WTF: Philippines Is Now The Most Dangerous Nation On Earth This 2019?!

As much as I wanted to ignore Jover Laurio and PIGNoy Ako Blog completely BUT I don't think I can ignore her biggest accusation yet. So where are her sources? The same sources that agree with her. I even heard there are fake DDS Social Media pages that make up the fake news to manufacture "evidence" in their favor. Now it's more than time to tackle the preposterous claim that the Philippines is now the most dangerous country in the world this 2019 -- ACCORDING to CEO Magazine. Though I don't want to dismiss the publications completely. It looks like that there's an INSIDE JOB going on, right?

Here's where Jover is really and PROBABLY missing the point like she always does...

Yes, it's an opinion page. So an opinion can be right or wrong. Every opinion to be valid or worth listening to must be BACKED UP by facts. For example, I have an opinion that the latest Filipino movie is indeed a masterpiece but I must defend it. I must say that the movie makes Filipinos rethink their goals. Others if they say that it's bad must defend it like say, "Sorry but the movie spent too much time with OFW problems than how to solve them."

Now for more updates from Interaksyon which called it "dubious" and I do agree with it. Here are some screenshots from Netizens and I took this from the same source:

Now let's consider the replies of Netizens and these do make sense. These are FILIPINOS too. I wonder if Jover will play the "traitor" game with these people. They are pointing out the questionable study one way or another. Also, from the same article at Interaksyon, here's the closing remarks that would further put Jover into further hot water:

The article’s origins 

The article listed Global Finance Magazine as its source. It calls itself “a pioneering voice for modern finance” and is part of a leading Italian finance and lifestyle media company.

Global Finance Magazine on Jan. 23, 2019 published a report titled “World’s Safest Countries 2019” under their “Non-Economic Data” category on its “Global Data” section.

The report mentioned that it considered three factors in creating the list—war and peace, personal security and the risk of natural disaster.

“The safety score aggregates the indices from these three risks, thus presenting a comprehensive view of safety for each country. This also means that a high level of risk in one factor will have limited effect on the country’s overall ranking,” the report noted.

It also explained why the Philippines is ranked more dangerous than Yemen, a war-torn country in the Middle East that is number two on the list.

“For example, the Philippines is ranked least safe while Yemen is ranked second least safe. This can be attributed to the fact that the Philippines has poor scores in peace, security, and prevalence of natural disasters,” the report said.

“Yemen’s terrible score is due to war and famine but the country has a very low risk of natural disaster. Thus, the Philippines ranks lower than Yemen even though Yemen is a warzone,” it continued.

The magazine also explained that it did not include some countries in the Middle East since the reports which its article was based on did not include it as well.

“Including countries that have incomplete or unavailable data would have led to miscalculations and entailed guesswork, which we aimed to avoid,” the magazine said.

Furthermore, it mentioned that countries ranked as the “most dangerous” have a “combination of dire threats from all three threats to safety.”

It associated poor economic development with the country’s low personal safety and security.

While the report presented explanations on its rankings, it did not particularly mention how the study was made. Methodologies, detailed analysis and discussions were not included. These are indications of credibility that normally aid readers in understanding how the conclusion came to be.

The report cited the World Economic Forum and a so-called “Global Institute for Peace” as sources but the latter does not seem to have a presence on the Web.

There is, however, an Institute for Economics and Peace, a think tank that develops measures to analyze peace in relation to its economic value. 

This would further put Jover and Maria Ressa into more a more questionable position. Ressa calls Jover's blog as "well-researched" which further puts her credibility in even more hot water. Did Jover just decide to take the picture put above this blog and use it to discredit President Rodrigo R. Duterte? Did she bother to really do an analysis. I may not be a full Duterte supporter, I still find it taxing to listen to President Duterte at times due to his cussing and cursing (such as the stupid G*d remark which I find very offensive) but let's give credit where credit is due. Criticism of any leader must be done based on facts and not biased, partisan views!

Hmmm I wonder if she EVER even bothered to take a look at this one where it gives the Philippines a good score for investment this 2018?

CEO World also has a compilation of the best countries to invest in last 2018 which is NOT written under the opinion page. Instead, it is written under "World’s Best Countries To Invest In Or Do Business For 2018". I wonder did Jover miss it by accident or on purpose? I think she misses the point on purpose whenever it's convenient with her. So how can she reconcile the error done in the opinion page vs. this one? It's still March 2019 and there's no complete computations yet until this decade is over!

I would agree that the first two years of Duterte's presidency is more of Noynoy Aquino's doing when it came to economics. It takes long to create some stability. So we do have to admit that economic boom also did happen in the first two years of Noynoy's presidency -- it was because of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Noynoy continued some of Gloria's policies in spite of whatever wrongdoings he had during his term. President Duterte then started to continue some of Gloria's and Noynoy's policies too. Blame TRAIN law for the economy? Has Jover even considered that lowering tax rates can be beneficial in helping reduce tax evasion and that TRAIN has several taxes to help finance projects?

That's why Jover should seriously consider getting interviewed by Stephen Sackur to prove her latest points. I think Sackur should really interview her ASAP because she has plenty of interesting stories to to tell. She has to prove her latest claims, try to defend out of her #PABoost and more -- especially with her dubious claim that the Philippines is now the most dangerous place on Earth and blaming it on President Duterte!