IN support of the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) ongoing review of its methodologies and metrics in determining food thresholds, the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NPAC) on Wednesday raised the need to focus on the nearly 800,000 Filipino families classified as food-poor.
NAPC Secretary Lope Santos III said that PSA’s ongoing review could also help calculate the number of food-poor individuals in the country whose incomes fall short of meeting their basic food requirements.
DEPARTMENT of Tourism (DoT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco said the agency is expanding its engagement with the private sector, mainly international aviation partners, to boost connectivity to and from the Philippines from existing and developing […]
SEVERAL partners of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) were engaged in a roundtable discussion to find ways to strengthen the implementation of the state health insurer’s Konsultasyong Sulit at Tama (Konsulta) program. Over 70 […]
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