How the Drug War Eats the Poor
Credit to Author: JS Rafaelli| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 14:14:06 +0000
According to a new report by the NGO Health Poverty Action, prohibition drives poverty and criminality in places like Brazil and India.
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Lower self-rated poverty elates Malacañang
Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 03:17:52 +0000
Malacañang on Sunday welcomed the drop in the self-rated poverty survey released by the Social Weather Stations (SWS).
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Read moreSWS: Self-rated poverty falls to 50% in last quarter of 2018
Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 03:11:05 +0000
FILIPINO families who rated themselves “mahirap” or poor fell in the last quarter of the 2018, according to the latest survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS). The poll from…READ
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Read moreSWS: 11.6M Filipino families say they are poor
Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 16:12:56 +0000
About 11.6 million Filipino families or 50 percent consider themselves poor, a recent survey result from Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.
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Read moreChina’s ‘Ice Boy’ now walks only 10 minutes to school from his new home
Credit to Author: khallare| Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2019 08:16:23 +0000
Wang Fuman’s life got better after a year of reported troubles. The 9-year-old boy, more popularly known as China’s “Ice Boy,” shot to fame for walking 4.5 kilometers in the freezing cold just to attend school. Now he lives in a new, two-story home in the Zhuanshanbao village—very far from the muddy and isolated place he […]
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Read moreArroyo to Duterte: Produce tangible results to ease poverty
Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2019 23:09:01 +0000
Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Saturday called on the Duterte administration to produce “tangible results” this year to ease poverty.
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Read morePope Francis warns against nationalism, xenophobia
Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 13:11:31 +0000
Pope Francis has warned politicians of the dangers of exploiting nationalism and fear of foreigners in a message released Tuesday.
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Read morePope to politicians: Unacceptable to blame migrants for evil
Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 12:44:14 +0000
Pope Francis issued his annual peace message and said political speeches that berate migrants and the poor are “unacceptable.”
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Read moreBam Aquino: Issues on poverty, inflation sidelined by Trillanes arrest
Senator Bam Aquino on Tuesday said the Duterte administration has prioritized serving an arrest warrant against Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV over the more important issues on poverty and inflation.
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Read moreCOA finding on ineligible 4Ps recipients unfair, says DSWD
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday stood pat on the success of its Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), saying it was unfair for the Commission on Audit (COA) to have concluded that the program listed “ineligible” beneficiaries.
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