Reporting 12-year old girl committing suicide: Media Sensationalism!

[INFRACTION]

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12 yrs old committing suicide stupid girl.... naa gani ubang bata naningkamot bsag pobre cla... mas bata pa sa 12 yrs old...

[godsaint]

bitaw daghan ko nakita mga bata magsuyop lang gani og rugby dha sa dalan sa cebu og Lapu2.Mao man na ang Pinas lig on kunuhay ang ekonomiya.If dili man mag suicide ang bata daghan man sad kapalan na sa bituka.Mangawat,mag rugby,og unsa pa dhang klase sa bisyo para malimtan nila ang kahirapan.

[epson]

so sad

[mata_hari]

poverty is not an excuse to commit suicide.... but still i pity her.

[godsaint]

I pity this girl for commiting suicide because of poverty,becoz she wants to go to school but they dont have money.The girl had an ambition but didnt materialized. But it is more stupid for those who commited suicide because of a broken relationship.The most I hated are those who commited suicide because they are high on drugs.

[journeyman]

Here's the latest from Sun Star News.

Wishes come true after young girl's suicide
By Nelson C. Bagaforo

DAVAO CITY -- Before she hanged herself to death, 11-year-old Marianeth Amper wished to pursue her studies and provide a better life for her family.

In death, some of the poor girl's wishes come true. The government has vowed to extend financial, health, and livelihood assistance to the Amper family, who lives in a shanty that has no running water or electricity in Ma-a, Davao City.

On Saturday afternoon, Marianeth will be featured in "Wish Ko Lang," GMA-7's reality program that grants wishes of the viewers.

The show's host, Vicky Morales, was in Davao City to condole with Marianeth's family and see they need to lead a better life.

"Nalaman na nagsimula palang gumawa ng sulat si Marianeth sa 'Wish Ko Lang!' ngunit hindi na niya ito nagawang matapos. Maghahandog ng tulong ang programa sa mga magulang bilang pag-alala sa naunsyaming pangarap ng dalagita," GMA 7 said a press statement e-mailed to Sun.Star Friday.

Before Marianeth hanged herself with a nylon cord on November 2, she wrote a letter addressed to the program, asking for a bag, a new pair of shoes, a bicycle, and a better-paying job for her parents.

"I suspect she did it because of our situation," said the girl's father, Isabelo Amper, a construction worker who has been jobless for a year now because of a kidney ailment.

Also Friday, Mike Enriquez tackled Marianeth's case in his top-rating morning program on radio station dzBB in Metro Manila.

"Maraming tawag at sumulpot sa station na willing to help the young girl's family," said Barbette Atienza, regional publicity specialist of GMA Network, Inc.

Many were shocked to learn that at such a young age, Marianeth was so affected by their poor living condition that she took her own life.

In a letter she left behind, Marianeth asked God to help her parents make ends meet and that she was disappointed she could not go to school because she did not have money for transportation and food.

In the same diary, Marianeth revealed she had been absent from school for more than a month.

The night before she killed herself, according to reports, she asked her father for P100 for a school project but he did not have any money.

Her father said he had been out of a job for several months while his wife works part-time at a noodle factory, earning less than P50 a day.

Marianeth's death put a human face to poverty blighting the nation, where nearly 14 percent of the 87 million population live on less than P50 a day, even as the government insists the economy is on a roll. (Sun.Star Davao/Sunnex)

Sad to blame the sick father and a part-time working mother earning less than 50 pesos a day pud sa situation nila.

[The_Child]

c'est lavie.

Who do you want to blame?

Comforting isnt it?
to blame somebody.

It makes us feel relieved that we have identified the culprits. BUt have we?

We havent. Because if we had, this would have been a Utopia.

[Velvett]

the feeling of complete hopelessness. that's to blame.

addition:

Melanie Lim's column today is moving. yes, that 100.00 the girl needed is just latte, taxi fare, breakfast meal for some of us. for the child though, it was HOPE.

[mOnOzErO]

our problem is ENDEMIC! wala nay solusyon

[mOnOzErO]

louy kaayo ang pobre kay musamot pa og lisod!