Presidential candidate and Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquaio conducts his campaign rally on Saturday, April 30 at the newly rebuilt Amphitheater in Cagayan de Oro City (Photo courtesy of Metro CDO Photos/Tom Udasco Photography) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY-- Presidential candidate Senator Emmanuel...
Presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday called for a revolution—not the chaotic one but a revolution against poverty. 80396 Pacquiao urged his supporters to make the elections' day a day of revolution of the masses by voting for him in the position to lead the country. He made...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday resounded the alarm over the negative impact of the prolonged school closures to a Filipino child’s learning skill as he pressed the need to open all schools for limited face-to-face classes and implement a learning recovery program. Gatchalian made the call...
The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) and its Women Sectoral Council signed a partnership program with the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) as it aims to implement a Multi-stakeholders Conference on Gender and Development and assess the implementation of the anti-Violence against Women...
Senatorial candidate and incumbent Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Thursday welcomed President Duterte’s order to resume in-person classes across the country, saying this would help solve the learning poverty in Philippines. Duterte’s order calling for the resumption of...
Aiming to raise awareness on the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic to the emotional and mental well-being of an individual, the National Anti-Poverty Commission - Local Affairs Coordinating and Monitoring Service (NAPC - LACMS) conducted a one-day mental health forum in Bukidnon. (Jansen Romero /...
The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) held the groundbreaking ceremony of its Convergence Project on Housing Settlement in Bohol, the Commission announced on Sunday, March 20. The ceremony was held in Barangay Guinonocan in the Municipality of Tubigon, Bohol on Friday, March 18, 2022. (Image...
Aiming to raise awareness on the basic concept of gender and sexuality, the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) conducted a four-day gender sensitivity training in Cebu City. (Image courtesy of PNA / National Anti-Poverty Commission) NAPC’s Gender and Development (GAD) unit held the training...
The chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means has projected what can be described as titanic price hikes on fuel next week. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda, in Viber message to reporters Friday night, March 4, said he sees diesel prices going up by a...
Former senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Friday expressed his belief the armed conflicts in the Philippines will “die a natural death” once the government addresses the roots of poverty, especially among rural communities. “When there’s already food, when there are jobs and...
The next administration needs to make great efforts in reducing the poverty incidence in the country after it accelerated amid the more than two year-pandemic, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III, the government’s chief economic manager, said the next...
Calling himself the original "Mr. Palengke", presidential hopeful Senator Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday, Feb. 23 put a little over P5,000 in his pocket and made a grocery run in two public markets in Quezon City. He did so to find out for himself if the amount can cover meals for at least 30 days for...
