Dev’t gaps lead to ‘missing middle class’ — NEDA
“In this regard, the ASEAN has been taking great strides to achieve the 2030 Agenda, from the eradication of poverty, improving maternal health, and …
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Whites aren’t as prosperous as Trumpers seem to think
Yet whites represent the largest racial group living in poverty, and the largest group of food-aid recipients under the federal SNAP program. Here are …
Checking lifestyle for unexplained wealth
There is likely to be a negative reaction to conspicuous poverty. Why is the vice-president of a large utility company living in a socialized housing …
Pernia calls for stronger Asean cooperation in dev’t issues
He noted that Asean has been taking great strides to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, from the eradication of poverty, …
Movie review: Even mainstream audiences will enjoy Cannes winner ‘Parasite’
Out of work, driver Kim Ki-taek lived with his wife Choong Sook and two college-age children in a dirty sub-basement apartment in abject poverty.
Why I’m optimistic we can achieve SDG #1—ending poverty in all its forms, everywhere
The graduation approach provides a sequenced intervention designed to overcome multiple barriers that prevent the extreme poor from breaking out of poverty.
Lawmaker seeks better social services for Metro Manila residents
Lopez said his committee would prioritize Metro Manila’s perennial problems on poverty, lack of access to basic social and health services and …
De Lima bats for free tertiary agriculture education for indigent farmers’ children
Citing a Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) 2015 Poverty Statistics for Basic Sectors report, De Lima noted that farmers and fishermen and children …
Baka mahikayat magtanim: De Lima wants free college education in agriculture for farmers’ kids
In particular, the poverty incidence for the sector of farmers was recorded at 34.3 percent, noting that the sector of farmers is consistently registered as …
NCR has the highest poverty rate in the country
By Ben Rosario. Proximity to the central government is not a guarantee of better and swifter access to social services as majority of the 14 million …
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