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Philippines unemployment rate up to 4 pct in April
MANILA, June 6 (Xinhua) -- The unemployment rate in the Philippines increased to 4 percent in April from 3.9 percent in March, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Thursday. PSA head Dennis Mapa said at a press conference that there were 2.04 million jobless Filipinos in April this year. "This was lower than the estimated number of unemployed persons of 2.26 million in April 2023 and 2.15 millio.....»»
2 mln children in Philippines suffer from food poverty: UNICEF
MANILA, June 6 (Xinhua) -- An estimated 2 million children in the Philippines are suffering from severe food poverty, being unable to get enough healthy food, according to a new UNICEF report released on Thursday. The global report Child Food Poverty: Nutrition Deprivation in Early Childhood said that around 181 million children worldwide under five years of age, or one in four, are experiencing severe child foo.....»»
Philippines unemployment rate up to 4 pct in April
MANILA, June 6 (Xinhua) -- The unemployment rate in the Philippines increased to 4 percent in April from 3.9 percent in March, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Thursday. PSA head Dennis Mapa said at a press conference that there were 2.04 million jobless Filipinos in April this year. "This was lower than the estimated number of unemployed persons of 2.26 million in April 2023 and 2.15 millio.....»»
P10.2 million smuggled cigarettes seized in Sulu
Smuggled cigarettes with an estimated value of P10.2 million were seized by naval security personnel in the waters off Sulu on Friday night......»»
P14 million shabu recovered at Davao checkpoint
Shabu with an estimated street value of P14 million was recovered at a police checkpoint in Calinan district in Davao City on Wednesday......»»
About 1 in every 4 families in Eastern Visayas is poor
Poverty incidence among families in Eastern Visayas in the first semester of 2023 was estimated at 26.1 percent......»»
P10.8 million marijuana seized in Benguet
Dried marijuana stalks and fully grown plants with an estimated street value of P10.8 million were seized in separate anti-narcotics operations in Benguet over the weekend......»»
Capitol pledges P3M subsidy to Cebu LGUs amid rising farm losses
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu Provincial Government has pledged a P3 million in assistance to each of the local government units (LGUs) across the province amid the rising farm losses due to El Niño. The number of farmers affected by the prolonged drought in Cebu has risen significantly to 13,589, which resulted in estimated.....»»
Capitol OKs cutting down Poro’s trees but…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Despite calls from concerned residents and a parish church, the Cebu Provincial Government has given the go-signal to cut down trees that stood in the way for its road widening project in Poro, Camotes Island. However, instead of the initially estimated 700 trees, the provincial government and the assigned contractor have.....»»
POGO politics
If the maritime dispute between the Philippines and China wasn’t heating up, Alice Leal Guo would have likely remained under the government radar, free to indulge her fondness for McLaren 620R supercars with personalized license plates (local price tag as of 2020: P33 million, plus an estimated P16.8 million in import duties) and to set up more companies......»»
P108.8 million shabu seized in Zamboanga
Sixteen kilos of shabu with an estimated value of P108.8 million were confiscated from a “high-value” target in this city on Friday night......»»
P1.24 million shabu seized in Ormoc, Ilocos Sur
Anti-narcotics agents seized shabu with an estimated street value of P1.24 million in Ormoc City and Santa, Ilocos Sur on Wednesday......»»
P1.24 million shabu seized in Ormoc, Ilocos Sur
Anti-narcotics agents seized shabu with an estimated street value of P1.24 million in Ormoc City and Santa, Ilocos Sur on Wednesday......»»
P7.01 million shabu, P3.1 million kush seized
Anti-narcotics agents confiscated 1.03 kilos of shabu with an estimated street value of P7.01 million in Dumaguete City yesterday......»»
P3.4 million shabu seized in Bulacan
Shabu with an estimated street value of P3.4 million was seized from two drug suspects in San Jose del Monte City in this province yesterday......»»
EDITORIAL - 40 million without safe water
With a population estimated at 118 million as of January this year, it is disheartening to learn that 40 million Filipinos still lack access to freshwater sources......»»
P308.8 million marijuana destroyed in Kalinga
Marijuana plants with an estimated value of P308.8 million were uprooted and destroyed in Kalinga on Monday......»»
P51.7 million marijuana destroyed in Kalinga, Benguet
Marijuana plants with an estimated value of P48 million were uprooted and destroyed in Tinglayan, Kalinga on Wednesday......»»
P2.4 million marijuana seized in Kalinga
Dried marijuana leaves with an estimated value of P2.4 million were seized in a raid that also resulted in the arrest of two people in Rizal, Kalinga on Monday night......»»
P65 million shabu seized in Sulu destroyed
Shabu seized in various anti-narcotics operations in Sulu with an estimated value of P65 million was destroyed yesterday......»»