Paano sumasapat ang 537 pesos para makakain ng tatlong beses sa isang araw? | Reporter's Notebook
Aired (May 1, 2022): Ang minimum wage ng isang ordinaryong manggagawa sa Maynila ay nagkakahalaga lamang ng 537 pesos. Ayon sa pag-aaral, kulang pa ang kabuuan nilang kinikita para sa kanilang mga pangangailangan. Panoorin ang video.
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00:00537 pesos, this is the minimum wage of an ordinary worker in Metro Manila today.
00:09In this price, how do Filipinos manage to buy cheap food everyday?
00:18At 8 in the morning, Anna Metre is preparing the three casserole.
00:24This includes dishes that they will cook for the whole afternoon.
00:29Their specialties are Langka, Lain and Tulingan.
00:45The first customers of Anna are ordinary workers in a warehouse near their place.
00:51The price is 50 pesos per order of Langka or Lain and 95 pesos per order of Tulingan.
00:58It's delicious.
01:00It's a lot.
01:01It's very cheap because when you cook it, it costs a lot.
01:05Do you have coconut milk?
01:06Do you have coconut milk?
01:07Just coconut milk, sir.
01:08Do you have rice?
01:09No, sir.
01:11You can taste it if you want.
01:13It's delicious.
01:16This is Tulingan or Lain.
01:19We are here with Anna and Jun.
01:23They have been selling food here on the street for 8 years.
01:28Their route, the Fairview, sometimes they reach Mandaluyong.
01:33Their regular customers are the workers.
01:37Can you taste it?
01:39I want Lain.
01:40My husband doesn't eat Lain.
01:41Let's see.
01:42Who taught you?
01:44I became a mentor.
01:45This is the first dish I made in 2014.
01:50This is awesome.
01:53The coconut milk is delicious.
02:03It's sour.
02:04We need to add a little vinegar to our Langka.
02:08Why?
02:09So that it won't get spoiled easily.
02:11Because Langka is sour for a long time.
02:15And it gets soggy.
02:16Yes.
02:17That's why you add vinegar.
02:18Yes, vinegar.
02:19At the end of the day, how much is the profit if the sales are good?
02:22If the sales are good, it will reach 2,600 pesos.
02:292,600 pesos.
02:30That's the best sales.
02:31Yes.
02:32So, our profit there is...
02:341,300 pesos.
02:351,300 pesos.
02:361,500 pesos.
02:38The regular is a bit low.
02:41Regular is 8,000 pesos.
02:47The husband and wife work hard to sell their food.
02:52Because they need to sell everything.
02:55This is where they get their income for their eight children.
02:59Calderetang Baka, Ginataang Hipon, Afritada, Pinakbet, Pork Barbecue, and Adobong Pusit.
03:11Does it look expensive?
03:13In this market of Aling Sosing in Makati City,
03:16all of these are included in the budget.
03:19That's why a lot of workers work here in the village.
03:24At 7 in the morning, 15 dishes are being cooked simultaneously in Aling Sosing's kitchen.
03:32She has been eating this for 40 years.
03:34She is one of the oldest in Makati.
03:43She needs to hurry because people are starting to arrive.
03:54Aling Sosing's granddaughter, Alondra, is now the breadwinner here.
03:59I started with taxi drivers and jeepney drivers.
04:04Until I grew up, I added more dishes.
04:09Like bulalo, that's how I started.
04:17According to Alondra, they earn 30,000 pesos a day.
04:22But like other businesses, it's not easy to make ends meet.
04:29It's hard because it's just the beginning.
04:34Until it gets better, I have to pay debts.
04:40But a lot of people are pushing me to continue because it's a waste.
04:44Because I'm really strong.
04:46I was told that if I don't continue, it will be a waste of my grandparents' money.
04:54And now, they are slowly recovering.
04:58Because of their hard-earned money.
05:05That's why even if the prices are high, they are still able to maintain their prices.
05:11For the jeepney drivers and taxi drivers,
05:16because they are budget-friendly, they also want to taste good food.
05:20That's why we are giving them food.
05:22Because of their simple request to add more dishes,
05:25they are returning it.
05:27And the discount is around 5 pesos or 10 pesos.
05:31Because we know how it feels when there's nothing.
05:34So we are giving back to the people.
