December was a tougher time for Filipinos than we previously thought. Much has been said about the sky-high consumer prices for vegetables, meat, and the like during the holidays. And the data backs it up.According to a representative of the Philippine Statistics Authority, ...
Around 3.5 million families were considered poor in 2021.
The Philippines' pandemic-driven woes continue, trickling down to our national poverty incidence rate. In the 2021 Full Year Official Poverty Statistics of the Philippines report released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Monday August 15, the number of poor Filipinos in the ...
The total cost of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Philippines from the time it started in 2020 up to the next 10 to 40 years is estimated to reach a total of P41.4 trillion, according to the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA). In ...
Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia resigned from his post on Friday, April 17, multiple news sources said. A member of the Inter Agency Task Force (IATF) responding to the threat of the coronavirus in the country, the 76-year-old Pernia said he was leaving ...
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