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Cash injection urged to help poor fight COVID-19 during vaccine wait

Emma Batha, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Updated as of Feb 07 04:34 PM

LONDON - More than 80 percent of people in some developing countries have lost income due to COVID-19, economists said on Friday, warning that soaring poverty could hamper efforts to control the disease in nations where mass inoculation may be a long way off. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 5, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 11:11 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Poor pandemic response for the poor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 01:44 PM

The group scored the Duterte administration for failing to address the economic concerns of the poorest sectors of the country, specially at the time of the coronavirus pandemic.  Read more »

Inflation slowing down, BSP likely to cut rates anew by 25 bps: economist

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 02 04:48 PM

The Bangko Sentral will likely its policy rate again by at least 25 basis points to help the national government's infrastructure program and boost the economy amid the continuing impact of the pandemic, an economist said Tuesday.   Read more »

Young man’s death sheds light on life of China’s poor, and prompts an outpouring of sympathy – and questions

Qin Chen, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Jan 30 07:19 AM

A 22-year-old video gamer is dead and his friend, and commenters online, want to know how China failed him. Known as Mocha, he left haunting posts online showing his worsening health, descent into poverty and growing hunger. Chinese have rallied to him in death. Read more »

Reddit users say GameStop rocket is revenge of the masses

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 29 04:49 PM

For some Reddit users, GameStop's dizzying rocket ride on Wall Street is a case of the masses rebelling against one-percenters hoarding the world's wealth.   Read more »

Ilang residente namalimos ng pang-Media Noche dahil sa pandemya

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 31 08:32 PM

Namamalimos ang ilan ng panghanda sana sa kanilang Media Noche.    Read more »

'Paano sila na walang handa?': Bakery gives out food packs to the homeless on Christmas

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 31 03:04 AM

“The secret to happiness is helping others.”    Read more »

'Things are looking up,' Palace tells Filipinos who say life got worse

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 23 05:42 PM

"Things are looking up," Malacañang said on Wednesday as it sought to boost public optimism, after an opinion poll revealed that 3 in 5 Filipinos their quality of life worsened this year, during which the COVID-19 pandemic left businesses struggling and millions without job.  Read more »

SWS: 3 in 5 adult Filipinos say quality of life got worse in 2020

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 23 07:21 PM

Three out of 5 or 62 percent of adult Filipinos said that quality of life got worse this year, according to a recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released Monday.   Read more »

Araw ng mga migrante ginunita; dagdag na proteksyon sa OFWs inihirit

Johnson Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 18 06:52 PM

Ayon kay Bayan Muna Rep. Ferdinand Gaite, may mga panukalang batas na sa Kamara para tugunan ang hinaing ng mga tripulanteng Pinoy. Read more »

Only 16 percent of Filipino families say they are not poor: SWS

Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 08:07 PM

Only 16 percent of Filipino families said they are not poor, a Social Weather Stations survey released Monday showed. Read more »

Mga kasambahay na naka-live-out arrangement dumarami: DOLE

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 04:47 PM

Dumarami ang mga kasambahay na mas gusto ang live-out arrangement at masuwelduhan batay na rin sa umiiral na minimum wage, sabi ngayong Lunes ng isang opisina sa ilalim ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Read more »

Minimum age para sa domestic workers itaas sa 18: child rights group

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 08:01 PM

Itinutulak na itaas sa 18 anyos ang minimum age na maaaring payagang maging domestic worker o kasambahay ang isang tao. Read more »

China aims to end extreme poverty, but COVID-19 exposes gaps

Javier C. Hernández, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 27 12:10 AM

“We are poor, poor people,” Xu, 48, said in a recent telephone interview from his home in Wangjiaba, a village of 36,000 in Anhui province. “We don’t eat meat anymore.” Read more »

Social enterprise aims to partner with consumer goods giants to help end poverty

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 13 12:01 PM

A social enterprise is hoping that Filipinos and other people across the globe will support its ambitious campaign to partner with two consumer goods giants to help end extreme poverty.  Read more »

US extends $213 million grant to the Philippines for poverty reduction, good governance

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 02:49 PM

The United States has extended a $213 million (P10.8 billion) grant to the Philippines to fund poverty reduction, strengthen good governance and promote private sector-led growth, the Department of Finance said Monday. Read more »

Coronavirus may push 150 million people into extreme poverty: World Bank

Reuters
Posted at Oct 08 12:55 AM

WASHINGTON - The World Bank said Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic could push as many as 150 million people into extreme poverty by the end of 2021, wiping out more than three years of progress in poverty reduction. Read more »

Futures in peril: Takeaways from rise of child labor in pandemic

Richard Pérez-Peña, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 28 07:12 AM

The coronavirus pandemic has forced millions of the world’s poorest children to halt their educations and go to work to help support their families, as schools have closed and parents’ incomes have fallen or vanished.   Read more »

7.6 million Filipino households went hungry in past 3 months: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 27 06:02 PM

The Social Weather Stations said Sunday the proportion of families experiencing hunger due to lack of food to eat reached a new record-high of 30.7 percent, or an estimated 7.6 million households in the past 3 months.  Read more »