Just recently, we found out that the Philippine government plans to support families who are in dire need of support for their children in terms of education via the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or more commonly known as the 4Ps. Our dear President Rodrigo Duterte recently signed this bill into law with the hopes that […]
Poverty in the Philippines
Magna Carta of the Poor, Signed by President Duterte
The Philippines have a somehow high rate of poverty. Although last year, the rate of poverty in the country substantially saw a decline, the Philippines can’t still be considered a first-world country because of the poverty rate. Since the last data of poverty, the government had a targeted declination to 13 to 15 percent. To […]
The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, Signed Into Law
Poverty in the country is rampant; in fact, according to the Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS) in the year 2017, approximately nine (9) percent of the estimated 39.2 million Filipinos who are six (6) to 24 years old were out-of-school children and youth (OSCY)—which could mean that their families do not have the funds to […]
