1. The Continuous Rise of Filipino Street Children

• Almost 2 million of Manila's 2.5 million children younger than 15 years old live on or below the poverty line. Because of the rising poverty incidents in the country, Filipino children is, and will still be, a major problem.

2. The Philippine War on Drugs

• The Philippine president sees drug dealing and addiction as a "major obstacles to the Philippines' economic and social progress". However, majority of these crimes were not properly investigated and the human rights of the victim were violated.

3. Asian Discrimination in Other Parts of the World

• As the coronavirus pandemic rolls into its second year, discrimination against Asian Americans continues. Asian people have been mocked, bullied and hurt because of this racial discrimination.

4. Rapid Spread of Teenage Pregnancy

• The widespread teenage poverty is one of the social issues experienced in the Philippines. The Philippines has recorded a 7% increase in births among girls aged 15 and below in 2019, up from the figure on teenage pregnancies in 2018.

5. Corruption in the Philippines - A Major Problem

• Corruption has always been one of the major problems of the world especially in the Philippines. In recent years, there have been evident discoveries of this act executed within the Philippine government. The most recent and famous would be the alleged money laundering scam in Philhealth.