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Filipinos Battered Economically by Pandemic Need P10,000 Aid

Filipinos Battered Economically by Pandemic Need P10,000 Aid

Citizens who have been battered economically with the lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic badly need P10,000 worth of financial aid, Bayan Muna said in a statement issued on Wednesday.

Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate said the government should not wait for Filipinos to suffer more before handing out monetary grants, especially with 4.5 million of them jobless in 2020, as recorded by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

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Published at 2021-03-11 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Health, Politics, Society

Tags: COVID-19, poverty

Nearly 20M Filipino Women Now 'economically Insecure'

Nearly 20M Filipino Women Now 'economically Insecure'

Nearly a year since the lockdown has been imposed, a women’s research center said the number of economically-insecure Filipino women has climbed by 3.5 million, following the loss of jobs, absence of due social protection, and the continuing neoliberal policies that have long been detrimental to the poor even before the pandemic.

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Published at 2021-03-02 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, News and Events, People, Society

Tags: COVID-19, poverty, women

World Bank: Pandemic to Sink 2.7M More Filipinos in Poverty

World Bank: Pandemic to Sink 2.7M More Filipinos in Poverty

The COVID-19 pandemic will make 2.7 million more Filipinos poor this year on top of a record slide in the Philippines’ gross domestic product (GDP) or economic output in what could be the worst outturn post-war, the World Bank said Tuesday.

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Published at 2020-12-10 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Health, People, Society

Tags: ASEAN, COVID-19, government, infrastructure, poverty, quarantine, vaccine

Saying No to an Unjust System

Saying No to an Unjust System

Growing up in a poor family, I have always wanted to become rich and successful. I remember my childhood years when my relatives would often ask me, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I would eagerly answer, “I want to become a businessman and become rich.” I would assume that most people desire prosperity and abundance.

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Published at 2020-11-15 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Opinion, Religion

Tags: poverty

Longer Quarantine Drives 23M Filipinos into Hunger, 4.5M More Poor

Longer Quarantine Drives 23M Filipinos into Hunger, 4.5M More Poor

Strict quarantine rules left millions more Filipinos hungry, poor, and jobless, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said as he defended plans to restart the economy. "Mas mabigat po ang naging halaga o danyos ng COVID pagdating sa kagutuman [COVID-19 cost us more in terms of hunger]," Roque said Thursday.

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Published at 2020-10-15 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Health, News and Events, Society

Tags: COVID-19, economy, poverty, quarantine

Neda: Urban Poverty May Worsen Next Year

Neda: Urban Poverty May Worsen Next Year

Poverty could worsen next year due to the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the urban rather than the rural areas might bear most of the brunt, acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua said on Thursday.

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Published at 2020-09-11 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, Society

Tags: Program, economy, poverty