Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institution: âA Better World for Usâ
  Peace, Justice and Strong Institution is one of the sustainable development goals. But everyday, we hear news about corruption, war, abuse and different crimes. One of it is corruption, it is one of the reasons why we donât have a good government system. Bribery is already given to some government officials. Many women and child were saved everyday from human trafficking and abuse. Unfortunately, war across the country is changing the lives of its citizens. Many establishments, livelihood, and economy were because of it.
  In the Philippines, corruption is prevailing in the government. Starting from the lowest to highest position it is not new to them. The cause is the low salary and they are just contractual even they are working for many years. The war on drugs killed thousands of different people including a teenager who is suspected a drug mule. The death of the teenager obtain the attention of the world media. The government has been always declaring that the war on drugs has been successful despite the criticisms that they are receiving.
  In our country, we have a slow progress of justice system. The case takes up years just to be resolved. Do we really get the justice that we want? or We just accept it because we thought that we donât have a chance to change it?  We need a systemized justice system in order to fix all the problems that we are facing right now.
  The Philippine Rise or known as Benham Rise is surrounded by the warships and boat of China. The Filipino fisherman were not allowed to fish in the sea. Many fisherman were appealing because they are losing their livelihood. We won in the case that we submitted on the United Nations Tribunal. Our government is not doing any move. There are also some reports that Chinese is getting giant clams and other natural resources in the sea. Do we have to wait until the sea is completely owned by china?
  These problems were the hindrance why we are not experiencing the 3 goals. How are we going to achieve Peace, justice, and Strong Institution?  First, we should start on ourselves. We should obey the rules and regulations. We should be the role model to others. We cannot start change if we donât start on ourselves. In order to stop the corruption in the government, the employees should have higher salaries and benefits. The information in every cent that the government spend should be in public. The justice system should be modified. We need stability and effective governance. We should promote human rights, reduce all forms of violence and have lasting solutions that will resolve problems. The law should be strictly implemented. Countries with dispute should have peace talks. However, doing these things is really hard but we should do it step by step in order to achieve the goal.
