Tag: Poor
Why we are poor
‘…I have a gut reaction: we are poor because we choose our leaders poorly. And poorly chosen leaders only make the rest of the...
14.4M Pinoy families say they are poor
THE number of Filipino families who rated themselves poor continued to increase for the third straight month this year at 52 percent or around...
Govt urban poor office flagged for fund wastage
STATE auditors have called out the Presidential Commission for the Ur-ban Poor (PCUP) for various questionable expenses during the year, in-cluding payments for hotel...
26% of Filipinos are hungry – SWS
THE number of Filipinos claiming to be hungry continues to rise, the December 12 to 18 survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.
The...
