Poverty - Matches

There should be a reliable database of senior citizens to improve service delivery to the elderly. This was one of the key points raised by Natio..

Tiwala si Finance Committee Chairman Senator Sonny Angara na aaprubahan ng Senado ang panukalang batas na maitaas sa P1,000 ang kasalukuyang P500 na b..

The government’s social pension program (SocPen) provides significant improvements in the lives of pensioners, especially if the coverage is inc..

It would be “more challenging” for the Philippines to reduce poverty and return to its pre-pandemic growth path with the COVID-19 pandemic..

PRE-election speculations on who will win in the upcoming polls keep referring to the “ABCDE” classes in our population. Those in the &ldq..

Recognizing the impact and contributions of our senior citizens to the overall growth of the country, my father—former Senate President Edgardo ..

Recognizing the impact and contributions of our senior citizens to the overall growth of the country, my father—former Senate President Edgardo ..

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) will hold a public webinar on February 17, 2022, from 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM via Cisco Webex.This ..

THE Department of the Interior and Local Government Central Visayas (DILG 7) and the Philippine Statistics Authority Central Visayas (PSA 7) recently ..

ALL CANDIDATES for the May 9, 2022 elections promise better lives for Filipinos. However, according to a recent study of state think tank Philippine I..

It would be “more challenging” for the Philippines to reduce poverty and return to its pre-pandemic growth path with the COVID-19 pandemic..

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) social pension (SocPen) program has covered an additional 37.9 percent of the country&..

The Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizen program, also known as SocPen, has contributed to improving the coverage of the country’s pension..

They’re old, but not dead; retired, but not tired; aging, but still dreaming, and now they have spoken.My Jan. 5 column on the plight of senior ..

THE poorest senior citizens should receive more under the country’s monthly social pension for the elderly in order to lift them up from poverty..