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MANILA, Philippines — The human rights commission called on local governments to make sure that the freedom of movement of senior citizens and o..
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On August 5, 2020, two experts from the University of the Philippines (UP) Mindanao School of Management (SOM) predicted the future of food systems an..
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A Technical Panel for Agriculture has been reconstituted by the government as part of an emerging trend to put agriculture as a preeminent policy tool..
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MANILA, Philippines — Filipino senior citizens are forced to dip into their own savings to shoulder rising health costs that come with age, high..
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SENIOR CITIZENS accounted for more than a fifth of total health expenditures in 2018 and were out-of-pocket on 59% of their expenses, the Philippine S..
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The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) granted clearance for the conduct of the Market and Non-Market Work Survey by the Philippine Institute of De..
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MANILA, Philippines — The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic can wipe out a decade’s worth of poverty reduction efforts, makin..
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The Philippines is in recession. While we're seeing the effects of the decline in numbers, the ultra-poor are feeling it harder with unemployment on t..
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QUEZON CITY (MindaNews / 15 August) — July 23, 2020 was a fantastic day for the four of us upon, finally, filing our petition questioning a law ..
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The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) have signed a Memorandum of..
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The House of Representatives approved a bill that would offer scholarships to deserving students who wish to become doctors, later requiring them to s..
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The coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the economy could lead to 1.5 million Filipinos becoming poor, according to the Philippine Institute for De..
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MANILA, Philippines — For the second time, the Department of Social Welfare and Development reminded senior citizens and persons with disability..
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Poverty and hunger are more likely to give Filipinos already distressed by COVID-19 additional suffering, as the Philippine economy has crash-landed i..
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While prepandemic data suggested that six million Filipinos were lifted out of poverty over the past two years, more recent data suggest that the numb..
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