SOCIAL, POLITICAL,

ECONOMIC, AND
CULTURAL ISSUES IN
PHILIPPINE HISTORY
 A. SOCIAL-ECONOMIC ISSUES
AND CONCERNS
 1. Corruption in the Philippines
Evidence of corruption accounted to billions of money lost to projects anomalies,
procurement process, paid barrel scam, ill-gotten wealth, and many other forms of
corruption.
In 2001 alone, the government lost about 21 billion to graft and corruption from scheming
contracts entered into by some senators and congressmen. Such amount excluded money
lost to corruption involving projects executed by other government officials in various
government agencies. Also, around 35 billion is lost to graft and corruption in government
infrastructure project annually. These anomalies come in the form of rigged public
biddings, substantial works and cost padding. A few government official were already in
jailed on these matters but some remain “untouched”.
POVERTY
 Poverty is a consequence of mant cause. According to the
Population Commission (POPCOM),there were about 32 million
Filipinos who are poor in 2002. These affected 33.7 percent of all
Filipinos Families in urban areas and 46.9 percent in rural areas- an
indication that there are more poor families living in the rural areas
that in urban areas.
OVERPOPULATION
 According to the Worldometers Information, in 2017, the
Philippine population is 105,667,929 based on the United
Nations estimates. The Philippines population is equivalent
to 1.39 percent of the total world population; thus
Philipines ranks number 13 in the list of countries by
population.
 THE CAUSES OF
OVERPOPULATION IN THE
PHILIPPINES ARE;
False belief and values by many Filipinos, especially among the old folks. Children are regarded as “gift of
God”. This is one of the teachings of the catholic church.
Natural birth control rather than artificial birth control is emphasized by the catholic church. The church is
against the distribution and use of condoms and other artificial methods of controlling birth.
Lack of family planning in many families especially in rural areas.
Lack of knowledge in the use of contraceptive devices.
Teenage pregnancy is on the rise
Pornography.
Idleness of the parents, especially in rural areas
Lack of recreational facilities and centers in the family or community.
UNEMPLOYMENT AND
UNDEREMPLOYMENT
Related to the above issue and concern in Philippine

history is unemployment and underemployment. It was
estimated in 2002 that only 31 percent had work or earning
a living at least 40 hrs a week while 69 percent of all
Filipinos in the Philippines had no work or no income.
CRIMINALITY
 Many crimes are committed every day. Rape, murder,
kidnapping , snatching , unlicensed guns, ransom, theft and
robbery, sex crimes against children, prostitution,
gambling, smuggling , abortion, counterfeiting and others.
CHILD-SEXUAL ABUSE
According to the Philippine Daily Inquirer report, as relayed
by the former secretary of DSWD, as many as 2,147 cases
of child abuse were reported to the Department of Social
Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the first quarter of
this year, more than one-fourth of which was of sexual
nature.
PROSTITUTION
 According to the General Assembly Binding Women for
Reforms, Integrity, Equality , Leadership and Action
(GABRIELA), as early as 2000, there are already 400, 000
women working as a prostitutes in the country.
CYBERSEX
 Due to the advancement of information and communication
technology, the social issues on cybersex emerged. Cybersex has
many similar names, such as computer sex, internet sex and netsex.
Cybersex is a virtual sex encounter in which two or more persons
connected remotely via computer network send each other sexually
explicit messages describing a sexual experiences.
ILLEGAL DRUGS
 According to the reports of the Dangerous Drugs Board a few years ago, there were about 2-3
million Filipinos who are drug pushers and more than 2 million Filipinos who are drug
pushers and more than 2 million Filipinos are illegal drug users.
 The use of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu has become the most popular substance
for drug abuse” in the Philippines. Shabu is usually prepared and distributed by shabu
laboratories manned mostly by Chinese nationals and a few Filipinos.
 Marijuana- about 10% of marijuana supply in the world might be coming from the cordillera
region.
 Ectasy is another illegal drug that is being famously used by popular personalities and well-to-
do people because of its high price in the market.
Death Toll
Below were the figures based on revised PNP data at the end of that period.
 7080- Total number of people killed in #WarOnDrugs since July 1, 2016
 2,555- suspected drug personalities killed in police operations as of January 31, 2017
 3, 603- victims in case of deaths under investigation, as of January 9, 2017
 922- victims in cases where investigation has conducted ,as of January 9, 2017