The Philippine Story - Colin Adair - April-June 1973

Colin Adair

The office manager for God's Work in the Philippines has filed this encouraging report on the growth of the Work in a land rocked by recent dramatic political changes. A NEW society is developing in Southeast Asia. President Marcos of the Philippines, in declaring martial law last September 21, introduced sweeping changes which most of this nation's 38 million people felt were badly needed. Prior to this drastic step, the Philippines was, to use the words of Mr. Marcos, "a sick society." In the former political climate, the Communist cause was making headway. An estimated 80 to 85 percent of the nation's wealth was controlled by about 400 families, whose business interests reached around the country. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library