I.

PRAYER

II. ENERGIZER
sharing of talaban observations
game about current events in the
Philippines

III. LESSON PROPER
POVERTY
- fishermen and farmers = poorest sector in
society (since 2006)
- first 6 months of 2013 = better poverty rate
than before
- the proportion of Filipinos whose income is
below the food threshold, was estimated at
10.7 percent in the first semester of 2013,
lower than the 13.4 percent estimate in the
first half of 2012.
- Family of five = at least 5, 590php/month
just to cover food (8,022php/month to
cover food +other needs)
- Food threshold is the minimum income
required to meet basic food needs and
satisfy the nutritional requirements set by
the Food and Nutrition Research Institute
(FNRI) to ensure that one remains
economically and socially productive. (It is
used to measure extreme or subsistence
poverty.)
- Poverty threshold = (food threshold) +
clothing + transportation + health +
education
- PSA estimates to get people to cross the
poverty line = government would distribute
124 billion to all poor households (as of
2012)
EDUCATION
- education is not a significant contributor to
the countrys gross national product
- 1.46 people who are out of school (hasnt
improved between 2000 and 2011)
highest population
- teacher absenteeism (due to weather) =
recurring problem
- falling behind on education for the poor
- rich households (men + women) = 100%
basic literacy rates
- poor households = 86% basic literacy rate
(women) | 72% basic literacy rate (men)
- Mindanao conflict = hinders education in
Mindanao
- Statistics show, however, that the
Philippines has high records of lower
secondary education enrolment, adult
literacy and gender parity in primary
education averaging over 95 percent for
each goal.
LIVELIHOOD
- THE PHILIPPINES HAS THE HIGHEST
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN SOUTH EAST ASIA
- this is according to the report of the
internationally labor organization
- our unemployment rate as of 2014 is at 7.3%
- Indonesia is right above is with a 6%
unemployment rate
- however, the Philippines' unemployment rate
isn't say bad as the other countries around the
world such as Brazil, the US and Great Britain
- unemployment rate in the Philippines has been in
the 7-8% range since year 2005

TRAFFIC
- the state loses 153 billion php yearly due to
traffic
- No Apprehension Policy increased travel
time
Freight trucks are not supposed to be
allowed on main roads (EDSA) but they still
secure the necessary paperwork
- provincial busses still pass by EDSA even
thought it is not allowed

Bacani, L. (2014, August 4). Miriam blames LTFRB
for Metro Manila traffic. Retrieved on August
7,2014 from
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2014/08/
04/1353781/miriam-blames-ltfrb-metro-
manila-traffic
Diola, C. (2014, January 23). Philippines' education
crisis far from over UNESCO. Retrieved on
August 6, 2014 from
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2014/01/
23/1282186/philippines-education-crisis-far-
over-unesco
Torres, T. (2014, July 5). Poverty incidence eases 24.
9%. Retrieved on August 6, 2014 from
http://www.philstar.com/business/2014/07/0
5/1342488/poverty-incidence-eases-24.9