PROFESSOR MARIVIC RAQUIZA KNOWS WHAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT AND THIS BLOGGER, A FORMER BARANGAY CAPTAIN HAS NO MATCH TO HER ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION AND CREDIBILITY.
MOST PROBABLY SHE HAS A POINT IN POINTING OUT TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF PNOY THAT THE BUDGET FOR DISASTER RESPONSE IS NOT ENOUGH.
BUT I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH THE LADY PROFESSOR WHEN SHE BLAMES THE GRANTING OF MASSIVE FUNDING AMOUNTING TO A FEW BILLIONS OF PESOS FROM THE GOVERNMENT FOR CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS FOR THE LACK OF FUNDS FOR CALAMITIES.
MY STAND IS ANCHORED ON TWO MAIN REASONS AND THESE ARE THE FOLLOWING, TO WIT;
1. THE TRAGEDY THAT HIT OUR FELLOWMEN AT CAGAYAN DE ORO AND ILIGAN WERE PRIMARILY CAUSED BY ILLEGAL LOGGING WHICH IS THE MAIN LOOKOUT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND NOT THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK AND DEVELOPMENT. IT IS TRUE THAT THE ILLEGAL LOGGERS ARE THE WELL CONNECTED IN THOSE AREAS BUT IT IS THE POOR WHO ARE HIRED AS WORKERS. THEY WORK IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THEIR POVERTY. MOST OF THE VICTIMS ARE POOR AS THEY ARE THOSE WHO LOCATE THEIR HOUSES NEAR THE RIVERBANKS AS THEY CAN NOT AFFORD TO ACQUIRE LAND IN BETTER LOCATED AREAS.
THESE WORKERS OF ILLEGAL LOGGERS AND MOST OF THOSE WHO WERE VICTIMS IN THE LOWLANDS OF CDO AND ILIGAN ARE THE USUAL BENEFICIARIES OF THE CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM OF THE GOVERNMENT. THESE POOR PEOPLE IF THEY CAN BE FREED FROM POVERTY SOMEDAY WILL HAVE BETTER JOBS AND LOCATE THEIR HOUSES IN LESS CALAMITY PRONE AREAS.
AND THE SOCIAL WATCH AND PROFESSOR MARIVIC RAQUISA ARE ATTACKING THE CCTP OF THE DSWD WHICH ARE SERVING MILLIONS OF POOR FAMILIES?
2. THE VICTIMS OF THE CALAMITIES ARE ALL TO BE PITIED AND SHOULD BE HELPED. PERHAPS INCLUDING THOSE WHO WERE HIT, WOUNDED, DIED AND LOST HOUSES AND LOST LIVELIHOOD IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS DUE TO CALAMITIES CAUSED BY TYPHOONS COULD EASILY REACH FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND FAMILIES.
BUT IS IT NOT TRUE ALSO THAT THE POOR WHO ARE BEING SERVED BY THE GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER WHICH HAS NOW REACHED MORE THAN TWO MILLION FAMILIES IF NOT HELPED THRU THE CCTP CAN ALSO BE CONSIDERED AS VICTIMS OF CALAMITIES IF LEFT UNASSISTED AND REMAIN DEEP IN POVERTY LIKE BEFORE WHERE GOVERNMENT SERVICE FOR THEM WERE MOST OF THE TIME LIP SERVICE?
THESE MORE THAN TWO MILLION POOR FAMILIES WHICH ARE BEING SERVED BY CCTP ARE EXPERIENCING CALAMITIES EVERYDAY. PERHAPS THEIR POVERTY WHICH THEY HAVE TO ENDURE EVERYDAY ARE NOT GOOD PHOTO OR VIDEO SHOTS UNLIKE CALAMITY VICTIMS EVEN IF THEIR LIVES ARE CALAMITOUS!
THRU CCTP, THEY ARE BEING HELPED TO GET OUT FROM THEIR CALAMITOUS CONDITIONS DUE TO POVERTY.
SO WHY IS SOCIAL WATCH ATTACKING THE PROGRAM WHEN BOTH DISASTER VICTIMS AND THE POOR WHO ARE EXPERIENCING CALAMITOUS DIFFICULTIES EVERYDAY DESERVE TO BE HELPED?
THERE SHOULD BE NO QUARREL BETWEEN DSWD AND SOCIAL WATCH. PERHAPS SOCIAL WATCH SHOULD TRAIN MORE ITS GUNS ON GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WHICH ARE INEFFECTIVE IN CARRYING OUT THEIR MANDATE WHICH HAS CAUSED DESTRUCTION OF OUR ENVIRONMENT AND THOSE WHO COMMIT GRAFT AND CORRUPTION THAT DEPRIVE OTHERS OF WHAT IS DUE TO THEM!
CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER WAS STARTED BY PGMA AND IS CONTINUED AND EXPANDED BY PNOY.
IT IS THE BEST WALK THE TALK PROGRAM OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE POOR!!!
CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM MUST BE SUPPORTED AND IF THERE ARE DEFECTS IN ITS IMPLEMENTATION, IT MUST BE CORRECTED!!!
