REVIEW

FIRST QUARTER EXAM

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
What is a Contemporary Issue?
 What is a Contemporary Issue?

Contemporary issues are issues that have particular

and significant relevance to present time.

The goal of contemporary issues is to enrich knowledge

of current issues and dig deeper into them with critical
and analytical approaches.
TYPES OF CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
 TYPES OF CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
1.Economic issues - societies 2. Social issues – issues
are faced with a financial or activities that affect
problem, which is how to many people within a
make maximum use of
society are common
limited or scarce resources.
problems.

• It also applies to systems

for setting levels of taxation
and government budgets.
 TYPES OF CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
3. Political issues - issues 4. Geographical or
that have to do with Environmental issues -
government or politics, refers to a problem or
this may include issues dispute related to a
related to party politics natural environment.
or the political system.
IDENTIFY THE ISSUES
 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
Several areas of Manila were hit by
floods following heavy downpour
on Saturday.

Gutter-deep water swamped a

portion of Taft Avenue near the NBI
headquarters along Taft Avenue. It
also flooded parts of the service
road along Roxas Boulevard.
 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
The Department of Health
on Saturday logged 2,812
new COVID-19 cases,
bringing the country's total
caseload to 3,889,160. The
DOH also recorded 52 new
deaths caused by the
disease. ( Calvelo, 2022)
 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
The Philippine peso plunged to an all-
time low of P56.77 to the US dollar on
Friday, Sept. 2, data from the Bankers
Association of the Philippines (BAP)
showed. Friday's close was weaker
than the previous all-time record low
of P56.45 on October 14, 2004 (ABS-
CBN News, 2022)
 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
The United States on Friday announced a
new $1.1 billion package of arms to
Taiwan, vowing to keep boosting the
island's defenses as tensions soar with
Beijing. The sale comes a month after
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defiantly
visited the self-governing democracy,
prompting mainland China to launch a
show of force that could be a trial run for a
 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
The corruption charges are
finally beginning to stack up
against Malaysia’s former
first family. The court
ordered the former first lady
to serve 10 years in prison
after finding her guilty of
soliciting and receiving
bribes during her husband’s
nine years in office.
(Strangio, 2022)
DIMENSIONS OF CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
PERSONAL
The impact of the issues to an
individual person in terms of his or
her social, political and economic
background and beliefs.
In the discourse, the person is able
to share his or her stand on the
issue by sharing questions that will
lead the person to answer that will
enlighten his or her queries.
PUBLIC
Everyone shares ideas and
different perspectives based on
valid accounts.
After the discourse, revalidation
of personal stand should be made,
reflect on all possible implications
of our decision that can directly or
indirectly affect the greater public.
How does the public dimension affect decision
making?
The concept of moral principles, what is right or wrong, and
the existence of diversity are at the core of decision-making.

This poses the challenge of being consistently critical on

matters that affect the majority through simple actions
and the formulation of public policy that bears
consequences.
GLOBAL COOPERATION
 GLOBAL COOPERATION

It is popularly believed that cooperation is

something in which individual and collective
actors pursuing common goals engage, while
actors who have differing world views and
pursue conflicting objectives are disinclined
to cooperate.
 GLOBAL COOPERATION

No country can tackle the world’s challenges

alone: wars and conflicts, climate change,
poverty, lack of equality, lack of respect for
human rights, nuclear weapons proliferation –
unfortunately the list is long. International
cooperation is vital – and it makes us stronger
 FIRST QUARTER EXAM
Scope: Test I - Multiple Choice (15
points)
1. Contemporary Issues
2. Global Cooperation Test II - Article Analysis (12
points)
Test III - Essay (24 points)
Total - 51 points
 REFERENCES
Cerezo, A. (2022, September 3). Floods swamp parts of Manila. ABS-CBN News; ABS-CBN News.

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/03/22/floods-swamp-parts-of-manila

News, A.-C. (2022a, September 2). Peso falls to all-time low of P56.77 vs US dollar. ABS-CBN News; ABS-CBN News.

https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/09/02/22/peso-falls-to-all-time-low-of-p5677-vs-us-dollar

News, A.-C. (2022b, September 3). Philippines logs 2,812 new COVID cases, 52 deaths. ABS-CBN News; ABS-CBN News.

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/03/22/philippines-logs-2812-new-covid-cases-52-deaths

Strangio, S. (2022, September 2). Former Malaysian First Lady Sentenced to 10 Years Prison for Bribery. Thediplomat.com.

https://thediplomat.com/2022/09/former-malaysian-first-lady-sentenced-to-10-years-prison-for-bribery/

Tandon, S. (2022, September 3). US announces $1.1-billion arms package for Taiwan. ABS-CBN News; ABS-CBN News.

https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/09/03/22/us-announces-11-billion-arms-package-for-taiwan