the entire Philippines today we experience poverty caused by inequality where the gap between the Filipino rich and the poor is relatively high and alarming. Poverty has always been present even in the past governments. It is one of the biggest and most evident problems in the Philippines considering that we are a developing country. According to the dictionary, poverty is defined as the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support. Poverty and inequality in the Philippines remains a challenge and a main target of the government but the country still seems to be struggling to maintain a healthy growth in addressing this social problem. So far, the response…
Having poverty is unfair, unethical, and dangerous. The Philippines should abolish poverty because its people deserve to be free of it. Poverty in the Philippines is one of the most serious problems that the government must deal with. In relation to its nature, poverty in the Philippines arose from the rapid population growth in the country. The effects of it are very visible in nature. Poverty causes many Filipinos to not pursue their education. Others seem to be contented of their lives as…
focus of keeping the US out of the Philippines. Although Imperialist viewed the annexation as helpful to the US, the inability to give the people of the Philippines lawfully equal treatment, racial differences along with opposing moral views, and the cost of expansion would become arguments justifying why the Anti Imperialist were against the colonization of the Philippines. The first reason the Anti Imperialist wanted to avoid colonizing the Philippines was how it affected the US and the…
degradation of Mother Earth, and for the Philippines every waking day of a person’s life the matter of ‘gas’ is a part of it. According to an article Source of Air pollution "By inhaling a large amount of air pollution in one’s body system, it can cause serious diseases and in worst case scenarios can lead to death" (2013, par. 1). Having a tainted air that every living organisms, including the humans that are breathing. Air pollution, therefore creates a risk to the health and well being of the…
Country Summary According to the World Health Organization in 2014, the health situation in the Philippines can be summarized in three points: 1. Stagnation, 2. Inequality, and 3. Opportunity. The Philippines is considered a lower middle income country and is faced with a “triple burden” of disease. This includes high incidences of all key communicable diseases and an increasing number of non-communicable diseases. Another issue is that medicine prices remain some of the highest among other…
This investigation resulted in a thirty- nine- page report by HRW that condemned the Philippine government for failing to protect children who are forced by poverty to work in small-scale gold mines and refocused international attention to the exploitation of child labor in the Philippines. (2016). they also took statistics and the number of children that are in the child labor is very outrageous. People need to open their eyes because that’s a lot of children working in these poor conditions…
cycle of poverty through generations that is harmful due to the lifelong physical problems, school and job acceptance rate, and diseases. There are an estimated 300 million people worldwide who can’t afford a simple pair of shoes. (Goldberg, “Man Going Barefoot for A Year For 300 Million People Who Can't Afford Shoes.”) A lack of shoes causes many different problems within a person’s body. These issues include diseases, physical problems but also lower the rate of school and job acceptance. The…
invaded other countries and took over by force, ruling harshly in order to get whatever it was they needed from the country. Often, imperialistic countries were looking for raw materials and other means to better their own economies by expanding into the country they had just entered. The imperialism practiced by America and Belgium, each in its own way, resulted in short and long term effects on the people of their target countries. In the year 1902, the United States of America colonized the…
Angella Brown HCA 350: Research Paper - China and Philippines Charter Oak State College China This research paper outlines the differences amongst China and the Philippines. Therefore, I will discuss the demographics in these two countries or the factors that may impact the health of the countries. The impacts affecting the health of China and Philippines are caused from environmental, political, and economic issues. Within my research I found many similarity as well as difference. We are…
If the option was made available to you, would you sell an organ to feed your family? If you were living in poverty would selling an organ furnish you with financial relief and hope or cause physical setbacks? Few plans for, let alone anticipate the post-operative complications. Life may be priceless, but that does not stop a trafficker from putting a price on a poor individual’s organ. Many who undergo operations to sell an organ never receive postoperative treatment (Adair & Wigmore 2011).…