Solusyon sa "Kahirapan' sa pilipinas

[femmedelicieux]

Yes. What we can do as individual citizens on a daily basis all adds up to either a solution or the problem, no matter how small it may seem.

...it can also take one concerned citizen to make those dreams come true, albeit indirectly and gradually.

It doesn't always have to take a grand gesture to set things right. We all can do something with the country in mind.

I'm just your average Jane (or Juana, if you like), but I don't litter. I follow traffic rules as a pedestrian. And I patronize products and services from small Filipino businesses to support local livelihoods. My contribution is very small compared to what what big politicians and businessmen can do, but I still do these because this is my home and I care for it. And there's a lot we can do to demonstrate how we care for the Philippines and not just wait for a supposed savior to clean up after us.

Well said, Freya. Our contributions may seem to us to be a drop in the bucket, but just imagine if everyone thought that his actions or inaction wouldn't make much difference, and acted accordingly. Why does Metro Manila continue to be afflicted by flooding? Because of all the individuals who do not bother to properly dispose of their waste. We could say this is the result of poor implementation of laws, but does that make it okay for us, as individuals, to be indifferent to the harm we are causing to our environment and to other people?

If everyone thought and acted as you did, then our country would be a much better place. We wouldn't need to dream of a Messiah to come and save us from the consequences of our own irresponsibility.

[melissa]

Disiplina ba? pede nating lagyan ng billboards sa buong kapuluan na "Sa maunlad na bayan DISIPLINA ang kailangan" do you think may mangyayari sa current state ng ating bansa? In my opinion, ang mga Pilipino sadyang may disiplina sa sarili.. proven na yan kung tayo ay napupunta sa ibang bansa, sumusunod tayo sa regulasyon. Pero kahirapan pa rin ang nakikita natin. Tungkol naman sa populasyon, malaki nga ito pero kaya ng gobyernong mabigyan tayo ng magandang buhay kung: no. 1) alisin ang corruption .. pano ito solusyonan? kung walang masyadong maraming pulitiko di ba mas konti ang red tape? meaning konti ang manghuhuthot, esp projects na malalaki, from the local officials up to national level ang corruption, or kung maliit naman from the manager to the local official. I've heard so many stories abt such things, maybe you too in your own provinces or community. if money (from the taxpayers) will flow rightfully in to the government hands and properly managed, there will be adequate distribution of wealth. Unlike what is happening right now wherein only few people is benefitting, hindi umaabot sa mas nakakarami ang pera ng bayan.. pairalin ang mga batas lalo na abt corruption, para maminimize ang abuse of power. just imagine ilan silang mga politiko ngayon, ilan ang abusado? 50%? 60%? kawawa naman pala tayong mga Pinoy, nanahimik na lang at pinapanood sa TV ang mga abuses nila (remember the golf course incident). well, i can complain and complain..most of us here in the forum knows to handle his life bec it may mean we are not poor.. paano na kaya yung pinanganak na kasinlabo ng putik ang magandang kinabukasan. i don't know what kind of government will fit a beautiful but poor country.

[BarackObama]

1. Walang corruption sa Pilipinas.
2. Family Planning para mabawasan ang population.
3. Magandang edukasyon.

[terranemp]

I think that saying discipline is just an excuse. Of course people need more discipline. But how do you get it. What can we do today to be more disciplined?

[Kazansky]

To instill stability in the Philippine political system, one must remove the single factor that hinders its processes - the politicians themselves. To replace them with foreigners from a country with an experienced ruling regime/government, say the United States, the People's Republic of China, the United Kingdom, etc. would be to virtually eliminate VISIBLE corruption from the country. However, a foreign takeover would not be in the best interest of the common people.

[terranemp]

Don't take American politicians they wouldn't be any better. lol

[Kazansky]

Don't take American politicians they wouldn't be any better. lol

They'd have us turning into democrats and republicans and blargh but -- we'd be wealthy, at least.

I mean - look at Guam! They're just like us! XD

[femmedelicieux]

Disiplina ba? pede nating lagyan ng billboards sa buong kapuluan na "Sa maunlad na bayan DISIPLINA ang kailangan" do you think may mangyayari sa current state ng ating bansa? In my opinion, ang mga Pilipino sadyang may disiplina sa sarili.. proven na yan kung tayo ay napupunta sa ibang bansa, sumusunod tayo sa regulasyon.

