Meet this Indonesian family who have a Filipino heart & beliefs

Lolita Adam Makamina is an Indonesian who grew up in Maruri Island in Indonesia and fluently speaks the Filipino language. Maruri Island is just next to Balut Island in Sarangani Province, Philippines which made it easier for her family to come and go to Sarangani town, Davao Del Sur. She admitted it's very difficult to send her children to school in Indonesia despite being Indonesians. Lolita admitted that despite of being Indonesian, her heart is a Filipino.

Lolita is thankful to the Philippine government that despite of not being true Filipino, they were able to avail the government programs for the Filipino people. Two of her 4 kids graduated high school in Sarangani while the other two are both in their elementary grades. While her 16 years old daughter, Angelika, likes to denounce her Indonesian citizenship and wanted to change her citizenship to being Filipino once she reaches 18 years old. Angelika finished her elementary and high school in Philippines and believes that her future is in the country.

According to the teachers, in more than 5,000 students of both elementary and high school in Sarangani, 20% are Indonesians and Filipino-Indonesians. They were whole-heartedly welcomed and accepted so they can be given the education they dreamed of. While others were born in Philippines which automatically made them Filipino citizens by birth. Due to a great numbers of Indonesians who have long embraced the Filipino culture, Indonesians like Lolita got documented including her children who wanted to become Filipino citizens in thoughts, words and deeds.

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Their must be a proposal for ECONOMIC TRILATERAL INTEGRATION WITH INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA. These three countries have almost similar customs. While Filipinos kiss the hands of their elderly as a sign of respect, so as with Malaysians & Indonesians.

In Mindanao, our economy is partially integrated. There are Indonesians living in Mindanao that also has Philippine citizenship. In fact in Sarangani Islands, 20% of the students in public schools are either Indonesians or Filipino-Indonesians. There is already Indonesian community in Davao City. They are given the same rights to vote during elections equal to the rights given to the Filipinos in Davao City.

In Sulu, Malaysian Ringgit is a local currency besides the Philippine peso and the Sulu Islands are more dependent economically to Malaysia than in the Philippines. Integrating these three Asian countries will make a total population of more than 392 million. In a trilateral economic integration, the citizens of these three countries will be able to have the right to acquire and own properties anywhere within its three entire boundaries. Indonesians and Malaysians may have equal rights with the Filipinos to acquire and own businesses and land properties in Philippines and vice versa when the businessmen are investing businesses in any of these three countries.

This integration will help the business investors utilize their expertise in any of these three territories and cooperate in expanding the businesses for economic growth. Eventually, Asian countries can work out in implementing a single standard and unified currency similar to EURO in the European countries.