Over 25 million Filipinos were struggling to meet their basic needs, including food, due to insufficient income, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Friday, Dec. 22. The PSA's preliminary 2023 First Semester Official Poverty Statistics showed that about 22.4 percent of the...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Local government units (LGUs) in Northern Mindanao must ensure basic infrastructure to be able to encourage more investors, as creating more jobs and quality jobs for the people is needed to reduce the poverty incidence in the region, the National Economic and Development...
National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) Secretary Lope Santos III said the government is hoping to bring the country's poverty rate down to a single digit by 2028. Speaking at the Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) Weekly Media Forum on Thursday, Nov. 30, Santos said to achieve...
Sen. Cynthia Villar cited the laudable achievements of cooperatives in boosting local economic development during the opening of the Coopreneurs Avenue Bazaar 2023 in Vistamall Taguig. (Photo from Sen. Cynthia Villar's Facebook page) "No cash prize can ever sufficiently reward the very...
With so many Filipino youths living in poverty, the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) urged soon-to-be-appointed Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials to prioritize anti-poverty programs. National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) NAPC Sectoral Representative for Youth and Students Sector...
The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) joined forces with 14 other agencies and signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to support the "Task Force Contra IUUF" that will ensure coordination among partner agencies in preventing Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing (IUUF) in Western...
Despite disbarment, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is confident that Presidential Adviser on Poverty Alleviation Larry Gadon will contribute to address poverty in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. swears in Larry Gadon as Presidential Adviser on Poverty Alleviation on...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has ordered government agencies to "keep their eyes open" and employ the whole-of-government approach to address poverty. *ANTI-POVERTY AGENDA—President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. presides over the first National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) En Banc...
Fresh from his official appointment as the presidential adviser for poverty alleviation, lawyer Lorenzo “Larry” Gadon is rolling up his sleeves and getting to work with his first agenda—Batang Busog, Malusog Movement (BBM Movement). Newly-appointed Presidential Adviser for Poverty Alleviation...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is hopeful that the Philippines would achieve 100-percent rice sufficiency or even higher if the farming mechanisms currently in place are successful. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) In his vlog, Marcos said the...
While the national government's "Walang Gutom 2027" Food Stamp Program could not eliminate poverty in the Philippines, the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) emphasized that this would serve as a "temporary solution" to address the problem. (Janssen Romero / file photo / Manila Bulletin)...
A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey made public on Sunday, May 7 revealed that 51 percent of Filipino families considered themselves as “mahirap” or “poor,” 30 percent rated themselves as “borderline” or in-between poor and non-poor, and 19 percent considered themselves as “hindi...