05:38Get home.
05:39One of the people we were able to meet today was Manuel Calinger,
05:44a gasoline boy and also a minimum wage earner who earns 537 pesos a day.
05:54One order of vegetables is 80 pesos, but Manuel's budget is only 40 pesos.
05:59That's why he only bought half of it.
06:0115 pesos for one rice.
06:04Thank you very much.
06:05You're welcome.
06:06I was able to save.
06:08Do you have change?
06:10Of course.
06:18In the middle of Makati, a sidecar that is being sold by Pares,
06:21is the favorite destination for riders and laborers.
06:24It's worth 50 pesos because there's already food and rice.
06:30It's also worth the budget that it's being served in Makati,
06:34the Paresani Roel Ramos.
06:42It's been boiling for 5 hours for different parts of the beef,
06:45such as meat, intestines, heart, and brain.
06:48After that, it's seasoned with their special Pares recipe.
06:52For 50 pesos, you can already taste it.
06:56For 50 pesos, you can already taste the Beef Pares with Rice,
07:01their other specialties, Tumbong Pares, and Bone Marrow Pares.
07:06All of the recipes are made by Roel to his father.
07:10I'm 12 to 13 years old.
07:12I'm already working on it.
07:15We can't forget those recipes because that's what our father gave us as a recipe.
07:22We can't forget those recipes because that's what our father gave us as a recipe.
07:27We used to ride a cart to school.
07:31He taught us until I finished high school.
07:36Roel's small cart now earns 10,000 pesos a day.
07:40They also have another job.
07:45Roel's income from his previous job is already far away.
07:49I used to be a driver.
07:51I was a jeepney driver here in Makati, Pasay.
07:54I left my job to become a driver.
07:56It's hard to make a living because of the pandemic.
07:59Level 4, medical.
08:01Because he can afford it, Roel is able to help the ordinary workers
08:05who are here in his place, choosing to eat.
08:08Those riders are tired from their daily journeys.
08:12That's why we're returning them.
08:14It's not just for the riders.
08:16If there's a need for food, we have to give it to them.
08:20If God gives us food, we'll give it to others.
08:25One of Roel's parishioners is a three-year-old delivery rider.
08:30We, the poor, really need that kind of food.
08:34Because you can eat for 50 pesos.
08:37For example, if I have 40 pesos,
08:41they'll say, it's okay, it's a problem.
08:43They're kind.
08:44If I have friends who don't have money,
08:48they'll say, dad, give them food.
08:50I give them food.
08:52Because I've experienced that kind of thing.
08:55The poverty of the poor.
08:59Mang Alan is also a minimum wage earner.
09:02But nowadays, it's really lacking in terms of expenses.
09:07It's really lacking.
09:08Because, ma'am, when it comes to buying electricity and food,
09:13we don't have anything to buy.
09:15It's tiring, ma'am.
09:16It's really tiring, ma'am.
09:17But we're enduring it so that our family can live.
09:21In a report by an e-commerce firm in 2020,
09:24the Philippines was ranked as one of the worst countries to live in for minimum wage earners.
09:31As of now, the monthly income of a minimum wage earner in Metro Manila is 13,962 pesos.
09:38But according to the Philippine Statistics Authority,
09:41the poverty threshold for a family with 5 members in NCR is 16,625 pesos per month.
09:49This means that this is what they need to buy their food and non-food essentials.
09:56Some groups are increasing the 750 pesos national or standardized minimum wage in the whole country.
10:03As of now, the daily minimum wage in other regions of the country is 282 to 400 pesos.
10:10But for the Presidential Advisor for Entrepreneurship,
10:13small and medium enterprises or MSMEs are unable to raise their salaries.
10:1999.51% of all businesses in the Philippines are MSMEs.
10:27Our MSMEs for the past years, I suppose, generated the majority of jobs.
10:34And it is actually around 63% of our total employment in the country.
10:41It is very important that we balance the ability of our industries with the needs of our workers
10:49so that this will not have a negative effect on the intended beneficiaries of the minimum wage policy.
11:00For Kinaana, Alondra, and Ruel, they know how hard it is for ordinary workers to make ends meet.
11:10That is why they are not tired of eating delicious and affordable food for ordinary workers.
11:20I am Mackie Pulido, and this is your Reporter's Note.