From the News! - Your Daily News » Poverty http://fromthenews.net Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:35:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 14 of RP’s poorest towns in Mindanao http://fromthenews.net/14-of-rps-poorest-towns-in-mindanao.htm http://fromthenews.net/14-of-rps-poorest-towns-in-mindanao.htm#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:17:11 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5147 Edith Regalado
Philippine Star

DAVAO CITY — At least 14 of the country’s 20 poorest municipalities are in Mindanao, according to the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB).

Data released by the NSCB XI here over the weekend showed that… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/14-of-rps-poorest-towns-in-mindanao.htm/feed 0 Exploiting poverty http://fromthenews.net/exploiting-poverty.htm http://fromthenews.net/exploiting-poverty.htm#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:18:24 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4918 Connie Veneracion
Manila Standard

On Oct. 15, Blog Action Day (www.blogactionday.org) hopes to repeat the success of last year’s initiative to get people and media talking about the environment. This year, thousands of independent Web publishers will write about… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/exploiting-poverty.htm/feed 0 23 million Filipinos living below Asia-Pacific poverty line http://fromthenews.net/23-million-filipinos-living-below-asia-pacific-poverty-line.htm http://fromthenews.net/23-million-filipinos-living-below-asia-pacific-poverty-line.htm#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:59:18 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4677 Doris Dumlao
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines— The new poverty line for Asia-Pacific is $1.35 a day and about 23 million Filipinos, or 27 percent of the Philippine population, are living below it.

Using the regional poverty threshold of… Read the rest

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Manila Times

The Social Weather Stations (SWS) said recent surveys showing increasing self-rated poverty levels among Filipino families has “wiped out” what President Gloria Arroyo claimed in her State of the Nation Address regarding the country’s… Read the rest

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Philippine Star

Some 10.6 million Filipino families now rate themselves as poor, according to a recent survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS), which showed self-rated poverty on the rise since December 2007.

In a… Read the rest

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Manila Times

THE World Bank wants the private sector to focus on the poor in developing countries such as the Philippines to bring them out of their misery.

“Addressing the unmet needs of the BoP [base… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/world-bank-pushes-for-pro-poor-businesses.htm/feed 0 How the rich became richer, the poor poorer under GMA http://fromthenews.net/how-the-rich-became-richer-the-poor-poorer-under-gma.htm http://fromthenews.net/how-the-rich-became-richer-the-poor-poorer-under-gma.htm#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:17:09 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4745 by Tony Lopez
from The Manila Times

Under President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the rich became richer, the poor became poorer. Not only that, those who were marginally rich crossed the line toward poverty.

All these happened under seven years or… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/how-the-rich-became-richer-the-poor-poorer-under-gma.htm/feed 0 (Next ADB assistance program more of the same) Poverty in RP still ‘daunting’ http://fromthenews.net/next-adb-assistance-program-more-of-the-same-poverty-in-rp-still-%e2%80%98daunting%e2%80%99.htm http://fromthenews.net/next-adb-assistance-program-more-of-the-same-poverty-in-rp-still-%e2%80%98daunting%e2%80%99.htm#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:34:03 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4765 Darwin G. Amojelar
Manila Times

THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) said the Philippines’ next assistance program remains “daunting” owing to high poverty levels and weak investments.

In its Country Assistance Program Evaluation Report, the Manila-based lender said its assistance… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/next-adb-assistance-program-more-of-the-same-poverty-in-rp-still-%e2%80%98daunting%e2%80%99.htm/feed 0 14.5M experienced hunger, says SWS http://fromthenews.net/145m-experienced-hunger-says-sws.htm http://fromthenews.net/145m-experienced-hunger-says-sws.htm#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:12:18 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4488 Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—More Filipino families across the country experienced involuntary hunger (hunger due to lack of food) between April and June than during the first three months of the year, a recent Social Weather Stations survey showed.

Amid… Read the rest

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Manila Standard

The World Bank has expressed support for the Philippine government’s conditional cash transfer or subsidy program to help the poorest Filipinos cope with rising cost of living.

World Bank country director Bert Hofman… Read the rest

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