From being among the world's happiest, Filipinos are suddenly worse off. The one-sixth GDP shrinkage is worse than government's pessimistic forecast of -12 percent, and the worst among ASEAN's majors. Foremost factors that make Filipinos happy are family, health, and religion, the National Statistics Coordinating Board reported in 2010. Again all link to family, health, religion. They give rise to other health and social miseries: increase in alcoholism, physical abuse, sloth, anxiety, psychosis, and suicide.

Source: Philippine Star August 09, 2020 15:56 UTC