When everything is said and done, development is all about giving everyone in our society the opportunity to work with enough income to meet not only the basic needs in life for food, clothing,
shelter, education and health, but also for some of the finer things in life, including the right to live in peace without being subjected to the abuses of their neighbors and their own leaders.
In such a situation, it is but natural, therefore, to see the interest of the masses being neglected that consigns them to continue living in poverty even when most of our neighbors are progressing well. In Cebu, we just witnessed this year’s “Pasigarbo sa Sugbo.” This is a cultural dance and beauty contest, which features or highlights what every participating town and city of the province of Cebu is proud of. This looks interesting but not clear enough to show where our towns and cities really are now in terms of their progress or development.
The worst part is that Cebu had the greatest concentration of people in 2012, reaching 1.0 million people, or 4.2 percent of total poor population in the country. Besides poor housing and there is also hunger that comes with poverty. With little money to buy food, many of our people survive on very limited food.Compounding all these is the inability of the children poor families to get good education that makes it harder for them to be employed or get higher wagers when employed.
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