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10-DIAMOND
AP ISSUES TASK
2020 BHCEI

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The Philippines is paying a high price for the destruction of its forests and a number of major problems confronting the nation can be traced directly to deforestation. Today, the country faces food insecurity due to soil erosion, which means depleted nutrients and low crop yield.

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The pandemic has not only killed more than 2,000 Filipinos but it has also damaged our economy. It isn't easy to make a living now that we need money to keep ourselves safe from the virus. At the same time, our government is struggling to lessen the number of cases

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Unemployment has remained high in the Philippines, at almost twice the level of neighboring countries, despite relatively fast employment growth in the past decade. Employment growth was not sufficient to reduce unemployment because of rapid population growth and increased labor force participation.

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The drug problem in the Philippines has primarily been viewed as an issue of law enforcement and criminality, and the government has focused on implementing a policy of criminalization and punishment.

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Teenage pregnancy affects 5.99 percent of Filipino girls which is the second highest rate in Southeast Asia based on Save the Children's Global Childhood Report (2019). An estimated 538 babies are born to Filipino teenage mothers every single day, according to Philippine Statistical Authority (2017).

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Corruption erodes the trust we have in the public sector to act in our best interests. It also wastes our taxes or rates that have been earmarked for important community projects – meaning we have to put up with poor quality services or infrastructure, or we miss out altogether.

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Pollution in the air, water and soil was responsible for 16.4% of all deaths in the Philippines. The economic cost of pollution to the Philippines is calculated in two ways: The costs of lost productivity from pollution- related diseases are estimated to be between 0.34% and 0.44% of gross domestic product (GDP)

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Poverty and inequality in the Philippines remains a challenge. In the past 4 decades, the proportion of households living below the official poverty line has declined slowly and unevenly.