WHAT IT IS TO BE POOR?

How would you describe extreme poverty in the Philippines? In 2012, extreme poverty in the Philippines was estimated at 19.2 percent of the population, or about 18.4 million people, based on the international poverty line of $1.25 per day. Most of the poor in the Philippines live in rural areas and work in the agriculture […]

Democratic Elections

It has just been a few days since the Senatorial Elections. The Filipinos were able to practice their democratic right to vote for the leaders who they deem as capable to lead our nation towards positive progress. Noticeably however, there has been a lot of outrage regarding the results of the elections. While some people […]

Violent, Violence

In general, violence connotes an intense manifestation of strength, usually involving some severe physical effects as in the violence of a thunderstorm, earthquake, explosion, stampede, and so on. Clearly, it is a manifestation of nature’s balancing of powers. What about violence between people–killing, fighting, beating, rampaging, warring? Are all such manifestations reflections of social conflict […]

Non-Stop Improper Waste Disposal

Garbage? What’s on your mind when you heard it? Is it solution or pollution? Well, both can be. Improper waste disposal in the Phlippines is common to all Filipinos. In fact, improper waste disposal is the one of the biggest problem in the Philippines. Filipinos living in the society tend throw garbage everyday. Garbage here,garbage […]

An Analysis on the Proliferation of Drug Users

Hello and welcome to my blog! This blog serves as a platform of my analysis about the proliferation of drug users amidst the Philippine drug war using the Human Ecological Theory. Now, do you know what the Human Ecological theory is? The Human Ecological theory is an approach that examines individuals’ relationships within communities and […]