Tinio blasts ‘fabricated’ Marcos poverty metrics
The administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. must face the reality of poverty in the country amid rising market prices, stagnant wages and a lack of…
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The administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. must face the reality of poverty in the country amid rising market prices, stagnant wages and a lack of…
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The government says poverty fell to a record-low 9.7 percent in 2025, but the number comes with a question that is harder to answer: How much does a Filipino…
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Manila 3rd District Rep. Joel Chua has urged the Senate impeachment court to give prosecutors some flexibility in discussing the ongoing trial of Vice…
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The gap between what a family needs and what the government considers acceptable to pay them is a canyon with a press release taped over it.
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A House prosecutor in the impeachment trial of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte described testimony by a former Office of the Vice President (OVP)…
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Anything less isn’t poverty alleviation but poverty management — and managing poverty is just a fancy way of accepting it.
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The Philippines brought its poverty rate down to a historic low of 9.7 percent in 2025, with more than 6.5 million Filipinos moving above the poverty threshold…
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Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Claire Castro refused to apologize to teachers who may have been offended by her remarks linking educators to the behavior…
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ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio called on Palace Press Officer Claire Castro to retract her remarks concerning teachers’ role in shaping students’…
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ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. Antonio Tinio on Monday called for the proposed P107.4 billion allocation for flood control projects in the 2027 national budget to…
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The lawmaker said genuine transparency required dismantling the mechanisms that allow such insertions, rather than simply putting cameras on the proceedings.
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Insults and mockery have no place in any trial, including the ongoing impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte, a member of the Free Legal…
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The latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed an improvement in Filipino families’ self-rated poverty, with self-rated poverty down three percentage…
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Lawyer Levito Baligod said one of the alleged bodyguards of former Partylist Representative Zaldy Co was being “restrained” at an undisclosed location, despite…
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ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio criticized the Marcos administration’s proposed 2027 national budget, saying it reflects a “mispriorization” of…
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Lt. Gen. Donald M. Gumiran formally assumed command of the Philippine Army on Tuesday, succeeding Gen. Antonio Nafarrete, who was recently named chief of staff…
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Dr. Antonio S. Say, president of Tzu Chi Medical Foundation Philippines, has earned a master’s degree in Hospital Administration from the University of the…
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