Philippines, 113th Most Peaceful Country

[darkwing]

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...out of 140, and yes Haiti is more peaceful than us...

Global Peace Index Rankings 2008 - Global Peace Index

[vern]

Saw this some time ago. On the lighter side, the Philippines is in the top 3 of equality amongst men and women.

[chad_tukes]

I wanna migrate to Iceland.

[acecrystal]

mao bah? maayo nuon kay naa sad recognition apart from all the issues attached to our country

[herzabarJR]

mao bah? maayo nuon kay naa sad recognition apart from all the issues attached to our country

Hehehe LOL

[vern]

mao bah? maayo nuon kay naa sad recognition apart from all the issues attached to our country

113 out of 140 is an issue.

[darkwing]

yeah and when the Index says Haiti is more peaceful than us, then there's a problem

[giddyboy]

what made us lose in the ratings index were: (rating 1-5 where 1 is most peaceful)

Indicator information:

Level of distrust in other citizens-3

Ease of access to weapons of minor destruction-4

Level of organized conflict (internal)-3

Likelihood of violent demonstrations-4

Level of violent crime-4

Political instability-3

Respect for human rights-4

Potential for terrorist acts-4

Military capability/sophistication-3

Number of external and internal conflicts fought between 2000 to 2005 -3

[cdburgh]

makes me wonder. we already have human security act and several all out war pronouncement.
the government seem to know the reason for the increase in crime.
naa ba kaha action gihimo or para pang file to sa cabinet.

[giddyboy]

makes me wonder. we already have human security act and several all out war pronouncement.
the government seem to know the reason for the increase in crime.
naa ba kaha action gihimo or para pang file to sa cabinet.

that's not only it.

i will break it down as much to my personal judgment:

(1) Level of distrust to other citizens - the score of 3 somehow tell that Pinoys are very cautious in dealing with others. that includes in dealing w/ the gov't.

(2) Ease of access to weapons of minor destruction- score of 4 will tell us that the common Pinoy has high accessibility of illegal small arms and light weapons. We still lack regulation of civilian possession, ownership, storage, carriage and use of firearms. TGP & AKP shootings is one perfect example. Danao paltik, anyone?

(3) Level of organized conflict (internal) - score of 3 will tell us that we have high intensity of conflicts within our country. Admin vs Opposition. Gov't vs. Leftists and Commies, GMA vs ABS-CBN, GSIS vs Meralco, etc

(4) Likelihood of violent demonstrations- there u go mga rallyists!!! usa mo ani. u don't follow even w/ just the simple rule of securing a permit to rally. other than disrupting traffic flow to the inconvenience of the general public, sometimes u resort to property damage... score of 4 will tell how violent our demonstrations are. that goes w/ our riot police also...

(5) Level of violent crime- a score of 4 will tell us exactly what it means. usa ba kha sa factor ang mga vigilantes in Davao & Cebu ani? how about extra-judicial killings of journalists and some leftist groups? Kana pud mga grabe nga tulis, hasta mga tawo sa banko patyon...

(6) Political instability- a score of 3 will tell us that our country is still nowhere near stable politically yet.

(7) Respect for human rights- score of 4. no need to explain. We flunked Amnesty Int'l ratings.

(8.) Potential for terrorist acts- score of 4. of course, we have the Abu Sayyaf, and the NPA.

(9) Military capability/sophistication- score of 3. Military research & sophistication? do we even have it in our vocabulary? wala.

(10) Number of external and internal conflicts fought between 2000 to 2005 - score of 3. Battle-related deaths between gov't troops vs NPA and Abu Sayyaf nga way kahumanan...