Naglalaro ako ng Call of Duty pero okay naman ako. Okay naman mental health ko at anger management ko. I think the issue has something to do with better education system, tighter security sa mga schools, responsible gun owners, and better parenting also.
Dun nga sa baskeball court may nag barilan at saksakan din because of pikunan sa game, so pa ban narin natin baskedball sa bansa?
Pag ban yung mga ganitong klaseng games mawawala na ang ganyan types of crimes committed by minors? Ang daming factors na need iconsider, pag aralan at baguhin pero kabobohan yung shortcut route.
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Filipinos continue to see reading as a source of comfort, escape, and learning. But as book prices climb and access to titles remains uneven, a growing number of readers are finding that the hobby they love harder to sustain.
Data from the 2023 National Readership Survey, commissioned by the National Book Development Board, showed that 89% of Filipino adults still view reading as a positive activity. Most readers also continue to prefer physical books, with 74% choosing printed copies.
Still, fewer Filipinos are reading for leisure. The share dropped to 42% in 2023, down from 54% in 2012.
Online, many readers point to the rising cost of books as a major barrier.
โBack then, you could get paperback books for around โฑ250 to โฑ350,โ a Reddit user said. โNow, ordinary paperback copies of the series I like cost no less than โฑ600.โ
Others noted that bigger novels are worth โฑ700 or moreโan expense that could be harder to justify amid rising living costs.
โThatโs why I decided to buy an e-reader,โ a user said. โI still get sad because the physical book experience is so nice. But Iโll really save more money with an e-reader.โ
โPero iba pa rin talaga feeling nung hawak mo mismo yung libro,โ another user added.
The countryโs geography as an archipelago also drives up costs, as books often have to be transported across islands before reaching readers.
Moreover, libraries and bookstores are concentrated in urban centers, leaving many communities with limited access to reading spaces.
According to the National Library of the Philippines, Metro Manilaโhome to over 12 million peopleโhas 452 public libraries and 390 bookstores.
Data on bookstores outside the capital is not consistently available across all regions, but library distribution still highlights the disparity.
The 208,000-population Ifugao, for instance, has only two libraries. Samar, which has 800,000 residents, has just one.
Down south, in the Davao regionโhome to about 4.7 million peopleโthere are only 32 libraries and 63 bookstores. In Lanao Del Sur, with a population of 1.3 million, has are four libraries.
Filipinos still want to read but for many, rising costs and uneven access make that habit further out of reach.
(โ๏ธ: John Lloyd Aleta)
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