There is indeed a dichotomy in the behavior of Filipinos in their own country and abroad. Here, following anti-littering ordinances and traffic ordinances seem to be optional.

Anyway, we can help to change attitudes in our own little way by spreading the message of loving our country. We are particularly fortunate to belong to the internet generation. We can make use of this method of communication to help create awareness about our country's problems and how we can be part of the solution.

Pero kahirapan pa rin ang nakikita natin. Tungkol naman sa populasyon, malaki nga ito pero kaya ng gobyernong mabigyan tayo ng magandang buhay kung: no. 1) alisin ang corruption .. pano ito solusyonan? kung walang masyadong maraming pulitiko di ba mas konti ang red tape? meaning konti ang manghuhuthot, esp projects na malalaki, from the local officials up to national level ang corruption, or kung maliit naman from the manager to the local official. I've heard so many stories abt such things, maybe you too in your own provinces or community. if money (from the taxpayers) will flow rightfully in to the government hands and properly managed, there will be adequate distribution of wealth. Unlike what is happening right now wherein only few people is benefitting, hindi umaabot sa mas nakakarami ang pera ng bayan.. pairalin ang mga batas lalo na abt corruption, para maminimize ang abuse of power. just imagine ilan silang mga politiko ngayon, ilan ang abusado? 50%? 60%?

But here's the catch--we are the ones who vote our public officials into office. Putting the pressure on our politicians to change things clearly isn't enough. If voters continue to vote on the basis of their personal expected advantages and not because they believe that the politician will truly be beneficial to the community as a whole, then we can continue to expect the same patronage politics.

kawawa naman pala tayong mga Pinoy, nanahimik na lang at pinapanood sa TV ang mga abuses nila (remember the golf course incident). well, i can complain and complain..most of us here in the forum knows to handle his life bec it may mean we are not poor.. paano na kaya yung pinanganak na kasinlabo ng putik ang magandang kinabukasan. i don't know what kind of government will fit a beautiful but poor country.

Better discuss the golf course incident in the appropriate thread since the 'abuse of power' viewpoint is debatable.

Regarding your comment that "most of us here in the forum knows to handle his life bec it may mean we are not poor". Many of us here in the forum come from poor backgrounds. Tolerating the victim mentality just because someone is "poor" will not help to change our country for the better. It is the very attitude of pandering to the poor's victim mentality that has been responsible for our bleak political scenario. The responsibility to vote the right people into office and to follow the laws does not only belong to the privileged but to all citizens.

[kike]

Saksi tayo sa mga paraan na nagagawa ng gobyerno para masolusyunan ang kahirapan sa bansa... pero ano ba dapt ang prayoridad sa mga d2..

para sakin gumawa at magbigay ng trabaho sa mga maliliit na nakakrami..

syempre pag may trabaho na ang isang tao unti unti na nila masusustintuhan ang kanilang pangangailangan.. pag may pera na sila masisimulan na nila sa mallit na bagay tulad ng kakainin nila sa araw araw gang sa pag aaral at sa pang araw araw na pangangailangan...


corruption?
edukasyon?
pera?
health?

hehehe

opinions.. opinionsssss... hehehe peace

solusyon sa pangkalahatan kahirapan sa pilipinas

My suggestions (some serious, some presented with tongue firmly in cheek) would be...

1) Ditch the present presidential form NOW and switch to a UK style parliamentary system where people in each province elect their respective representative to the parliament. Put it simply, get rid of the congressmen and senators and let the governors be our parliamentary representatives. Let them vote among themselves who gets to be Prime Minister. This would be more efficient since people would have a more direct contact with their elected representatives in the government; it would be cheaper to run a provincial campaign than national campaign therefore this system would open politics to those who are not as wealthy as the Enriles or the Elizaldes or the Zubiris but are more deserving.

2) Elect someone with gravitas and who can be taken seriously in the international arena. Let's be realistic, we can't have someone like Joseph Estrada asking the IMF or World bank for another loan or negotiating a favourable interest rate or negotiating with the King of Saudi Arabia to open the job market to Filipinos.

3) We should realise that we can't go "People Power-ing" at the drop of a hat! It's a waste of resources and energy.

4) Hammer into people's heads that there are already too Filipinos on the planet. Get the UN to send us free condoms and contraceptive pills again.

