The Aquino administration will fully support and develop five sectors that it considers critical in further reducing poverty in the country, said Arse
Read MoreThe Aquino administration will fully support and develop five sectors that it considers critical in further reducing poverty in the country, said Arse
Read MoreHUNGER among Filipino families has worsened, a first quarter Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey found, despite a drop in poverty claims during the
Read MoreHunger claims have risen in tandem with poverty, with a record-high number of Filipino families saying they experienced having nothing to eat based
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. When the Spaniards strayed into the archipelago in 1521, they found the religious practices of the natives neither
Read MoreHigh power rates and limited access to financing for small enterprises are among the structural problems that the Philippine government should addre
Read MoreIs the Aquino administration focusing too much on running after the corrupt that it has neglected raising the lot of the poor? That seems to be the
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The United Nations has committed a total of $667 million in four development and social services projects in the Philippines o
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. It is terribly frustrating for people in my generation to get their senior citizen cards and see nothing much to h
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. How should one rate Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s economic performance during her nine-and-a-half year reign? My short
Read MoreThere are signs that the Philippines insurance industry may be heading towards a period of solid growth, with both the state and the private sector
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. When BusinessWorld’s headline last Monday said “Poverty numbers worsen,” it was only comparing September 2011, whe
Read MoreRegional News This is a re-posted press release. Washington, D.C.—On November 18, the U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) signe
Read MoreTHE PHILIPPINES remains behind schedule -- by a decade or longer in a number of indicators -- three years before the deadline to meet the so-called
Read MoreThe number of Filipino families who consider themselves poor has grown, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, particularly i
Read MoreFormer Foreign Secretary Delia Albert said she used to market the potentials of Philippine mining in her trips as presidential envoy on mining, neve
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Almost exactly a year ago today (Nov. 3, 2011), I wrote about a young couple who had requested to live and do subs
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Criticism keeps leaders on their toes, prods them to do better, and hopefully improves actual performance. In the
Read MoreHUNGER IS AGAIN ON THE RISE, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in a new report, with sharp increases in Luzon overwhelming declines in the rest
Read MoreHeadline news: The Philippines welcomed one of the world’s symbolic “seven billionth” babies Monday, after she arrived to a celebratory cheer at Man
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