Ever poor person on Earth has no one to blame but themselves, eh?
The only time poverty isn’t somebody’s fault is if they’ve been born into it or if it has been imposed upon them by statists.
Anybody, or any society, that stays poor has chosen to do so by the values they have. Yes, poverty is a chosen condition in life.
That is not to say that I don’t think Filipino’s aren’t wonderful people, as they are.