Furthermore, my main point is that people in poor countries have a propensity to have more children because they do see them as a form of security (when the parents get older) and income potential. That is an axiom accepted by sociologists and scholars. It is also a generally accepted idea that opportunities are scarcer in centers where numbers are greater.
I heard a Bishop here on local TV saying much the same whilst condemning the use of condoms.. He actually said that the Philippines would be in a REAL mess now economically had todays population growth been artificially stemmed by family planning in past years.
Of course..He was referring to the mass exodus of the so called OFW`s that are forced to flee the R.P in order to support their families left behind that will forever more depend on their financial support whilst the latter continue to breed like rabbits ..
What he really means is that the poverty stricken massa are indeed the countries most bountiful and sustainable resource!! (Secretly I think he meant the Church`s greatest resource of free flowing donations)
I see a serious chink in this theory developing as many of these OFW`s work in the middle east.. Say no more!!

The world produces enough food every year to feed the everyone ten times over but tons of it goes to waste because only a relatively tiny fraction can afford to buy it. And they dump it rather than give it away so the prices of these commodities aren't forced down.
The world may produce enough but if it is not financially viable to distribute it to countries that actually need it then what is the point?
The Philippines has 100`s of thousands of fallow acres and cannot even produce enough rice for its own population.. 6 months ago a KG of onions cost 30.00 Pesos. Yesterday,I saw them for sale for 200.00 Pesos per Kilo!!.. I dont buy onions..I grow them along with calabasa,string beans,Tomatoes,papaya and many more..I have 15 layer hens that produce 15 eggs a day.. I sell 9 of them to the locals which pays for the following weeks chicken food leaving my family with 6 free eggs a day.
I make use of the many local resources that surround me but for some strange reason I notice that the locals do not... I have tried to encourage them but the only thing they seem interested in growing are weeds and cogon grass..

Arthur:
Yes, Grace ... ... far too many programmes seem to concentrate on the less desirable aspects of the Philippines - and it annoys me intensely - when film and documentary makers consistently portray such images ... instead of focussing on the great - and unspoilt - natural beauty that I'm absolutely convinced, abounds throughout the 7.000-odd islands that make up the Archipelago!
On many parts of the fantastic Archipelago,tourists are still having to step over street beggars.. How embarrassing is that for the tourism committee?
Yesterday I was put off my Pizza hut lunch again because the Badjao kids keep tapping on the windows pointing to their empty stomachs.. Really annoying and I wish the owners would put some tasteful bamboo blinds up so we can pretend they are not there.