A RECENT news cycle turned out the following news headlines:– More than 16 million families consider themselves poor– 11,000 OFWs ignore pleas to evacuate Lebanon– Rice-for-All selling rice at P43 per kilogram. On the surface, the three recent news headlines reported on issues that appear to be disparate and unrelated. Thirteen percent of Filipino families rated themselves as "borderline poor," a data point that suggests a nation overwhelmed by poverty. Rice at P43 per kg is not cheap, but the only thing cheaper than that is plastic rice, which is for subhumans. You can segue from stories on massive poverty to staying put in war-torn Lebanon to selling P43 per kg rice at Kadiwa stores seamlessly without missing a connecting thread.

Source: Manila Times October 15, 2024 17:31 UTC