Forgotten Manila

I was searching the LUXE sets of asian city guides and to my consternation and subsequent disappointment, Manila was singed out. Imagine having guides for Cambodia and even Laos while the ever loyal and noble city of Manila does not merit to have one. Understandably, when all the historic places in the city are left to fend for themselves the city does not have a soul now.
It is a city where officials are given lee way to desecrate the Manila Bay the most beautiful in the entire world for the name of corruption. Where old monuments go down for tacky bronze figures of men forgotten by history while the national hero remains forgotten in his languid post at km 0. Where hotels that line the bay are on their twilight years hopelessly praying for refurbishment. The grand Manila Hotel have lost its grandeur to musty carpets and old furnishings. Manila is desperately forgotten. And like our country, we have just succeeded in making our country so insignificant that nobody really bothers about our insignificance even ourselves. I just opened itunes and they have a vietnam store while the Philippines has none. So what more proof do I need.