Topic: Corruption
The Roots of Philippine Poverty
December 15, 2011 · By Roderick T. dela Cruz
WEAK government spending and political uncertainty are just some of the reasons why the Philippines has been outperformed by most of its Asian neighbors, a study sponsored by the International Monetary Fund showed.
Read More...The Judiciary on trial
December 7, 2011 · By Samuel V. Señoren, Business World Online
The indictment and forthcoming trial of former President Arroyo has exposed the criminal justice system to international scrutiny in what could very well be an overdue stress test for democracy in the Philippines. Mrs. Arroyo is the main respondent in a criminal proceeding where she stands accused of rigging the 2007 midterm elections. But as […]
Read More...The Struggle against Corruption
October 29, 2010 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
No wonder that the new Philippine “Aquino administration” made anti-corruption its main drive against poverty. “If there is no corruption, there will be no poverty”, says President Noynoy Aquino. This was the slogan that won him the election. It’s so true and yet the solutions are still so hard to find and reform is seemingly […]
Read More...The Millennium Development Goals to Reduce Poverty
September 29, 2010 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
In the year 2000, the United Nations set eight goals to reduce by half the number of people living in dire poverty worldwide. The achievements and failures in the past ten years were reviewed a few weeks ago by world leaders meeting in The UN headquarters in New York.
Read More...Philippine Poverty and Inequality Situation (as of March 2008)
March 9, 2008 ·
Poverty Incidence According to the Social Weather Stations (January 2008): • Almost 1 out of 2 Filipinos see themselves as poor. • 46% of Filipinos families (estimated 8.1 million families or about 40.5 million Filipinos out of the 2007 projected population of 86 million) see themselves as poor. Available data from the government: • 1 […]
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