His allies in the Senate on Sunday advised President Rodrigo Duterte to focus on “gut issues” in his State of the Nation Address to a joint session of Congress on Monday afternoon.
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Malacañang gave an assurance that the government was putting measures in place to tame inflation following results of a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showing more Filipinos now rating themselves as poor.
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The Philippines has a reputation of openness toward homosexuality, but experts say legal protections are lacking and the nation’s weak social safety net especially fails older gay people.
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Read moreTHE government is doing what it can to decrease poverty after a Social Weather Systems (SWS) survey released on Saturday revealed that more Filipinos consider themselves poor. The poll from June 27 to 30 among 1,200 adults nationwide showed that 48 percent or 11.1 million Filipino families deemed themselves to be in this situation. “We take seriously […]
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NAGA CITY – The thriving anti-poverty program of the office of the Vice President has already helped thousands of poor Filipino families, but Vice President Leni Robredo is inviting more local farmers to join the program.
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How can a Filipino family of five make ends meet with a P10,000 monthly budget?
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