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Philippines poverty rate

Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on Philippines poverty rate.

  1. PEDESTRIANS use an overpass as authorities clear vendors from Roxas Boulevard ahead of the 49th ASEAN Summit, with the road expected to serve as a convoy route, on Monday,

    Window dressing poverty

    We act like a host who borrows money to buy an expensive dining set to impress the neighbors, while the roof over our own children’s heads is collapsing.

    3 MIN READ

  4. Kahirapang damang-dama

    Kahirapang damang-dama

    Kakambal na ng bawat batang Pilipinong naipapanganak ang utang ng bansa, at kaakibat ng kanilang paglaki ang lumulobong presyo ng mga bilihin. Kasabay ng mga…

    2 MIN READ

  5. Pacquiao, Tiu Laurel team up to fight poverty

    Pacquiao, Tiu Laurel team up to fight poverty

    Manny Pacquiao and Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. are coordinating NAPC and DA programs to improve livelihoods and assistance for farmers,…

    2 MIN READ

  7. Epic disconnect

    Epic disconnect

    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.

    1 MIN READ

  9. According to the latest SWS survey done 23-28 April, it found that 50 percent of Filipino families surveyed said they are poor, 8 percent rating themselves as borderline or on a line dividing poor and not poor, while 42 percent rating themselves as not poor.

    14.1M Pinoy families rate themselves poor

    Half of Filipino families still consider themselves poor despite inflation dropping to a five-year low in May, according to the latest SWS survey. Improvements…

    1 MIN READ

  10. Interesting times

    Interesting times

    We have to strengthen our educational system to produce a competitive and innovative work force that will enable us to build a strong economy

    1 MIN READ