President Marcos has appointed former Taguig City councilor Michelle Anne Gonzales as chairperson of the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP). She took her oath before Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin in Malacañan on Friday, July 25. Gonzales replaced Meynardo Sabili based on her...
Removing the K to 12 program, particularly its important component the Senior High School (SHS) would be a “step backward” for Philippine education and would disproportionately harm poor students, according to the Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) and education stakeholders. Amid calls...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has dispatched a team to look into the case of Pauline Joy Banjawan, an urban poor organizer found in police custody after she was first reported missing for two days in Batangas. In a statement, the CHR said its probe is in line with its mandate to investigate...
President Marcos has appointed former Lipa mayor Meynardo Sabili as chairperson of the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor. Former Lipa mayor Meynardo Sabili takes oath as the chairperson of the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor on Aug. 28,2024. (Photo courtesy of PCO) Sabili took...
Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian holds a press conference at the DSWD Central Office in Quezon City on August 19, 2024. (DSWD Photo) Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian said on Monday, Aug. 19 that there is a need to...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said that spending only P64 on food per day does not classify one as food poor. But how was this threshold determined, and what's on the menu for this budget-friendly diet? According to the PSA, sticking to a menu plan within this budget is key to meeting...
(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro is up in arms over the National Economic and Development Authority's (NEDA) claim that having a one-day food budget of just P64 does not make a person "food poor". ...
(Photo from Pixabay) A survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) from June 23 to July 1 revealed that 58 percent of Filipino families, estimated at 16 million households, considered themselves “mahirap” or “poor.” This was a significant increase of 12 percentage points from...
A survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) revealed that 46 percent of Filipino households, or 12.9 million families, considered themselves "mahirap" or poor in the first quarter of 2024, which is “similar” to 47 percent, or 13 million families, in the fourth quarter of 2023. The survey...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) and the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) joined forces to empower urban communities and prepare them for crises and disasters. ( PRC Secretary-General Dr. Gwen Pang and PCUP chair Undersecretary Elpidio Jordan Jr. together with other officials during...
Despite the country's economic improvement, the number of poor people did not decrease, as only those with higher incomes benefited from the gains, a study by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) revealed. Based on a PIDS discussion paper titled “Poverty Transitions and the...
Helping fellow Filipinos should not only be during Christmas, but it should be done every day, Vice President Sara Duterte said on Sunday, Dec. 24, as the Philippines is set to celebrate Christmas. Vice President Sara Duterte (Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook) In her Christmas message, the...
