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Poverty is a weapon of mass
sustainabl
e
antipovert
y
programs
First Place Editorial Writing English, NSPC Kalibo 2006
Introduction
It contains the The heartbreaking news of
news peg and Mariannet Amper, a 12-year old girl
the reaction. from Maa, Davao City who, at first
reported, committed suicide for
The absence of
losing hope that her family could
a reaction to rise from wallowing in the quagmire
an issue makes of poverty is a glaring proof that much
the article not has to be done beyond what this
an editorial but economic growth our government is
just an essay. drumbeating now.
Body Fact 1
It presents A study of the International
the factual Food Policy Research Institute
details (IFFRI) showed that 11 million
about the Filipinos are among the one
issue, which billion people in the world
include the
opinion or
living on less than one dollar a
principle of day, a state which the United
the Nations define as extreme
newspaper. poverty.
Body
Interpretation
Interpretation Mariannet family’s sad plight
should be mirrors the real scenario of
based on the the vast majority of the
statistics or Filipino people. The
facts economic boom of our
presented to country today maybe
substantiate
statistically true but it is
one’s stand on
hardly felt by those of the
a particular
issue. lower bracket of our society.
Body Other side of the coin
State the Good that those who are in the
godly seats of the government are not
other side passing the blame of the miserable fate
of the issue of our countrymen to anybody, but
to observe themselves. It gives us the glimmer of
balance hope that our local and national officials
will stop their shameful bickering and
and to politicking and would focus not only on
avoid poverty alleviation but on long term
biases interventions to improve the quality of
life of their constituents.
Body Fact # 2 and Arguments
Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey
Anchor your showed that self-rated poverty had been
opinion on relatively low range from 47 to 53
the facts percent since September 2006, down by
6 percent from December 2005 to June
presented
2006. This is an indication that our
in order to economy is in the right direction. But
influence sad to say, the benefits of our economy
public is not like the sting of “siling labuyo”
that could be easily felt by everybody
opinion. eating it. That is why there is a need to
fast track the implementation of these
Body Fact # 3 and Arguments
Substantiat On top for the school program,
the barangay terminal,
e your “tindahan ng bayan”, “botika ng
stand with barangay” and others, the
facts to concerned government agencies
should give more focus on
convince
creating more jobs and
your increasing food production such
readers as poultry, livestock,
Conclusion
Unless these antipoverty
It presents a
programs are sustainable,
solution, a delivered efficiently and
thought- effectively and not designed for
provoking self-enrichment and “papogi”
question, points by many of our power
forecast, and media-hungry “trapos”
and possible (traditional politicians) for the
next election that we can truly
effects.
say there is hope for these 11
