Despite government aid, poor still hungry

Sen. Ralph Recto is alarmed that millions of poor Filipinos are still hungry despite billions of pesos being allotted into the government’s flagship Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) anti-poverty program.

South Asian food banks aim to control prices

South Asian leaders and officials are mulling the use of regional food bank stocks as the volatility of food prices is causing the poor to suffer.

Finding fulfillment in serving the poor

Registered nurses Christ Ian Mostrales, 27 and Sean Herbert Velches, 27, chose to stay in the country despite the offers to work abroad.

Survey: 4.8M families experience hunger

An estimated 4.8 million families said they experienced hunger at least once in the past three months, the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed.

How will the world feed itself?

Can food security be ensured in an economically, socially and
environmentally sustainable manner given the fast growing demand for food,
feed, and fuel?

Erap’s son defends dad against bishop’s criticism

Representative Joseph Victor Ejercito came to the defense of his father, former president Joseph “Erap” Estrada, after a Catholic bishop criticized the Estrada family for supposedly failing to solve poverty in their city.

Aquino trumpets gains at ADB summit

President Benigno Aquino III trumpeted his administration’s accomplishments at the 45th annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank’s board of the governors.

Survey: 11M Filipino families think they’re poor

Self-rated poverty surged by 10 percentage points in the first quarter of 2012, with 11.1 million Filipino families saying they are poor, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed Thursday. The survey, which was conducted last March 10-13, 2012, showed self-rated poverty rising to 55% of Filipino families, up from the 45% recorded last December [...]

Government erects wall to obscure view of slums

Delegates attending an international conference in the Philippines capital may not see what they came to discuss: abject poverty. A makeshift, temporary wall has been erected across a bridge on a road from the airport to downtown Manila that hides a sprawling slum along a garbage-strewn creek. Presidential spokesman Ricky Carandang defended the wall’s installation, [...]

Aquino junks pay hike, job security demands

President Benigno Aquino turned down demands of legislated wage increases and job security by labor organizations during a tripartite Labor Day dialogue at the presidential palace yesterday.

DOLE job fairs expose ‘skills mismatch’

Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz called on Filipino workers and job seekers on Tuesday to adapt to the changing industry landscape by “retooling and retraining” for employment security as she cites glaring problem of skills mismatch.

‘Pantawid Pamilya’ underscores widening income gap in whole of Asia

With a quarter of its people below the poverty line, the Philippines points to the need for developing Asia to reverse worsening inequality and broaden the benefits of the region’s tremendous economic growth.

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