More Poor in the Philippines

More poor Filipinos under PeNoy

I had a great time last night with FB friends, Fr. PennState, Sistah Cecille Ignacio, Kuya Nelson and MJ AR. Habang ang Kamaynilaan ay inuulan, we're comfortably seated in a Chinese restaurant feasting over fried frog legs, steamed lapu-lapu and mushroom and seafood soup. Masarap ang kwentuhan namin so niyaya ko sila sa aking favorite watering hole sa bay area.

So when I read the headlines of today's dailies, about the rise of poverty in the Philippines, I can't help but feel some kind of guilt.

Not that I am not expecting such news will hit the headlines, sooner or later. Itong si PeNoy na ata ang pinakatamad na naupo sa Malacanang. At isang katangahan ang umasa na may asensong magaganap under his do-nothing administration. Mas may possibility pa na makasalok tayo ng tubig sa Sun kesa umasang may milagrong kaunlaran habang ang mga dilawan ay nakaluklok.

Penoy and his economic managers have been employing all types of statistical manipulation to hide the fact na pabulusok ang bansa. Poverty in the Philippines has become more pronounced that even the yellow media has no other choice but report it. 

Yellow media is now unable to deodorize stinking Philippine poverty

Pro-PeNoy Philippine Daily Inquirer reported that Social Weather Station survey revealed that the number of poor Filipinos sharply rose from 9.1 million last December 2011 to 11.1 million as of March 2012.

Even Philippine Star which is owned by House Speaker Sonny Belmonte, a staunch PeNoy supporter, carried the news that self-rated poverty surges by 2 million.

GMA News reported that more than half of the households in the country is now under poverty line, a big leap from 45% which was registered last December 2012. This is also what the yellowest media outfit, ABS-CBN, posted in its website.

Straight path to extreme and more widespread poverty?

Anti-Arroyo blogsite, Rappler said that self-rated poverty rose the highest in Mindanao.  Malaya reported that poverty rate in Mindanao reached 72%, while Visayas registered 61%.

"Kung walang kurap, walang mahirap."   This was PeNoy's slogan last 2010 elections.  Kung lumalabas na mas marami ang mahirap ngayon, it is now safe to conclude na mas lumala ang kurapsyon sa ilalim ng rehimen na ito.