Name: Panlubasan, Janyury
Course/Section: BSED-ENG 2A
ADDRESS THE ISSUE
ISSUE SOURCE OF EVIDENCE
1. Poverty  According to the 2023
Official Preliminary Poverty
Statistics of the Philippine
Statistics Authority, the
poverty incidence in the
Philippines was estimated at
16.4 % or an equivalent of
4.5 million poor Filipino
families.
 This causes the lack of
nourishment of children in
the country. According to the
United Nations International
Children's Emergency Fund
(2023), 95 Filipino children
died in the Philippines due to
malnutrition, stunting their
growth starting at the age of 2
years old.
 According to Lindner (2024),
as of 2021, the crime rate in
the Philippines was
approximately 37.73, which
pertains to the number of
reported crimes per 100,000
Filipinos in the country. One
of the major factors that
causes this phenomenon is
poverty which led people to
commit crimes.
2. Government  Oligarchy-and-Clan system is
Corruption a form of corruption that is
prevalent in the Philippine
politics. An example would
be the Marcos regime that
stolen an extent of the
country’s wealth proven by
the Supreme Court of the
Philippines (Abrea, 2023).
 Deputy Ombudsman Cyril
Ramos cited that the
Philippines has been robbed
about 1.4 trillion pesos from
Subject: THEORY 07
Date: 03/19/2024
PHILIPPINE LAWS OR
PROGRAMS MEANT TO
ADDRESS THE PROBLEM
 Republic Act No. 11291 or
an Act of Providing for A
Magna Carta of The Poor
addresses the issue of
poverty in the Philippines as
this law aims to alleviate
and uplift the living quality
of Filipinos through
sustaining minimum basic
needs and providing
opportunities for growth
such as employment and
education provided by the
government (Official
Gazette, 2019)
 Republic Act No 11037. or
the “Masustansyang
Pagkain Para Sa Batang
Pilipino Act of 2018” which
aims to provide nutritious
foods for poor students
under government
supervision to promote the
eradication of malnutrition
in the country (Official
Gazette, 2018).
 The Republic Act No. 3019
or the Anti-graft and
Practices Act is the main
anti-corruption law of the
country that penalized
corrupt practices in any
forms as well as the
prohibition of gift giving
among public officers
(Official Gazette,1960).
 2017-2018 that rooted from
the corruption of Filipino
government officials in 1999
(Abrea, 2023).
 According to the recent
survey of the Transparency
International’s Corruption
Perception Index (CPI) last
2021, the Philippines scored
33 which reflects the
unchanging tradition of
corruption within its range.
CPI defines “0” as highly
corrupt while “100” as “very
clean” (Mantaring, 2023).
3. Human Rights  According to the reports of  Under Article III of the 1987
Violations Roth (2022) under Human Philippine Constitution
Rights Watch publication, a holds the basic human rights
of Filipinos that should be
rampant human rights
provided by the government
violation occurred in the which includes the freedom
Philippine due to the “Drug to live, express, education,
on War” program during employment, etc. with due
Duterte’s regime. This cost procees of the law (Official
the life of 6,190 people under Gazette, 1987).
police operations from
August 2016-2021.
 Furthermore, Roth (2021)
highlighted the violation
under health service during
COVID-19 pandemic where
detention facilities were
congested and understaff
hospitals resulting to the
infection of over 4.1 million
Filipinos.
4. Substance Abuse  Substance abuse is one of the  The Republic Act 9165 or
rampant issues that the the Comprehensive
Philippines have been Dangerous Drugs Act of
2002 this safeguard the
experiencing throughout
well-being of the Filipino
years. According to the recent citizens against the harmful
survey Dangerous Drugs effects of drugs as well as
Board (2023), the most the punishments of
abused drugs in the country is perpetrators involving the
Methamphetamine usage, production, and
Hydrochloride or “Shabu” dissemination of illegal
drugs labeling the act as one
(92.6%), Cannabis (27.04%),
of the society’s social ills
and Ecstasy with (0.65%). (Official Gazette, 2002).
 In the Philippines, 50 percent
or 1.5 million out of three
million drug users use shabu,
a crystalline powder that
 dissolves easily in water or
alcohol. Methamphetamine
hydrochloride, the crystal
form inhaled by smoking, is
commonly referred to as ice,
crystal, glass, and tina (Sari &
Bahian, 2017).
 According to UN Resident
Coordinator Gustavo
Gonzales (2021), the number
of Filipinos during 2021 was
over 2.05% equivalent to 1.7
million Filipinos who uses
drugs due to the rampant
issues affecting them such as
poverty, inequality, poor
governance, and deprivation
of healthcare services.
5. Animal Cruelty  According to the recent  The Republic Act No 8485
reports of the Philippine or the Animal Welfare Act
Animal Welfare Society of 1998 is a law in the
(PAWS), there are over 7,000 Philippines that aims to
reported cases of animal secure the welfare of
cruelty nationwide from animals in the Philippines
2010-2017. The following against cruelty,
cases was further increases maltreatment, torture,
during the year 2020 based on killing, and neglection that
the data provided by the penalizes violators under
Compassion and this act. (Official Gazette,
Responsibility for Animals 1998)
(CARA) Welfare Philippines
which reported 3,000 cases
(Humanist Alliance
Philippines International,
2023).
 According to the 2019 survey
of the Philippine Animal
Welfare Society (PAWS),
there are over 12 million stay
cats and dogs in the country
that was abandoned by their
owner due to lack of shelter
(Bacelonia, 2023).

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