Some locations in Philippines, particularly in Palawan is now facing a dilemma that will probably affect not only their economy but the whole nation as well. Transportation, telecommunication and other companies that are manufacturing products that needs metals or gold, are benefiting with the resources from Palawan. Yes, transportation, cellphones, television is necessary in today’s economy especially we are now globalize. We need advanced technologies to compete and be like progressive countries not just named as developing country. Advanced technologies help the economy produce products and goods that will supply the demand of the consumers. Example of this is transportation. With transportation, it is easy to transfer and deliver the products from different distant location especially those who are in remote areas. Most of these products are coming from mining. Mining companies occupy the some of the area in our country to get mine, and it is needed not only small area but a vast area like hills, mountains and other potential mining areas. They not only dig small holes from it, they excavate a big part of land area that leads to different inconvenience to other people.
Do we need to sacrifice some area in our country like in Palawan just for this advancement? Are all families in our nation can eat three times a day if they produce this? Can we assure safety sanctuary for our future generation? Today, we can experience, a lot of family here in our country couldn’t give good nutrition, or just enough food for their young ones. We are in Philippines, tropical country, blessed with abundant resources, given with vast agricultural supplies including wild forests, fisheries, farms and many more. Again and again, why are there still people that are hungry? Not only one but millions of them, according to the survey of Social Weather Stations 20.5% if Filipinos which is about of 4.1 million families that are encountering starvation and this was taken in November of 2010. People need food, people need work, people need shelter, and these are the basic needs of human. One of the advertisement on television with a man challenging angrily the mining company, “I will not use cellphone but you will not eat the products coming from farms too.” Farmers are the ones who are affected with this mining activity, because of the area of land that was destructed. Siltation is one of the problem too because it pollutes the water sources.
All of us are victims of the circumstances, we wanted to help the common good but instead of helping we make things worst. But of course we must consider some factors affecting our economy’s development also. Let us see what our government will do for this dilemma. Will they allow mining to make a fast development for our country and be like one of the elite nations? Or will they start giving solution to this starvation?
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