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‘Ranks of the poor swelling’

THE number of Filipinos who considered themselves poor went up to 44 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016, yielding “a new record-low annual...

Self-rated poor fall to 42 percent

FEWER Filipinos consider themselves poor with the latest poll on self-rated poverty hit a new record low, local pollster Social Weather Stations said Thursday. The...

Bistekville: Home sweet home for QC’s homeless

To break the cycle of homelessness and to ensure that low-income families are removed from danger zones, the Quezon City government has provided an...

Lawmaker backs tax plan for poor

AN INDEPENDENT bloc lawmaker on Friday rallied behind the Department of Finance’s (DoF) plan to give the poor a higher income-tax exemption. Navotas Rep. Toby...
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