Poverty database helps spot scholars
A Cebu-based non-government organization (NGO) hailed the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for coming up with a database that identifies the poor in the country.
A Cebu-based non-government organization (NGO) hailed the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for coming up with a database that identifies the poor in the country.
Joblessness in the country worsened in the first quarter of the year, the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey found, with an economist tracing the rise in unemployment rate to fresh graduates joining the labor pool.
The fire which hit a community of informal settlers in Quezon City has been put out, a Bureau of Fire Protection-National Capital Region officer said.
After labor leaders air their concerns on a host of workers’ issues, President Aquino will outline the non-wage benefits for the country’s workforce in Tuesday’s breakfast meeting, according to Malacañang.
Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano on Saturday called on Filipinos to stop downplaying the economic gains made by the Aquino administration in the wake of reports that the country’s poverty incidence had remained practically unchanged as shown by the National Statistical Coordination Board’s latest figures.
A top businessman on Wednesday called on Malacañang to include the private sector in mapping out fresh antipoverty programs as lawmakers blamed income inequality for chronic poverty amid robust economic growth.
A government report showing that the level of poverty in the country remained unchanged over the past six years despite robust economic growth drew various proposals from senatorial candidates and their supporters to address the problem.
United Nationalist Alliance candidate for Senator, Cagayan Representative Juan Ponce “Jack” Enrile Jr., stated his bent on championing the welfare of children, especially those who are living in food-insecure households.
Economic growth over the past six years hardly made a dent in poverty incidence in the Philippines, as the percentage of Filipinos living below the poverty line remained practically the same between 2006 and 2012, official statistics showed.
As the May 13 elections campaign careens into the home stretch, many candidates get strident. There are 18,053 posts up for grabs—almost quadruple the number of office seekers.
Thirty undernourished children aged six years and below from South Poblacion, San Fernando town, southern Cebu have been fed by Taiheiyo Cement Philippines Inc. (TCPI) since April 1.
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur—Caraga may have outperformed all regions in the country in terms of economic development in the last three years based on government data, but its people are still among the poorest, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the region.
Grace Radin arrived early at P. Guevara Elementary School in Manila’s Binondo area Saturday morning. She knew many would come and wanted to be among the first in line.
