ANG KATOTOHANAN NA PILIT NILANG PINAGTATAKPAN .... ANG BANSA NATIN AY SINIRA NA ,PINABAYAAN AT KINAWAWA NI NOYNOT the KING OF PDAF AND DAP! Pati si Arsi (Arsenio Balisacan )na siya ang Economic Planning Secretary nahihiya ng basahin ang sarili niyang report na ang DATUS hindi niya kayang bigkasin sa harapan ng mga bisitang tulog at gising ! WHOAA !Under BS Aquino, the Philippines’s HDI ranking dropped by 20 rungs, from 97th to 117th, 43 percent of the total drop in 14 years. In effect, compared to other nationals in the world, the quality of life of the Filipino deteriorated by 43 percent under BS Aquino’s watch. Filipinos were more than twice better off in quality of life before BS Aquino became president. This year, out of a possible 8 perfect score in the MDG, the Philippines scored only 1. That’s a 15 percent achievement. In classroom terms, the Philipines is bobo (stupid), bano (incompetent), wa-class (not world class). How could that happen to one of the largest nations on earth, to the 39th richest nation in the world? Only one answer: Bad governance. Our leaders steal taxpayers’ money intended to improve the Filipino human condition. Think of PDAP (Priority Development Assistance Fund or pork barrel which is P25 billion yearly) or the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP, which per one admission, is P149 billion). DAP is the personal checking account of President BS Aquino which is funded with taxpayers’ money. He used it to bribe senators to remove a sitting chief justice, bribe enemies of the state (billions were given to Cordillera rebels, P1.5 billion; Muslim separatists, P1.8 billion; ARMM P8.6 billion), bribe Congress (P250 million was given for Congress library, as if congressmen bothered to read), and bribe even the Commission on Audit (P143.7 million was given to buy computers and hire “litigation experts”; COA probably expects to be sued after receiving “unclean” money). If you want to read the extend of misuse of DAP money, go to the Supreme Court website. On second thought, BS Aquino probably thinks it is cheaper to bribe the rebels than killing them with bullets. Half of the army and half of the defense budget are assigned to Mindanao, the hotbed of insurgency. About 56 of every 100 people in the ARMM (Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao) earn $1 or less a day—the highest poverty incidence in the country. The other day (August 20), at the Crowne Plaza, before a distinguished group of diplomats, cabinet members, human development experts, economists and public servants, Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan was supposed to report on the status of the Philippines’ human development, or lack of it. But the litany of data was so bad Arsi didn’t even bother to read his own speech. He let a mere statistician do the honors for him. According to the concept of human development, humans or people are the real wealth of the nation. People must come first, before the economy. And so in 1990, the world decided to work on improving the human condition, based on eight parameters or goals. Thus was born the so-called eight Millennium Development Goals. A target year was set, 2015, to achieve goals of a longer and better life, better education, higher income, and smaller gap between the very rich and the very poor. To determine the ranking of countries in terms of human development, a Human Development Index (HDI) was designed. The lower the number of its rank, the higher is the degree of a country’s human development, the better is the living standard of its people The Philippines is a big country. With 100 million Filipinos, it is No. 12 in population. No. 12 out of more than 200 countries – that’s big. In terms of the size of its economy or Gross Domestic Product ($272 billion in nominal US dollars), the Philippines is No. 39. Among 200 countries, the country is in the top 20 percent in size of economy. That means the Philippines is upper middle class. In human development thus, you would expect the Philippines to be ranked in the Top 40, at least, its population being No. 12 in the world, and its GDP No. 39, in the world. The real score: The Philippines is No. 117 out of 187 countries ranked in 2013. We are in the lowest 40 percent, not in the Top 40. We are in basketball terms, a cellar dweller. Former President Fidel V. Ramos points out that war-torn Libya, which has no working government, ranks much, much higher than the Philippines—No. 55. FVR credits reforms under the Gaffafi regime for Libya’s HDI ranking today. Over the past 14 years, the Philippines has steadily declined in HDI ranking—from 70th in 2001 to 84th in 2005, 90th in 2008, 97th in 2010, 112th in 2011, 114th in 2012, and 117th in 2013. That’s a precipitous drop of 47 rungs. Under BS Aquino, the Philippines’s HDI ranking dropped by 20 rungs, from 97th to 117th, 43 percent of the total drop in 14 years. In effect, compared to other nationals in the world, the quality of life of the Filipino deteriorated by 43 percent under BS Aquino’s watch. Filipinos were more than twice better off in quality of life before BS Aquino became president. This year, out of a possible 8 perfect score in the MDG, the Philippines scored only 1. That’s a 15 percent achievement. In classroom terms, the Philipines is bobo (stupid), bano (incompetent), wa-class (not world class). How could that happen to one of the largest nations on earth, to the 39th richest nation in the world? Only one answer: Bad governance. Our leaders steal taxpayers’ money intended to improve the Filipino human condition. Think of PDAP (Priority Development Assistance Fund or pork barrel which is P25 billion yearly) or the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP, which per one admission, is P149 billion). DAP is the personal checking account of President BS Aquino which is funded with taxpayers’ money. He used it to bribe senators to remove a sitting chief justice, bribe enemies of the state (billions were given to Cordillera rebels, P1.5 billion; Muslim separatists, P1.8 billion; ARMM P8.6 billion), bribe Congress (P250 million was given for Congress library, as if congressmen bothered to read), and bribe even the Commission on Audit (P143.7 million was given to buy computers and hire “litigation experts”; COA probably expects to be sued after receiving “unclean” money). If you want to read the extend of misuse of DAP money, go to the Supreme Court website. On second thought, BS Aquino probably thinks it is cheaper to bribe the rebels than killing them with bullets. Half of the army and half of the defense budget are assigned to Mindanao, the hotbed of insurgency. About 56 of every 100 people in the ARMM (Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao) earn $1 or less a day—the highest poverty incidence in the country. In 1991, poverty incidence in the ARMM was only 30.5 percent, below the national average then of 34.4 percent. Today, national poverty incidence is 25.2 percent, while poverty incidence in the ARMM is 55.8 percent—almost double the 1991 figure, after 42 years of fighting. Every year, since Fidel Ramos’s time, the ARMM received P20 billion or more in budget. That’s P500 billion of money wasted or pocketed by ARMM politicians. For the whole country, the situation is worsening. While economic growth is rising, growth in employment is declining. Normally, when the economy is rising, employment should also be rising. In 2010, the economy grew by 7.6 percent but employment grew by just 2.8 percent; in 2011, economic growth was 3.6 percent while employment growth was 3.2 percent; in 2012 the economy was up 6.8 percent while employment was up just 1.1 percent; in 2013, the economy was up 6.8 percent but employment growth was even lower, 0.8 percent —the lowest growth in 15 years. Clearly, economic growth makes no sense. It does not create jobs. On another front, only 52 mothers out of every 100,000 giving birth should die by today. That’s MDG target No. 5. Today, 221 mothers die while giving birth, four times worse than target and even worse than the fatality figure in 1990 when the target of 52 was set—209. Given the bleak human development achievements, or lack of it, I am not surprised Arsi Balisacan failed to read his own speech.
Posted on: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 04:53:43 +0000
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