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SA gitna ng pagsusumamo ng mga mamamayan at opisyales ng Abra, hiniling ng National Anti-Poverty Commissions Regional Basic Sector Coordinating Council (RBSCC) sa Cordillera Region na i-recall ang Authority to Verify Minerals na masakamay ng kompanyang Yamang Mineral Corporation.

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 The number of Filipinos who experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the past three months rose to 20%, according to a Social Weather Stations survey.

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Filipinos rating their families as “not poor” reached a record high in April even as one in two respondents still considered their families poor, a survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.

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In a survey conducted from April 23 to 28, the survey firm said that the percentage of families rating themselves as "mahirap" or poor dropped to 5%, coming from the 55% recorded from April 11 to 15. 

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In every corner of the Philippines, you’ll meet hardworking people who wake up before sunrise, commute for hours, work long shifts, then do it all again the next day – just to survive. And still, we call them “poor.”

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Disbarred lawyer Larry Gadon was paid P4.67 million as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s adviser on poverty alleviation last year — making him the third highest-paid among seven presidential advisers in 2024. 

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Dili na unta kini angayan pang hisgotan tungod kay sayud kitang tanan unsa kamahinungdanon ug pagka-kinahanglanon sa sa food production.

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Filipino families who consider themselves poor sharply decreased in the first quarter of the year, a recent survey conducted by the OCTA Research group showed.

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                    [Title] => Exploration permit ng Yamang  Mineral Corp sa Abra, i-recall!
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SA gitna ng pagsusumamo ng mga mamamayan at opisyales ng Abra, hiniling ng National Anti-Poverty Commissions Regional Basic Sector Coordinating Council (RBSCC) sa Cordillera Region na i-recall ang Authority to Verify Minerals na masakamay ng kompanyang Yamang Mineral Corporation.

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 The number of Filipinos who experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the past three months rose to 20%, according to a Social Weather Stations survey.

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Filipinos rating their families as “not poor” reached a record high in April even as one in two respondents still considered their families poor, a survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.

[DatePublished] => 2025-06-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804764 [AuthorName] => Janvic Mateo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2025/06/08/7_2025-06-08_21-42-37353_thumbnail.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2449058 [Title] => 50% of Pinoy families see themselves as poor — SWS survey [Summary] =>

In a survey conducted from April 23 to 28, the survey firm said that the percentage of families rating themselves as "mahirap" or poor dropped to 5%, coming from the 55% recorded from April 11 to 15. 

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In every corner of the Philippines, you’ll meet hardworking people who wake up before sunrise, commute for hours, work long shifts, then do it all again the next day – just to survive. And still, we call them “poor.”

[DatePublished] => 2025-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136600 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1807686 [AuthorName] => George Royeca [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2446996 [Title] => Gadon gets P4.67M as anti-poverty czar, says poor must 'help themselves' [Summary] =>

Disbarred lawyer Larry Gadon was paid P4.67 million as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s adviser on poverty alleviation last year — making him the third highest-paid among seven presidential advisers in 2024. 

[DatePublished] => 2025-05-31 08:50:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1807493 [AuthorName] => Cristina Chi [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2025/05/30/larry-gadon_2025-05-30_17-51-04759_thumbnail.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2446155 [Title] => Ang kamahinungdanon sa agricultural production [Summary] =>

Dili na unta kini angayan pang hisgotan tungod kay sayud kitang tanan unsa kamahinungdanon ug pagka-kinahanglanon sa sa food production.

[DatePublished] => 2025-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134484 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804906 [AuthorName] => Antolin dela Serna [SectionName] => Banat Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2441922 [Title] => Self-rated poverty down to 11.1 million families – OCTA [Summary] =>

Filipino families who consider themselves poor sharply decreased in the first quarter of the year, a recent survey conducted by the OCTA Research group showed.

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