-ANNOUNCING MONTHLY CHALLENGE FOR A BETTER PHILIPPINES #1! (50 SBD Guaranteed Prize)-

"Addressing Philippine Problem Monthly Challenge"

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In cooperation with @SteemPH and @SteemPH.Iligan, I would like to present to you, a Monthly Challenge exclusively for Filipino Steemians encouraging all Filipinos (and also our foreign steemit friends) to share their thoughts and opinion addressing specific problems of our country. The contest is exclusive only for Filipino Steemians, and foreign steemians are not allowed to submit an entry but, foreign steemians are not restricted to comment and share their ideas which limit them to only participate in discussions and not in the contest itself.

Thus this challenge aimed to offer an avenue for all the steemians to discuss and provide innovative ideas which could possibly be a valuable solution to our problems. We Filipinos are fond of criticizing our government administration but are unable to provide definite solutions. Enough with the chitchats! Bring it on! It’s time to contribute for our progress in the simplest way we know and that is to skillfully, professionally and peacefully discuss innovative ideas in this platform. Steemit is more than just a social media platform, it's a life changer!So let's bring steemit to the next level!

Everyone is encouraged to ONLY debate if you have valid arguments otherwise you’ll be disqualified and be banned to participate in the future events. And be careful not to hurt other’s feelings too as you might suffer the same consequence. We advocate for compassion here and not competitiveness. So if you are interested and you want to participate, just continue reading below for the guidelines of this event.

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The title of this event should be “Addressing Philippine Problem Monthly Challenge” aiming for a better Philippines.

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Objectives

•The primary objective of this contest is to provide a section for interaction exclusively for Filipino Steemians to interact and discuss their thoughts regarding serious problems and hot issues in the Philippines. As steemit is more than just a social media platform, steemians are encourage to interact with each other daily and help each other in order to grow in this community, both individually and as a whole.
•This will also help fellow Filipino steemians expose their selves within the steemit platform. Foreign steemians are acknowledge sharing their opinion and participating in the discussion but are not allowed to join the contest.
•Other than helping fellow Filipino steemians grow in steemit community, the event will also allow Filipino to cooperate in building better community and a better Philippines.
•Aside from addressing problems and providing awareness regarding serious problems in the country, the event will also help promote steemit platform by sharing the discussion in other social media platforms such as facebook.
•This event will also provide an overview for our foreign steemian friends to better understand the situations and issues in the Philippines.

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Rules and Regulations

•Before you participate in the challenge, you must agree that you are held responsible for your own actions, thoughts and opinion.
•Do not make allegations and accusations whether it is direct or in a form of implication, as you might be charged with serious violations.
•Do not insult other’s opinion. You are allowed to debate but as much as possible; make sure it will not result into exchanging of foul words or worst, to a fight.
•Respect the judges’ decisions! You can always ask the judges but you cannot argue with their decisions.
•Do not make fake news and/or any unlawful act that is punishable by law. Read again the rules and regulations.

Anyone who violates these rules and regulations will automatically be disqualified and will be banned forever to join the event. No second chance will be given as the rules and regulations above are very clear! In case of fights, those who are involved will automatically suffer the same punishment. Violators of light violation (such as quarrelling with and irritating the judges) can petition to reconsider the penalty with attached video of a public apology. The verdict will be made by the Filipino Steemians. Again! Read and understand the rules and regulations before participating in the event!

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Who can join the event?

•All Filipino steemians are allowed to join the event. Known authors with reputations of 62 and above are still allowed to participate but are DISCOURAGED to join the event. The event is intended for new Filipino stemians.
•Pardoned steemian can participate 2 months after he or she is pardoned.

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How to Participate in the Event?

•First and for most, make sure you clearly understand the rules and regulations of this event. You are free to ask about any confusion for clarifications.
•Write and make a post addressing the problem or subject raised by the organizer of this event. Explain your thoughts and opinion about the subject. Provide a brief solution to the problem. You may add reference to your post.
•Your post should be written in either, English, Filipino or Bisaya only. Minimum of at least 300 words and maximum of 500 words. So participants are encourage to address directly the problem.
•Your title should be Addressing Philippine Problem Monthly Challenge #1: “Your Title”. Primary tags should be #forbetterphilippines, #steemph #philippines respectively. You can fill up the 2 remaining tags.
•Comment the link of your post in the comment section.
•Upvote and Resteem the Post.

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Duration of the Event

•The event will start every first day of the month or depending on further announcements.
•An announcement or notice will be provided 3-5 days before the event starts so that all the participants will be given all the time to research about the specific given problem.
•The deadline for the submission of entries will be 7 days prior the scheduled end of the event to give the judges enough time to review and finalize the results of the event. (Specific date and time of the deadline will be provided.)
•The winner of the said event will be announced as soon as the result comes out.
•Winners could still participate in the next challenge.

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Prize Pool

•50 SBD Guaranteed Prize for the chosen author with the most brilliant proposed solution! (The guaranteed prize will be taken out of my personal funds)
•Additional 20% of the donations prize! (If there any)
•Additional 20% of the Liquid Rewards of the Monthly Challenge Post.
•15%, 10% and 5% of the Liquid Rewards will be given to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd runner ups respectively.

(Note: The allocated rewards above can change on the next challenge.)

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Breakdown of Sponsor’s Donations (If there any)

The remaining 80% of the whole donation for the first month of the event will be distributed as follows:

•25% of the remaining 80% donations will be given to @steemph for its future projects.
•25% of the remaining 80% will be given to @steemph.iligan for the support of the community and for its future projects.
•25% of the remaining 80% will be given to judges. (excluding me)
•25% of the remaining 80% will be kept as fund for future weekly events.

In other words, the 80% remaining donations will be equally distributed to @steemph, to @steemph.iligan, to the judges of the event and for the budget for future weekly events.

(The above allocations can change every month.)

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Criteria for Judging

•85% - for the brilliancy of your proposed solution. Each entry will be scored 1-10 by adjudicators/judges, 10 being the perfect score. The scores of the judges are final and absolute. You cannot question them! Read the rules and regulations.
•15% - for popularity vote. As soon as you comment the link of your post in the comment section, you can vote for your post by replying “vote!”. You can also vote for others' entries. You are also allowed to campaign for your post and ask others (Filipino or foreign) to vote for your entry in the comment section; but be careful not to annoy anyone else. Upvotes are not counted as valid votes and votes are valid only before the post pays out!
•In case of a tie, the rewards will be equally distributed among the winners.

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For inquiries and clarifications and for donations, contact me directly @asbonclz in steemit.chat or in discord or through Steem Philippines discord channel in the link below.
https://discordapp.com/invite/Q7WDDRe

Shoutout to @precise, @bearone and @dreamiely for helping me finalized this event! Please vote fore @precise as your witness!

PLEASE RESTEEM THIS POST FOR OTHERS TO BE INFORMED.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER NOTICE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS