Malditah Musings

A scary uncontrollable growth of population in the Philippines and the Bad Profile of Its Economy

For the past few decades, the Philippines is on the verge of determining The most outspoken Population Control program which is supported by United Nation and several Non-government Agencies. Its rules and regulations are very much not ideal other countries can provide the same structure as far as definition of the program is concerned.

In fact, the Philippines is among the few countries that runs a department-specific Population Control Program (PCP).

Now, the author wishes to recognize the results from the deep structure of the project. Since the Philippine Government owns responsibility to present an outcome of PCP outlined, not only the Filipino people but to incorporate the UN involved in funding projects.

Should the Philippine Government failed, the Commission on Population Control should publish the figure - and if the PCP Project is a real failure - presentation the yard should be made available at the same time. Thus, the UN can justify the multi million funding from a so-called project subversion.

The Real Picture:

Artificial birth control is often taboo in this staunchly Roman Catholic country. Yet with a birth rate that is one of the highest in the world, sustainable population growth is becoming a burning issue, especially millions of poor people struggling to feed themselves in these times of high prices food.

This year's global food crisis, which saw prices of basic commodities such as rice soar beyond the reach of millions of poor people, created shock waves in the Philippines where over 40 percent of the population live on a pay less than Php. 100.00 a day.

Spooked by an certain political and economic situation, some lawmakers are trying to pass a bill forcing the central government to promote artificial planning family rather than just focusing on natural birth control methods, a acivity supported by the Church.

Twenty-seven economists, including four former Economic planning secretaries and one former budget secretary, have signed a paper supporting the bill.

"The absence of an unambiguous population policy reflect a lack of seriousness in promoting long-term economic growth and poverty reduction, "said Ernesto Pernia, a professor of economics at the University the Philippines, and one of the 27 signatories.

He compares the Philippines to Thailand.

In 1975 both countries have similar population sizes 41-42000000. Then Bangkok launched a major family planning effort.

Now Thailand has a population of around 64 million and the world's top rice exporter. Meanwhile, the Philippines has a population of 90 million and be world's top importer of the grain.

Thailand had a gross annual income per capita of about 7880 to $ U in 2007, while in the Philippines 3730 to U $.

According to UP Professor, which the Philippines has followed the (population) growth pattern between Thailand 1975 and 2000 the per capita income is at least 22 percent higher and there would be five million more poor people, said Pernia. "That is a conservative estimate."

Yet the proposed reproductive health bill will probably never see the light of day as the influential Catholic Church is violently opposed artificial birth control - defined as a violation of her religious customs.

The Church has denounced the bill as "not acceptable morally" and warned politicians, particularly senators will be running for president in 2010, that their stance will be remembered.

"The Church Catholic knows how to mobilize its members not to vote for anti-life politicians, "said Father Melvin Castro of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines in a statement.

Priests at some Sunday masses gave PowerPoint presentations reiterating the Church's stand on family planning and one archbishop even suggested refusal believed communion to politicians who supported the law.

Nearly half of the estimated 3.1 million pregnancies that occur each year in the Southeast Asian country are unplanned. Around half a million end in illegal and often dangerous back-street abortions.

While a relatively small middle class in the Philippines can easily afford contraceptives, millions of poor women can not. One month supply of pills costs 40.00 pesos or around $ 1.00, around half the daily average salary almost half of the population.

Backlash withdraw after the UN Fund PCP

A lack of accurate information and access is also a problem.

Local governments often do not have the money to provide pills and condoms in public clinics and mayors that prefer to toe the Church line can ban them from clinics.

Officials who disobey the Church sometimes risk a backlash.

Joseph Juico, a councilor in Quezon City in Manila, was denounced for introducing a family planning program in schools.

"There are priests and some lay ministers were calling me an abortionist. They are calling me a worker of Satan, "Juico said.

Couples attending compulsory family planning seminars before their marriage was often warned off using artificial methods.

"One of the women leading our workshop told us the pill had given her varicose veins, diabetes and made her deaf in one ear, "said one newlywed, who declined to be named.

Catholic clerics say natural family planning methods such as abstinence when the woman is ovulating are effective.

But in practice these are often unreliable and difficult to follow. Many couples in the Philippines only see each other once or twice a month due to either man or woman has a live-in manual job elsewhere. It is even less if one it works abroad.

Extra-marital affairs seldom alluded to by priests in the Philippines, are usually people and sometimes have second or third family.

A lack of artificial contraception means that many women literally burst into tears when their time is even a day late as the only recourse for an unplanned pregnancy is an illegal abortion or giving birth to another child they can ill afford to feed.

Nothing in this world a effective birth control policy, the Philippines, the 12th most populous country is expected to have a population of more than 140 million by 2040, and then no place to live in the yard but in the shanties, swamps and shorelines. This will put a huge strain on its creaking health system, schools and other services, and its ability to feed itself.

Extreme food shortage is the canvass, looters, as by hold, killers, one will survive synonymous with a life forest, all fighting hard for food. Sick people will outnumber, hospitals and healthcare facilities would be some - hence only a few could afford medical services Criminalities, lawlessness and civil disobedience will skyrocket beyond controllable number. destruction of mankind - where a living breathing for survival is no longer occur.

We are now ready to find an outcome of a neutral, waste and poor population control policies that are influenced by our religious leader?

Think again and support the best alternative scientific means - close at hand.

About the Author

The Author is an academic person who owns a passion for peace and self development. He who travels the world in search of a well defined political governance; where peace, abundance and security are of bounty.

He owns a strong faith in the theory of self preservation and self trust.

From his own conviction, He value not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumble, or where the doer of deeds could have done better.

He also believes that ones good effort should be credited with recognition that belongs to the man who is in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be like those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. agp_von@yahoo.com