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.
AKBAYAN Rep. Percival Cendaña said that his party would intensify the fight against human rights abusers after being sworn into office by Speaker Martin Romualdez at the House of Representatives on Wednesday. “Akbayan will hold […]
COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia on Monday said those behind the demolition campaign against him have shown their hand because they always insist on using “obsolete and dilapidated” counting machines that came […]
MANILA, Philippines — The municipality of Cainta in Rizal declared a state of calamity due to the effects of floods brought by a typhoon-enhanced southwest monsoon. “The southwest monsoon and Typhoon Carina’s continuous onslaught of […]
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