19,000 and above:
Singapore ($23,700), Taiwan ($23,400), USA ($38,000), Japan ($28,000)

Developing countries: $2,000 to $18,000 (Developing countries is divided into Higher Middle Income, and Lower Middle Income countries)

Higher Middle Income countries are those countries that have per capita GDP of $10,000 to $18,000:
South Korea ($17,700), Saudi Arabia ($11,800), Poland ($11,000)

Lower Middle Income countries are the ones with per capita GDP of $2,000 to $9,999:
China ($5,100), Russia ($9,000), India ($3,000), Philippines ($4,600)

Least developed countries: below $2,000
Niger ($800), Nigeria ($800), East Timor ($500), Togo ($1,500), Uganda ($1,400),

Note: These figures are based on 2003 edition of Book of Facts, so some of these figures maybe different from other sources

ooohhh ooohhhh...thank you sa information.

inuman na please.

well, according sa news, it was based on per capita income. i don't know anything about economics so un. emphasize ko lang ulit, at $1400, arroyo announced that we're middleclass country.

lOL we're still in third world aCtuallyy

youve already admit that most filipino are GAY...
I have filipino friends... just in the last two weeks,, he said that Im cute and he want me to be his bf,,,,
but i reject him of course cozzz im straight,, nt lyke filipinos,,,,
LOOLL


i thought u'r not a filipino!!!?

2nd world?? LOL

im too late.

^ pst! musta na!

ActuallY Im Not fIlipino,,, wHo sAid I Am???

ha? tayo? 2nd world? sabi ni Gloria? kailan?

di ko ata alam un a.

...

2nd world...

tayo...

Pilipinas...

talaga...?

hahaha!!!

asa.

k lng!! galing ng skul. kaka lipat lng ng bagong bahay!!

uy! wow...

ako den nga may pasok eh! araw araw.. na kaka pagod. mag kaka sunod classes ko.
as in sa isang araw 2... kaya pag may test.. na papagod talaga ako..

and oh! kasali ako sa SPANISH club lol! wala kaseng Asian eh! hehehe.. and eh! secretary ako.. bwahahahaha. lol

I checked wikipedia for second world countries...and yeah we have to be communist to fit under that category! but I also typed in industrialized countries....and there was an extremely small list including Philippines Indonesia, and Thailand that said they are newly reforming industrialized countries...but myanmar, vietnam, laos, cambodia did not make it on the list...neither did malaysia(because they have been industrialized for a long time...

go Philippines newly industrialized country

Ow talaga? di mo alam?

Ngayon alam mo na...



Wow that almost feels like sex..

But you said...



So what are you?

what....I dont get it lol almost feels like sex??? oh ooppss probably cuz I am a 38 year old virigin huh...




LOL just kidding I am only 17...no I am not 38 and yes I AM a virgin WOOT! WOOT!

I'm so sorry...oops! I mean, good for you.

AAAAHHHHH I said i am NOT a 38 year old virgin...but I am a 17 year old virgin you puta

I was just happy that we are slowly moving forward rather than staying still or even worst moving backward..

oh hey! i heard ur a 69 year old ladydude from Thailand .



I'm so happy too. so.... you wanna makeout or something?

Suuuure, can Kristleh join us though? you know that i always dream of a 3 some

sure where is she? tell her I said hi to her kitty.

dude...where did you hear that from....it was kind of a secret...so you like grandmas...im 69 and thai, ill give you HIV biatch! hhhmmm....wrinkly grandma boobs are the best right?? oh wait, never mind

cool oh wait....let me try again


COOL

... oh great..

uummm...yeah I think the topic strayed a little too far

i'm always free for you 24/7 wag lang may typhoon kasi makikiligo pa ako niyan sa mga butihin kong kapitbahay. hahaha



i'm here in my room, thinking about you and me... and papa sonofvisayas din. hahaha. tamang tama tatlo! hahaha

I surely DO NOT believe that. Maybe we are not a third wolrd country anymore due to a technicality, but come on. We are OVER populated, people are still going hungry, majority of the people in the philippines are STILL broke. There are STILL alot of kids on the streets, people still live in garbage dumps......

This announcement is a joke. Just like when bush said they have won the battle in iraq when saddams soldiers didnt fight.

hahaha

pahinga ka muna sis. wag muna AF. LOL kagigising ko rin galing iglip.

wwoooooooooooww spaaaaaanish ha!!!!!! entonces, hablas espanol ahora hermana?? LOL thats basic yo. u should be able to understand. ganda yan para mkkuha ka ulit ng mexicano!! LOL

you yourself!!!
check what have u posted!!

who cares...ang ganda na pakinggan, i'm not from a third world country