NEWS

POVERTY MUST BE
EXCELLED

Poverty
Poverty in the Philippines remains a
challenge. It losses people's hope to
live as they continously struggle
earning money day after day for their
needs just to survive.

Corruption also includes the reason for people to
experience poverty. Until now, the public still doesn't
know where the money is spent, that only the part of
the Public Officials are capable of doing it. For their
selfish needs, the money that the Filipinos must get is
just robbed by the governments power. It impedes the
economic growth, which causes many people in the
Philippines to sink further into poverty even more.
Unemployment takes precedence as one of the reasons
why Filipino people still live in poverty. According to
Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) 4.5 percent of filipinos
are jobless, as of June 2023. Because of that, some filipinos
are not capable to buy their essentials, maybe just for few
days but not for their everyday life. For this reason, proper
nutrition will not be achieved for every members of the
family.

The High Inflation during crisis periods is also the reasons

that poverty occurs in the Philippines. Because of lack of
agriculture needs, farmers rarely harvest foods and make
the foods prices increase even more and that would be
more considerable reason so that they can earn agricultural
funds. Corruption are also part of inflation and some of its
proofs are that some of the business tycoons takes
advantage of the agricultural foods, they take it, and sell it
to public with higher price. This leads Filipinos to buy less
amount of foods because of the increase of its price.

Poverty is a social issue that affects many Filipinos. It is a major cause of lack of development
and a challenge for the sustainable and exclusive growth for every country. Poverty can be
reduced by the implementation of effective measures by the government and the
community awareness and participation in addressing its root causes and consequences.
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