IT MUST NOT BE STOPPED UNLESS ONE IS AGAINST THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT!!!
MOST PROBABLY SHE HAS A POINT IN POINTING OUT TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF PNOY THAT THE BUDGET FOR DISASTER RESPONSE IS NOT ENOUGH.
BUT I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH THE LADY PROFESSOR WHEN SHE BLAMES THE GRANTING OF MASSIVE FUNDING AMOUNTING TO A FEW BILLIONS OF PESOS FROM THE GOVERNMENT FOR CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS FOR THE LACK OF FUNDS FOR CALAMITIES.
MY STAND IS ANCHORED ON TWO MAIN REASONS AND THESE ARE THE FOLLOWING, TO WIT;
1. THE TRAGEDY THAT HIT OUR FELLOWMEN AT CAGAYAN DE ORO AND ILIGAN WERE PRIMARILY CAUSED BY ILLEGAL LOGGING WHICH IS THE MAIN LOOKOUT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND NOT THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK AND DEVELOPMENT. IT IS TRUE THAT THE ILLEGAL LOGGERS ARE THE WELL CONNECTED IN THOSE AREAS BUT IT IS THE POOR WHO ARE HIRED AS WORKERS. THEY WORK IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THEIR POVERTY. MOST OF THE VICTIMS ARE POOR AS THEY ARE THOSE WHO LOCATE THEIR HOUSES NEAR THE RIVERBANKS AS THEY CAN NOT AFFORD TO ACQUIRE LAND IN BETTER LOCATED AREAS.
THESE WORKERS OF ILLEGAL LOGGERS AND MOST OF THOSE WHO WERE VICTIMS IN THE LOWLANDS OF CDO AND ILIGAN ARE THE USUAL BENEFICIARIES OF THE CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM OF THE GOVERNMENT. THESE POOR PEOPLE IF THEY CAN BE FREED FROM POVERTY SOMEDAY WILL HAVE BETTER JOBS AND LOCATE THEIR HOUSES IN LESS CALAMITY PRONE AREAS.
AND THE SOCIAL WATCH AND PROFESSOR MARIVIC RAQUISA ARE ATTACKING THE CCTP OF THE DSWD WHICH ARE SERVING MILLIONS OF POOR FAMILIES?
2. THE VICTIMS OF THE CALAMITIES ARE ALL TO BE PITIED AND SHOULD BE HELPED. PERHAPS INCLUDING THOSE WHO WERE HIT, WOUNDED, DIED AND LOST HOUSES AND LOST LIVELIHOOD IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS DUE TO CALAMITIES CAUSED BY TYPHOONS COULD EASILY REACH FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND FAMILIES.
BUT IS IT NOT TRUE ALSO THAT THE POOR WHO ARE BEING SERVED BY THE GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER WHICH HAS NOW REACHED MORE THAN TWO MILLION FAMILIES IF NOT HELPED THRU THE CCTP CAN ALSO BE CONSIDERED AS VICTIMS OF CALAMITIES IF LEFT UNASSISTED AND REMAIN DEEP IN POVERTY LIKE BEFORE WHERE GOVERNMENT SERVICE FOR THEM WERE MOST OF THE TIME LIP SERVICE?
THESE MORE THAN TWO MILLION POOR FAMILIES WHICH ARE BEING SERVED BY CCTP ARE EXPERIENCING CALAMITIES EVERYDAY. PERHAPS THEIR POVERTY WHICH THEY HAVE TO ENDURE EVERYDAY ARE NOT GOOD PHOTO OR VIDEO SHOTS UNLIKE CALAMITY VICTIMS EVEN IF THEIR LIVES ARE CALAMITOUS!
THRU CCTP, THEY ARE BEING HELPED TO GET OUT FROM THEIR CALAMITOUS CONDITIONS DUE TO POVERTY.
SO WHY IS SOCIAL WATCH ATTACKING THE PROGRAM WHEN BOTH DISASTER VICTIMS AND THE POOR WHO ARE EXPERIENCING CALAMITOUS DIFFICULTIES EVERYDAY DESERVE TO BE HELPED?
THERE SHOULD BE NO QUARREL BETWEEN DSWD AND SOCIAL WATCH. PERHAPS SOCIAL WATCH SHOULD TRAIN MORE ITS GUNS ON GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WHICH ARE INEFFECTIVE IN CARRYING OUT THEIR MANDATE WHICH HAS CAUSED DESTRUCTION OF OUR ENVIRONMENT AND THOSE WHO COMMIT GRAFT AND CORRUPTION THAT DEPRIVE OTHERS OF WHAT IS DUE TO THEM!
CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER WAS STARTED BY PGMA AND IS CONTINUED AND EXPANDED BY PNOY.
IT IS THE BEST WALK THE TALK PROGRAM OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE POOR!!!
CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM MUST BE SUPPORTED AND IF THERE ARE DEFECTS IN ITS IMPLEMENTATION, IT MUST BE CORRECTED!!!
IT MUST NOT BE STOPPED UNLESS ONE IS AGAINST THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT!!!
0 Responses:
Post a Comment