Poverty is a pressing issue here in the Philippines. There are so many people who live below the poverty line, and there is a huge discrepancy when it comes to wealth distribution in the Philippines. Only a few actually are the ones who are truly rich at the expense of the majority of the population. There are many reasons why this is so: Our elected officers are also the ones who own most of the land, so it creates…
It has been a politically perceived issue that there is over population in the Philippines. This issue has been constantly blamed for the aggravating poverty situation. One side is claiming that unbridled population increase is putting so much strain on the financial and food resources of the country that more and more Filipinos are no longer eating three square meals a day. Economic rating system is also stating a poor Filipino family is earning just below $1 per day. This certainly can hardly feed a family of 4 or more. On the other side, it is claimed that the cause of poverty is government corruption. They rightfully claim that while it’s true that the poor are constantly increasing, and that the income gap between them and the next economic level is likewise widening, financial resources that are intended to support the poor are being pocketed by corrupt government officials. Population is not the cause of poverty, corruption is, the Catholic Church claims. The government is keen on crafting remedies to curb population. Several laws have been passed to curb corruption. But since they lack heavy punitive measures,…
The Republic of the Philippines, an island nation located in the Malay archipelago in Southeast Asia, comprising of 7,107 islands, collectively known as Philippine Archipelago, has a total area of nearly 300,000 square kilometers to it's credit. The country, named "Las Islas Felipinas" after King Philip II of Spain, fell prey to Spanish colonialism in 1565. The colonial rule lasted for three long centuries and ended after Philippine Revolution of 1896. But independence, the most prized political ambition of modern times, was not forthcoming for it yet. It was ceded to the US in 1898 in the wake of the Spanish-American War, and it was only in 1946 that they saw the run of independence rise after Japanese occupation in World War II. However, it was as late as in 1992 that the US finally closed its last military bases on the islands and left the Philippine soil for good. Manila is now the capital of Philippines.…
I would like to express my gratitude to those who have inspired and helped me in my endeavor to create this project for my accomplishment course in English IV.…
Evolutionary theory: One of the social problems that Philippines has been facing today is corruption. It’s been a major problem of the country since years ago. Corruption is as old as human history. But when was the concept of corruption started? In my opinion, corruption has started when people have organized themselves into groups, and that groups were headed by leaders and those leaders became powerful and began to abuse the authority they have. We, people chose leaders that became corrupted. Government officials became greedy as they started to take what supposed for their countrymen. And corruption has been continuing nowadays. As a citizen who grew up in a corrupt country, I believe that we tolerate a certain amount of corruption from leaders as long as there isn’t too much. As people continues to tolerate it, people stop seeing the point of cooperating to stand that matter. And the corruption remains. It is natural for every state that there is a corrupt official, but then also natural for us to take such actions like strikes or rallies which I believe that are very ineffective. That’s why corruption still continues.…
Over the decades, the Philippines has suffered from persistent fiscal imbalances, resulting in consistently low delivery of public services such as infrastructure, education and health among others and up to this time we continue to borrow money from other countries just to compensate with a very low revenue collection. Our foreign debts continue to eat up our budget (comprising 19% or ___ billion pesos) leading us to a more poverty situation.…
The Philippines as we know, is a third-world country. There are many reasons as to why our country isn't as developed and successful compared to the other countries such as the United States of America, China and the rest… One of the major reasons why our country is at this state is because of corruption within the government. According to a research conducted by Transparency International, the Philippines has scored 36 out of a 100 in the Corruption Perceptions Index (100 being the cleanest and 0 being highly corrupt.). The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries/territories based on how corrupt a country’s public sector is perceived to be. Based on the statistics, we can truly say that there is corruption within the government of the Philippines. A factor to why other countries are successful is because there are no corrupt individuals in the government. They use the money for the improvement of the country and not for the joy of themselves. Living out the teaching of Diogenes (Sinope) will surely improve the Philippines.…
The Philippines is located in the southeastern portion of Asia. Her neighbor on the north is the Republic of China (Taiwan or Formosa), while on the west is Communist Vietnam. Further west is Thailand. Immediately to the south of the Philippines is Indonesia and to the southwest are Malaysia and Singapore.…
Our country is relatively small compared to any major countries, so I believe that nobody in our country should be experiencing extreme poverty. But, because of so many factors, it really inhibits that possibility. One very prominent example is corruption. Corruption in the government makes the whole matter worse because they are not the one to respond to these problems but rather, makes everything worse. The Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) is a very concrete manifestation. Imagine this: if every poor Filipino would get a chunk of those funds, do you think there would be so many Filipinos would wonder around the streets begging for food and for money, will it be a possibility that no children would never engage in a world that they should never experience at a very young age, and would every child would go to school and learn so many things about life. That 10 Billion Pesos fund can even made them eat the same kind of food that these corrupt officials feed to their respective families to the less fortunate. Enough with this non-sense and wrongdoings, as Joey Velasco taught us that we should wake up and…
Philippines nowadays face different social issues that eventually trigger the country’s economy and development. Recently I saw on television and read in newspapers and internet outraged the conscience of mankind about the current situation of our country and it’s very alarming. There are so much issues the Philippines was facing right now but I cited only three (3) that for me were continuously growing and haven’t yet the solution (long term).…
Graft and Corruption has always been a big problem for the Philippines. Many presidents (if not all) in the past, are solidly accused of creating and approving projects of which the budget is way more than the necessary expenses and way more than the outcome. Some are accused of accepting bribes from various groups of big syndicates that operate lottery illegally. Some of these presidents were greatly affected by all these accusations about their governance that they resort to forced resignation, but some were brave enough to stand by their government and stay seated in the throne despite all the allegations thrown against them.…
Political and Social Apathy, there are two faces of apathy. The first considers apathy as a choice and participation in public life a consequence of one's affirmative use of freedom. The second face of apathy arises when citizens are led to believe that their personal needs are not part of the political agenda, resulting into political deprivation and the reaffirmation of the status quo. Philippines political and social life is marked by the second kind of apathy, which might also arise from the belief that individuals are powerless and hopeless in making significant changes in their lives.…
The growth of the Philippines economy drastically slowed to just 3.6% in the first three quarters of 2011, which is significantly less than the 7%-8% growth targeted by administration's Philippine Development Plan (PDP). Though the slowdown may have been due to the ongoing global crisis, it was markedly slower in comparison to other South-East Asian neighbors. Economic performance figures indicated a contraction in exports and a drop in FDI. Though the remittances from overseas Filipinos to the country grew in the first ten months of 2011, however the compensation that overseas Filipinos received actually fell, in peso terms, due to an appreciating peso.…
In 1988, graft and corruption in the Philippines was considered as the "biggest problem of all" by Jaime Cardinal Sin, the Archbishop of Manila. Then President Corazon C. Aquino likewise despaired that corruption has returned. In 1989, public perception was that "corrupt government officials are greater threat to the country" than the communist guerrillas. In 1992, former President Fidel V. Ramos considered graft and corruption as the third major hindrance towards attaining his development strategy for the country.…
There are a lot of issues faced by our dear President Benigno Aquino III or simply known as PNoy.…