Social Service: Poverty News
More Filipino families rate themselves poor in...
15 November, 2011 at 17:45
The number of Filipino families who consider themselves poor has grown, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, particularly
Sinking deeper in poverty
11 November, 2011 at 17:18
This is a re-posted opinion piece. Almost exactly a year ago today (Nov. 3, 2011), I wrote about a young couple who had requested to live and do
National hunger rate rises
4 November, 2011 at 11:20
HUNGER IS AGAIN ON THE RISE, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in a new report, with sharp increases in Luzon overwhelming declines in the
7,000,000,000
4 November, 2011 at 09:35
Headline news: The Philippines welcomed one of the world’s symbolic “seven billionth” babies Monday, after she arrived to a celebratory
People power, transparency keys to inclusive growth,...
28 October, 2011 at 17:45
For the Philippines to achieve inclusive growth, it must build on the foundations of “people power” through government reforms, civil society
Gov’t should address MDG bottlenecks — UN
27 October, 2011 at 13:27
THE GOVERNMENT should address bottlenecks that tend to drag the country’s achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a United Nations
Amid population boom, India hopes for ‘demographic...
21 October, 2011 at 12:56
Regional News GORAKHPUR, India — Pedestrians weave their way through a sea of cars, rickshaws and motorbikes, a desperate scramble for space
ADB says Philippines can grow by 7-8%
21 October, 2011 at 10:50
The Asian Development Bank said the Philippines should aspire to post an economic growth of 7 to 8 percent a year, stressing that the country has
Building inclusive growth
18 October, 2011 at 15:52
Regional News The global outlook has become increasingly uncertain, and the recovery is more sluggish than we envisaged just a few months ago as
Insulated from politics
4 October, 2011 at 17:39
This is a re-posted opinion piece. You know a program is successful in this country when politicians are itching to dip their hands into it. Going
Cash Transfer Program: Right to education, health,...
4 October, 2011 at 11:21
This is a re-posted opinion piece. WHO ARE the poor? Where are they? Ofelia walks every day with her children to the forest to gather hearts of
Drilon vows to defend P39-billion budget for...
30 September, 2011 at 16:53
MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Franklin Drilon yesterday vowed to defend the retention of the entire P39.4-billion allocation for the Department
SMEs for inclusive growth
21 September, 2011 at 17:59
This is a re-posted opinion piece. No one else among our Southeast Asian neighbors saw poverty worsen in the last 10 years the way we did in the
Fairyland all over again Part 2
7 September, 2011 at 11:51
This is a re-posted opinion piece. Last week I started to analyze the claims of success—Ganito Tayo Noon, Bakit Nagkaganito Ngayon (This was how
