The article High Food Prices Lead to ‘Rice Passes’ for the Poorest Filipinos was written by Carlos H. Conde and published on April 27, 2008 in the International Herald Tribune. Finally the poor are catching a break. Announced on Sunday the Filipino government plans of giving the most impoverished citizens rice passes. Also the government plans on giving these same citizens cash subsidies equaling $33 a month. This cash subsidy is supposed to provide immediate assistance to the struggling poor. It is estimated to cost the government five billion pesos annually. This new program should help 300,000 families. The more dependents a family has the more assistance is given with a maximum of three dependents. This program is currently being tested in five provinces closet to the capital. There is certain criterion that must make less than 5,000 pesos a month to qualify they will be issued a family access card. The family access card will allow a citizen to purchase government subsided rice. This new program will also help assist the government monitor rice distribution.
Finally after a semester of current events it pays off to be poor. Throughout the semester I have read and summarized fourteen articles. This is the first article that I’ve written about that assists the poor. The program set forth brings no shame or dishonor to the families in need. There is a major food crisis amongst the world’s developing countries. I think it’s great that the government is finally assisting the poor. This new program is a great step in the right direction.
2 comments:
I think that this sounds like a really good program. It is good that they are trying to help the poor. Often it is the poor that are overlooked and not given aid, even when it is them that need it the most.
I agree, it's really great that this program has been set up to try to help those who live in poverty. I hope that the government will be able to continue this program.
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