It does not take much to see that the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is on a mission to destroy Davao City.

Refusing to come to terms with the city’s enviable reputation as the country’s safest city and Numbeo website’s second safest city in Southeast Asia with a 72.4 safety index, the present leadership has set about to destroy that image.

Vice President Sara Z. Duterte on Wednesday said the Philippines continues to "starve, suffer, and sink" due to the actions of deceitful government officials under the Marcos administration.

In a statement titled “Message to My Muslim Brothers and Sisters,” posted on Facebook, Duterte said Filipinos deserve a government as they claimed that the current administration is poorly running the country.

A recent Social Weather Station (SWS) poll from June 23 to July 1 found that 51 percent of Filipinos see almost no benefit from President Marcos’ foreign visits.

Of that 51 percent, 34 percent of respondents believe the international trips had "little benefit," while 17 percent feel they had "almost no benefit at all."

Compared to a similar survey conducted in October 2022, the percentage of respondents who perceived little or almost no benefit from the President's foreign trips has risen from 30 percent to 14 percent, respectively.

The Marcos administration is hanging by a thread, and it has no one else to blame but itself.

Lured into a virtual trap by Vice-President Sara Duterte who looked like she had become vulnerable after Gen. Rommel Marbil recalled her security detail, it was not prepared for what came next.