Malacanang allocates P300 million for policemen's housing.
President Arroyo yesterday announced a P300-million housing program for members of the police force in appreciation of their hard work and courage in keeping peace and order in the country. Apart from providing decent homes for the men and women of the Philippine National Police (PNP), the...

Fight with what?
MOST national/local leaders believe in the pledge that poverty can be licked. But the naked reality staring us in the face is one overwhelming odd: More than 45M of our 90M population are poor and still made poorer by destructive typhoons in June, July, August and September. The season...

On long-term malnutrition.
IN RP, breastfeeding is a forced practice of most mothers in the cities and countryside. But in countries with high incidence of poverty the mothers' milk may not be the most desirable complete food for babies. Milk substitutes? RP's poor population of 45M plus have...

Material hardship in U.S. families raising children with disabilities.
In the United States, children with disabilities are significantly more likely to live in families that are considered to be poor. Fujiura and Yamaki (2000) found that 28% of U.S. children with disabilities lived below the federal poverty threshold, as contrasted with 16% of children without disabilities. The federal...

Business and Society.
One after another, the developed countries are falling into recession. Germany, Spain, Italy and other European economies are sure to be hit by declines in GDPs for two consecutive quarters. Also facing the same predicament are the highly industrialized East Asian economies like Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Japan...

Gov't sees recession in 2009.
Malacanang said yesterday that Filipinos should brace for a recession next year due to the world financial crisis and assured it has readied emergency work programs to ease its adverse effects on the people. Recession is a period of reduced economic activity and severe economic slowdown. ...

How accurate?
THE government has published a large paid ad giving a comparative picture of Filipinos' condition between 1972 and 2008. The conclusion may be inconclusive: Self-rated poverty was 65 percent, Marcos; 63 percent, Cory; 63 percent, Ramos; 60 percent, Erap and 56 percent (underlined), Arroyo. When in doubt...

'Indian elite emit most CO2'.
NEW DELHI: Greenpeace on Tuesday released a survey based report named "hiding behind the poor" which reveals that the highest income group in India, constituting merely 1% of the population emits four-and-a-half times as much CO2 as the lowest income group consisting 38% of the population. It demands that...

Centre to keep tabs on NREGA poor performers.
Byline: Subodh Ghildiyal NEW DELHI: NREGA laggards could face an intrusive Centre as it emerges that a handful of states are pulling down the national average. Rural development ministry is contemplating "monthly monitoring" for Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Bihar, after a performance review found that these...

Opposition hits distribution in Metro of rice access cards.
Byline: KRIS BAYOS The United Opposition (UNO) assailed Malacanang yesterday for delegating the distribution of Family Access Cards for urban poor families to local government units, saying the administration is merely setting up local officials as scapegoat should the distribution of government-subsidized rice fail. UNO...