Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Loren blames hunger, poverty for many suicides, parricides

Moved by the report of a mother jumping into the Pasig river with her two small children, Sen. Loren Legarda yesterday blamed increasing hunger and poverty for the increasing cases of suicides and parricides involving parents and children in the Philippines.

“Hunger and intolerable hardships drove these women to such acts of desperation that are contrary to their natural instincts to care for their children in the hope of saving their children from suffering more pain and hunger,” said Loren.

“That is why,” she said, “the next administration should exert utmost efforts to eliminate if not reduce poverty and hunger, and end this desperation that is afflicting many of our families and parents. That should be our priority.”

Loren deplored that in the last quarter of 2009 the number of families experiencing hunger had increased to a new record high of 24 percent of the entire population or 4.4 million households as found by a survey of the Social Weather Stations.

The survey also found that 46% (an estimated 8.5 million) families considered themselves as poor and 39% (estimated 7.1 million) considered themselves as “food poor” (chronically hungry or undernourished).

Loren was reacting to the news item that a 40-year-old woman threw herself with her two young daughters, aged 5 and 8, respectively, off the Del Pan bridge in Manila last week. The mother was rescued by a scavenger, while the five-year-old daughter was later found drown, and her sister missing.

When questioned by police, the mother, Mimi Velarde Abila, said, “Hindi ko na kaya ang mga problema namin sa buhay at ang problema sa bansa. Sobrang hirap na natin (I could no longer bear the problems of our family and that of the country. We are so poor).”

Via: http://lorenlegarda.com.ph/news_083_Loren_blames_hunger_poverty_for_many_suicides_parricides.php

10 comments:

  1. isang malking reason ng pagsusuicide dito sten na dapat na tlgang masolousyon kc patuloy itong lumalala ay ang khirapan n ngdudulot ng tag-gutom lalong lalo na dun sa mga taong naktira lng sa estero kc cla tlga yung masasbing sobrang hirap na sa buhay nila kya nila ngagawa yung pgpaptiwakal kc nga di n nila kinkya yung hirap ng buhay at nakakalungkot

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  2. hay nko nka2lungjkot tlgang icipin n marmi ng ngpapkamtay sa pilipinas Most corrupt Country na nga tayo pti ba nmn Most suicidal Country aten pa din kelan ba kikilos nag pamahaalaan para matapos na ang gnitong prob.

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  3. Karmihan sa mga ngsusicide eh yung my diperensya sa pgiicip at bkit ba cla nccraan ng ulo kse nga wal n clang makain at tuloy aun na dedepress cla kya naiicip cguro nila na pra matpos na nag mga problems nila eh magpakmatay na lng cla at inuuna muna nila ung mga anak nila kc nga ayaw nilang maiwnan sa npaklupit na miundo ung mga anak nila

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  4. daghan bitaw nagpakamatay karon sa kalisod labina ug walay pagkaon sila mao na hnga mabuang din magpakamatay nalang. pero mag tapolan lang na sila ky kung maneguro sila panengkamot nga maka work dili sila gutman..pero apil pod ang gobyrno kay wa gyod sila kahatag pod bisag part time job lang unta sa mga tao nga wala work,maayo gyod ni nga programa ni Sen. loren dah,

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  5. wahhh grabe nakakaiyak.. kawawa amn sila. dapt nga mastop yn dpt may mga foundation na tumutulong sa knila . masamng magsuicide pero gngawa nila un kasi ayaw nilang mamatay sa gutom haist how sad.. napapaisip tuloy ako kung pano ko din sila matututlungan.. sen. loren sana po mkagawa kau ng way pra sa tag gutom n walang makain.. if ever po gnun magvovolunteer ako to help them ... by the way sen. loren happy birthday po... godbless muahkeep up the good deed sen. loren muah

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  6. Mg volunteer n nga yung mga rich kid jan pra mabawasan ang suicide cases dito sa bansa nccra n yung mga ulo ng mga tao kc lgi n lmng nlilipasan ng gutom so sad at npak tragic tlga

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  7. I just want to say Belated happy 50th birthday to sen. loren just continue your advocacies about helping the poor people to lessen crimes and for a better furture ahead of us happy birthday ulet sen. loren thanks po

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  8. It is true that poverty is one of the reasons why many Filipino's nowadays commits suicide because of the fact that many of us is so desperate in our lives that the best possible way to escape this tragic world is to kill ourselves.But I'm still hoping that there will come a time that our government will help lessen our burdens

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  9. haist oo nga dapt tlga may mga tumutlong sa mga wala ng makain dahil sa khirtapan. kawawa aman sila. buti nlng ng give way si sen loren upang tulumgan din sila. kawawa nmn kasi cla ung mga tipong nwawalan n ng pagasa bgla nlnlg magpapakamaty sana tlga mabgyan n sila ng priopridad din... bigyan ng bahay , tamang trabaho o pagkakakitaan at edukasyon apara sa mga bata

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  10. sa hirap ng buhay maraming nagpapakamtay na lang kasi mabuhay ng walang kinakain.pero kasi dapat nagtytyaga parin taun mga tao na kumita ng pera para makalamon. hindi naman pagpapakamatay ang solusyon sa lahat. dapat talgang pagtuunan ng pansin ang gutom na nararanasan naten sa bansa ngaun. kahit anong anggulo mo tignan, gutom ang mga tao at nahihirapan sila..pahirap ng pahirap ang buhay, pagutom ng pagutom ang mga tao..sana nga mabigyan na ng solusyon ang ganitong klase ng kahirapan sa atin. mayaman ang bansa naten sa pagkain prutas at bagay ng agrikultura kaya dapat hindi tau ginugutom. kung nagagawan lamang ng paraan para gawing kabuhayan at hapag ang mga natural resources naten at agriculture, sa tingin ko walang gugutumin at magpapakamatay na pilipino.

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