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Exploiting poverty

A majority of Filipinos – 59 percent -- rated themselves poor, according to the Social Weather Stations in its survey conducted September 2024. This...

Self-rated poor Filipino families increase — SWS

A Social Weather Stations (SWS) national survey found than more than half of Filipino families, or at least 16.3 million families, considered themselves poor...

Filipinos most concerned about corruption, inflation—Q3 survey

A survey conducted by a Pasig City-based lobbying and campaign consultancy indicates that corruption has risen as to the top of pressing issues that...

House, 17 Govs back PBBM’s anti-poverty agenda

Governors have accepted the challenge of Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez to help President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s intensified campaign in fighting poverty and other...

Romualdez seeks governors’ help in fighting poverty

Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez has urged the country’s provincial governors to support and help in a whole-of-government approach to fight poverty and other...

Palace blames poor governance, poverty as root causes of conflict

MALACANANG has traced poverty, poor governance, and marginalization as the primary causes of social conflict in the country. The Office of Presidential Adviser for Peace,...

Ako Bicol’s Bongalon dares NEDA officials to undergo P100/day challenge

Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Raul Angelo Bongalon challenged officials from the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) to try and live on a P100 daily...

Pimentel slams NEDA on unrealistic poverty figures

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III criticized the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) for 'feeding' President Ferdinand Marcos an unrealistic number of "food...

‘Global Pride for 4Ps!’ DSWD hails Olympian Vanessa Sarno

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) hailed on Sunday weightlifter Vanessa Sarno, whose family is a 4Ps beneficiary, for representing the country...

War on poverty gaining ground

“It will take political will on the part of three branches of government to harness enough resources to fund anti-poverty initiatives, among them a...

Recto asks insurance firms to help reduce poverty

The Department of Finance (DOF) asked the life insurance industry to expand its market reach and make life insurance a household staple to help...

Fewer Pinoys now living in poverty, PSA survey indicates

A Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) survey said there were fewer Filipinos living in poverty or those whose incomes were insufficient to buy minimum basic...

High tide ravages Iloilo coastline, displacing dozens of families

Iloilo City – A massive wave struck Zone 5 in Molo Boulevard on Sunday morning, July 21, destroying 20 homes along the coast. Barangay Captain John...

More Pinoys rate themselves poor —SWS

Some 58 percent of Filipino families rated themselves as poor while 30 percent claimed they were not poor, according to a Social Weather Stations...
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