5 Issues

5 ISSUES
ANGELO ALCANTARA
FIRST ISSUE:
Most Filipinos remain worried about climate change
• A report titled "International Public Opinion on Climate Change, 2022" revealed that
85 percent of Filipinos were "somewhat worried" to "very worried" about climate
change. Eighty-eight percent, meanwhile, believed that climate change was currently
happening and 87 percent felt that it represented a "somewhat a serious threat" to a
"very serious threat" in the next 20 years.
• Extreme weather events, a manifestation of climate change and considered a global
risk, are clear and present dangers to Filipino lives and livelihoods. The World
Economic Forum, in its 2022 Global Risks Report, ranked extreme weather events as
the second most severe risk on the global scale over the next 10 years.
https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/08/27/business/green-industries/most-filipinos-remain-worried-about-climate-change/1856112#:~:text=Extreme%20weather%20events%2C%20a%20manifestation,over%20the%20next%2010%20years.
By Ludwig Federigan August 27, 2022
SECOND ISSUE:
Making Sense of the Philippines’ Latest Poverty Statistics
•More Filipinos are poorer today compared to 2018, according to the latest official data released by the
Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
•Citing its Family Income and Expenditure Survey, the PSA said the country has 19.99 million individuals
living below the poverty threshold. This represents 18.1 percent of the population. In 2018, there were 17.67
million poor Filipinos. Meanwhile, the number of “food-poor” individuals increased by 1.01 million. The
PSA also reported a 7.8 percent unemployment rate, which is equivalent to 3.71 million jobless Filipinos.
https://thediplomat.com/2022/09/making-sense-of-the-philippines-latest-poverty-statistics/#:~:text=Citing%20its%20Family%20Income
%20and,18.1%20percent%20of%20the%20population.
By Mong Palatino
September 07, 2022
THIRD ISSUE:
Philippine push for death penalty return resurfaces
• Anti-crime groups back efforts to push bill through Congress when Marcos becomes president.
• At least three anti-crime groups in the Philippines are backing fresh calls to reinstate the death
penalty for heinous crimes and drug lords. The Federation of the Anti-Illegal Drugs Campaign,
together with the Anti-Crime Council of the Philippines and the Fight Drug Trade Movement, issued
a joint statement on June 26 saying they would join efforts to push President-elect Ferdinand
“Bongbong” Marcos Jr. into reinstating capital punishment, which was abolished in 2006 by former
president Gloria Arroyo. The call came after a recent survey revealed that more than 50 percent of
the population believed the death penalty was effective in preventing heinous crimes such as murder,
rape and the drug trade. In March 2021, allies of outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte sought to table
a bill in Congress reintroducing the death penalty. The bill is yet to be debated and it is expected the
new president will be called upon to push for its passage. Previous attempts to push a bill through
Congress stalled.
• Logica, an academic group that sponsored the recent nationwide survey, said 54 percent of Filipinos
believed the death penalty should be reinstated to solve the proliferation of heinous crimes.
https://www.ucanews.com/news/philippine-push-for-death-penalty-return-resurfaces/97809
By Joseph Peter Calleja Published: June 27, 2022
FOURTH ISSUE:
Unending “Drug War”
•In September, a pre-trial chamber of the ICC granted the prosecutor’s request to open a formal investigation into alleged crimes against
humanity in the Philippines from the time the country ratified the ICC’s Rome Statute on November 1, 2011, until its withdrawal from
the treaty on March 16, 2019. In its decision to greenlight the investigation, the pre-trial chamber stated the government’s anti-drug
campaign “cannot be seen as a legitimate law enforcement operation, and the killings neither as legitimate nor as mere excesses in an
otherwise legitimate operation.” It further said there has been “a widespread and systematic attack against the civilian population” as
part of a state policy.
•The decision echoed claims by various rights groups that between 12,000 and 30,000 people have been killed in the “drug war.” The
government’s own data shows more than 6,190 people were killed in police operations from 2016 to August 2021.
•The Department of Justice, which announced, in June 2020, the creation of a panel that would review deaths in the “drug war” attributed
to police officers, said, in September 2021, that it was now investigating 52 cases involving 154 police officers implicated in
questionable killings. This followed its admission before the UN Human Rights Council, in February, that officers failed to follow
protocols during these operations. In many cases, police made no effort to examine allegedly recovered weapons, verify ownership, or
conduct ballistic examinations. In most of the cases the Department of Justice reviewed, police also failed to follow standard protocols
in the coordination of drug raids and in the processing of crime scene evidence.
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2022/country-chapters/philippines
FIFTH ISSUE:
Philippine Ocean Conservation Group Sounds Alarm Over Dwindling
Sardine Stock
• A marine conservation group expressed alarm about the declining sardine stocks in Philippine waters due to
overfishing and called on the government to expedite the implementation of the National Sardine Management
Plan (NSMP).
• The NSMP was signed by former Agriculture Secretary William Dar on May 15, 2020, to boost science-based
indicators for the sustainability of fish stocks, to distribute the benefits of conservation to sardine fishing
communities and to strengthen science-based management for sustainable sardine fisheries by the end of 2025.
• Oceana Philippines Vice President Gloria Estenzo-Ramos said their organization called on the government to
take action because local sardine fisherfolks are still struggling with their dwindling catch, two years after the
signing of the NSMP.
https://maritimefairtrade.org/philippine-ocean-conservation-group-sounds-alarm-dwindling-sardine-stock/
By Liz Lagniton July 28, 2022.
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