Don't believe what the Catholic Church says about contraception and population management. Priests live on a different planet -- they don't understand how it is to be homeless because they always have their massive seminarios and conventos to go to; they don't understand how it is to squeeze in 6 children in one room; they don't understand how it is to be hungry or apportion a plateful of rice because they can always count on their weekly collections; they don't understand how it is to choose between feeding your soul and feeding your stomach.

5) Revive the mining industry. We don't have oil but we have tons of silver and gold -- apparently. I'm an environmentalist (expensive!) but I'm also a realist.

6) Turn squatting into a Class 1 criminal offence and exile offenders to a remote but fertile island somewhere in Mindanao ((so they can't sell their alloted land and then come back to the city) and teach them agriculture and fishing. Someting like a kibbutz.

7) Get Filipinos to speak proper Filipino and proper English. Anyone who says "gutom na me, pagod na you" should branded. The words "idiot na me" must be tattoo-ed on their foreheads.

8) Burn down every single SM City in urban areas. OK, that's harsh, so perhaps levy a massive, heavy, out of this world fine on the inconsiderate owners of SM for the traffic chaos their shopping malls have created.

9) This would be drastic but let's have a commission with people who will spy on government officials and even bus drivers. Something like, a spy would offer a bribe and if the official took it; then he'd go to jail. It's entrapment, but who cares if we want to get rid of the rot?

10) Let's make Imelda Marcos governor of Manila once again. She's so vain she'll probably free up some of her billions to beautify the city. And she's the only one with chutzpah to demand that all prisoners in Muntinlupa do the cleaning up of the esteros and the streets of Manila -- for free!

11) Let's finish the Cavite Coastal road pronto and move the aiport to Cavite City.

12) Get Richard Branson to invest in our railway system. This way, people working in Makati don't have to LIVE in Makati. They can live as far away as Tarlac and be in the city in an hour with an efficient railway system.

13) Think 25,000 times before voting for a celebrity.

[femmedelicieux]

kike, kailangan siguro isama mo ang mga papalag na human rights groups dun sa mga mae-exile.

[kike]

kike, kailangan siguro isama mo ang mga papalag na human rights groups dun sa mga mae-exile.

Human rights group.....Forgot about those irritating pests [of which I'm a card carrying member, oddly enough] but OK.. point taken.

Of course it's no crime to be poor but it should be a crime to squat. And, since you would be turning squatting into a Class 1 crime -- as serious as homicide, grand larceny, treason, incest, having too many babies, watching Wowowee and saying "gutom na me" -- then the punishment could be the automatic forfeiture of the squatters' basic right of abode. Thennnnn exile them. And if human rights pests start wittering on about their human rights cause, then charge them with conspiracy to pervert the cause of justice and exile them along with the squatters to Batanes or Tawi tawi. Let them go fishing!

[makulitako]

Let's make Imelda Marcos governor of Manila once again. She's so vain she'll probably

free up some of her billions to beautify the city. And she's the only one with chutzpah to demand that all prisoners in Muntinlupa do the cleaning up of the esteros and the streets of Manila -- for free!

i like this.... dami naka kulong pinapakain lang naman ng gobyerno. dapat MMDA mag bantay dito, magaling sa habulan at paluan eh.

[Aga Mulat]

Start with ourselves then act as one unit until we can form a force large enough to overthrow the current politicians from their seats.

[drhenry4]

Solutions start from adopted policies. We can suggest every detailed solutions but without changing current economic policies, they are pointless.

1. Depreciate the peso to Php50 but not more than Php56. This will "correct" present economic distortions like poor institutions leading to corruption, and product uncompetitiveness.
2. Revise the constitution to transform into a parliamentary federal. This will ensure equity vis-a-vis development only on mega-manila and cities. Likewise, this will minimize politicking.
3. For the meantime, while waiting for exports and manufacturing to grow, abolish POEA to facilitate working abroad. POEA is a legalized pimp which tolerates the corruption of placement agencies.
4. Selective tariff increase on products entering the country to protect local industries.
5. Stop privatization of government companies while state control on natural monopolies like electricity and water.
6. Minimize rice importation and stop rice subsidies while increasing farm subsidies to promote rice production.
7. Abolish automatic appropriation of budget on debt payments while adopting debt payment moratorium. This is to realign nation's funds to more investments and social development.

[Kazansky]

Start with ourselves then act as one unit until we can form a force large enough to overthrow the current politicians from their seats.

Revolutsiy v nadezhna. XD I like your style.