Problem: how can the Philippines pull themselves out of the crashing poverty,

Is the govt doing enough to alleviate their pain

Objective: effect of poverty to Filipinos
1. Breaching restrictions – too hungry to care for rules
2. Hunger
Who runs it and why those who build and run the city remain poor. The urban poor do not enjoy the
progress that the city projects itself to have.
As work and incomes dry up, starvation is forcing the urban poor to cope in unthinkable ways.
The crisis has significantly damaged the asset base of the urban poor
The ph govt has come with aid to help mitigate the problem of hunger among the people – a package of
emergency cash subsidy to low income families (SAP)
The subsidy is not meant to be a cure-all, it just mean to be a partial subsidy
Problem in distribution of SAP: patron client system
Transitioning to national id system
The PH is known to have a more strict restriction in the world
Accdg to Dr. Gene Nisperos, the pandemic really put a strain on the poor they are already the most
vulnerable
Sick man of Asia but a series of economic reforms paved the way for growth from opening country to
country international trade, foreign direct investments like business process outsourcing as well as
hospitality and tourism

How to help the urban poor in the informal sector

Poverty and inequality have long been issues in the Philippines, and they have resurfaced in the
aftermath of the current global financial crisis, as well as rising food, fuel, pandemic and commodity
prices. The government continues to face high levels of poverty and hunger among its inhabitants
despite years of acknowledging poverty as a major development issue and implementing numerous
methods and programs to address it. Poverty inherently hinders economic progress, therefore
prolonged and sustained high poverty can harm a country's development path. COVID-19 In Philippines:
The Starving Urban Poor. What Went Wrong? | Insight | Poverty In Asia” is a investigative journalism
produced by CNA Insider, an acronym of its former name,Channel News Asia and it is an English-
language news channel based in Singapore. It is run by Mediacorp News Pte Ltd,a subsidiary of the
Singapore media conglomerateMediacorpPte Ltd. The news was posted on CNA Insider's YouTube
account on September 16, 2020.
In today's Philippines, the wealth gap between rich and poor is wide, and poverty is a result of this
worrying inequality. Poverty was always present in past governments even in previous governments,
poverty was always present. This is one of the biggest and most obvious problems in the Philippines as
we are a developing country. According to the dictionary, poverty is defined as a condition or condition
with little or no money, wealth, or food. Poverty is unfair, unethical and dangerous. The Philippines
deserves to free people from poverty, so poverty must be abolished. Poverty in the Philippines is one of
the most serious problems facing the government. By its very nature, the Philippines is experiencing
poverty due to the rapid population growth and the pandemic. When it comes to the economy, jobs, and
poverty rates, the COVID-19 epidemic is having a tremendous influence on the Philippines. The pandemic has also
caused serious disruptions in areas such as manufacturing, agriculture, tourism, construction and trade across the
country. It stimulates the way COVID-19 has affected poverty in the Philippines at various levels. The resulting
shutdown by the virus caused a serious recession in the labor market and exacerbated the impact of COVID-19 on
poverty in the Philippines. At the beginning of the pandemic, the unemployment rate in the Philippines was about
5%, but it has been exacerbated by closure measures. According to Dr. Gene Nisperos, the pandemic really put
a strain on the poor since they are the most vulnerable. The statement of the problem in this case is
how can the Philippines pull themselves out of the crushing poverty worsen by the pandemic. The
people within the Philippines are affected by one of the hardest and longest lockdowns in the world. As
the authorities struggles to cope with the unfold of the COVID-19 outbreak, the ultra-strict quarantine
and social distancing measures that have now stretched to more than 1 1/2 of a year, have left the
financial system on its knees. The flow has additionally left millions of humans jobless and hungry. The
dire scenario has now driven millions of humans to the threshold of starvation. The main objective of
this case is to study the effect of poverty worsen by the pandemic to the Filipinos specifically to the
urban poor. The social and economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic will be disproportionately
felt by low- and middle-income people.

During this time, Philippine’s public health strengths were highlighted. To begin, the Philippine
government implemented early public health steps to contain, reduce, and prevent the spread of
COVID-19. The Philippine government's strict contact mitigation policy, followed by a phased relaxation,
halted the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic in Philippines. The political leadership's proactive and
transparent measures resulted in the masses following the necessary instructions to slow the disease's
spread in its early stages. With such a short notice, the government was also able to provide a good
response to the issue. To respond to the crisis, existing health-care facilities were rapidly expanded.
However, it is unsurprising that such a major tragedy showed the government’s weaknesses rather than
its strengths. Initially, the emphasis was on prevention, but as time went on, it changed to recovery.